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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Vitavox S2 revelation: follow up by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The S2 has own very idiosyncratic upper range with own helpful resonances injected into sound.  I feel that that original metal suspension diaphragm does it bolder and more aggressively then the plastic suspension dia...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The “Melquíades” début. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquíades” début. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
It was after midnight and I returned from my urban Saturday supper.  A pair of the recently born “Melquíadeses” was sitting in the mid of the room, glowing and asking: so what? A sudden necessity of  a radical audio sadism attacked me and I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Confession as tool of removing self-responsibility. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How audio started…. in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
*** I've received and read most of February issue of Stereophile. They review the last M1.2 Reference amplifier and the comments from the reviewer are more about how the music can flow and show as a unique event, with the kind of interaction with the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is not S2's hiss... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: S2 Hissing Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] For now, the amplifiers I use are a pair of Lamm M1.1s (was going to look for a pair of used ML2s, but more and more considering building a pair of Meliquaides). Using the M1.1s with a pair of V.A. Parsifal/Encore (direct...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Tweeter for Vitavox S2: silk dome? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I put a couple days ago a silk dome tweeter in the game.  I look in my storages to see what I had there among the traditional silk domes. I ended up pulling out my North Creek Music D25 driver. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/NorthD25.pdf I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How to hear the voice of God. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
It is a very strange feeling, but I really feel how this entire idea should sound. I mean the 500W SET of the REAL SET driving a 12-14 cubic feet of sealed enclosure loaded with North Leviathan Driver. In past when I played with SETs driving Aura 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to test 6C33C? by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to test 6C33C? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
It is sucks to live with Russians Tubes.  It is particular sucks to live with 6C33C. They are all deferent when they new, they age very ungracefully and differently. The life with Super Melquiades, where I use 6x6C33C driving individual channe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Do not stress the aircraft tube. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to test 6C33C? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Morricab, I do not know the “truth” and what I said are pure my speculations based upon what I hear and what I measure. Yes, Lamm drivers at 310mA quite hard but do not forget that his objectives, besides everything, were to get out of his SET max ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Sound of tubes or the sound of attitudes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: GM70 vs. 6C33C in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'm sure there are many bad implementations of the 845 and 211. Almost all of the commercially available ones are pretty mediocre. However I have heard good examples of both so I know it can be done. [/quote] Actually I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The life is really too short to deal with idiots. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shock-absorbing tube sockets. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
I always do call and speak with people. This is Internet and they write whatever they want! I always would like to confirmer that behind the web proclamations there is something else then proclamations. BTW, this Denis sounded perfectly complement an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I would concur... by jessie.dazzle on 2007-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET and speakers: disregard Volume in Audio For Dummies ™  4 Replies 
Hello all,Some time ago, I bought a pair of very early production ML2s for an ongoing horn project (see "Note at end").Rather than just let the ML2s sit and wait for the horns to get done, I of course tried them out with my "normal" 89db/watt@1m spea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Lamm ML4 and the 7-points by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Yesterday I got two emails asking me about Lamm ML3. I replied as I usually do, saying that I that I do not practice in satisfaction in audio-consumer curiosity.  Still, it made me to think again about a hypothetic amp around GM-70.I am not a fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Look outside the Lundhal if you need more current to drive. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
[quote user="mark"]with reference to the LL1627a as used in full range application in melq.you mentioned a good choice gapped at 200 ma but i would prefer 300ma but they do not do it.i had k and k check with lundhal and they will do it and at the sam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Gizmo, 2nd harmonic, animal frequency and meta-JBL by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] Indeed the linearity of the Berning in comparison with the Lamm is quite remarkable, and indeed could be disconcerting to an inexperienced listener brought up on large increases on 2nd harmonic at the bottom end. [/quote] “The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #262: It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molecular sound”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Well, I have to admit that I did not listen the whole sound of AC vs. DC filaments yet.  I will bring home today my DC lab supply that I use for my electromagnet coil and will give the try. I still at this point am not concerned about the “whole ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Some thoughts while settling down. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Yep, it is a lot of work and it might look like not well organized work but there is good part in all of it – when you will be do you will be done and you would never do it again. Practice shows that those custom tailored systems are made and then us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is $33K for some empty boxes. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
There is more information about the Lamm new LP1 phono preamplifier, including the price of $33K http://www.monoandstereo.com/2012/12/lamm-new-lp1-signature-phono.html The images do charley show two step up transformers at the ent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I would not use PP for compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Let the 6AK5 to be 6AK5. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Anyone ever tried the "pinless" tubes that have long-ish wires in place of the usual pins? A Moscovite I ran across has Russian mil-spec 6AK5 "equivalents" that have pinched glass and the wires instead of pins.  Oddly, Lam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #181: 6c33c socket repair by skushino on 2010-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Jessie-There are the current japanese teflon sockets, and vintage american manufactured sockets - I think either should be fine.   The pin springs on the OEM pair I replaced had no grip or spring characteristics.  When the pin holders are bent, they ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: To deLamminate my ULF channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
It did not last long…. Just a couple days back I was thinking that I will live with my current lower bass for a while and now I feel that I will not.  I do not feel that my current ULF is wrong. In fact I feel that it is truly superb but I wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Another 6C33C amp.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"] The Melquiades give me inspiration to build this 6C33C amplifier. It's on a stereo chassis that has few unique features - Vacuum tube rectifier separately for Input/Driver and Output tubes. - Regulator using the same tube ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Another type of Remote Control by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playback as an expressive tool: what are your listening obje... in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Just wonderful! I raise my glass to Karl Leonhard! [/quote] Back in 1984 I was 16. At that time I was dating a girl who was 27. She was getting her psychology degree and was making some extra cash as a wedding singe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: My implementation of ULF channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Yes, I promised to tell about, so here is comes. The past Sunday I woke up at 6AM and first intention to answer to myself what is wrong with my ULF. I had wonderful sound with absolutely wonderful and the most important very proper bass.  Howe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Shielding Condoms on those tubes.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shielding Condoms on those tubes.... in Melquiades Amplifier  0 Replies 
I got home today, power up the payback and played some bootlegs of Australian festivals that Kostas Metaxas sent me another day. I paid attention that the sound was strange it was too hard atop.  That was something new. I put in my player the CDs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The Federated Mike and the demo in McCain/Palin country by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
In response to http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/501 [quote user="The Federated Mike"] First, the Ongaku, the Audio Note …. U.K.(!) … Ongaku, that we have here is not micro-details challenged [to say the least]. The Kondo Ongaku may indeed be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #199: APS Purepower 2000: Sound #8 and the ‘softness’ by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Ok, this is probably the most important section as besides all positive changes that PP2000 does to sound it does this one, the one that I call “softness”, and the values of this “softness” have to properly understood and interpreted. The “softness”...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: “….the linearity of the Berning in comparison with the Lamm is quite r... by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] If there's one thing I hate about internet forums it's people postulating about sounic characteristics and possible failing in equipment they have never heard. [/quote] Merlin, I was under impression that it is very obvious tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Output transformer for full-range Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
First of all: I have moved this thread into the Milq Forum….. [quote user="RonyWeissman"] I'm going to try and build a Melquiades type amplifier (with some help from friends) following the advice given above  to make it as simple as possible.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I have no idea why the skies clears for you.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="darkmoebius"] Believe it or not, this very short, direct, explanation helps put everything else I have read about the Melq evolution in perspective. [/quote] Hm, darkmoebius,I really do not know why it clears skies for your in anyways. ...
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