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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: This amp is OK only if you know the resulting Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, it is nice to see that you are keep punching the idea, somebody shall, I guess.. About the filters. For the low-pass and in this application I do not use inductors and much prefer RC filter. In LC filters the band-pass flows over coil. If we a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: On-board logging above a certain price point… by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the ownership of audio product manufacturing. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I think above a certain price point audio equipment might have some king of built in logging mechanism. For instance I thought to build into the Milq a time elapsed meter. I bought them; they cost absolutely nothing. I thought to put them but …. just...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Measuring resistance across a capacitor by JJ Triode on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Domidaw, you are looking at the right things but there is something to consider: when you put a resistance meter across a discharged capacitor you see a low resistance initially because the battery in the meter is charging the capacitor a little, so ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance assessment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance asse... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
In this thread I would like to talk a bit about the practice in DSET driven multi-way horns configuration. I have expressed my view that the architectural configuration that Macondo and Super Melquiades end up to be I find is the most interest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Jonathan Valin shell be an Alcatraz reviewer. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jonathan Valin shell be an Alcatraz reviewer. in Audio News  4 Replies 
People who read my site are accustomed that in my section “Audio News” are published the semi-sarcastic articles about different aspects of audio industry. This article however is far from satire and now I would like just to publish one none-invented...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1464: Eu by N-set on 2015-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I forgot to mention that I'm in Europe so phase splits is not an issue.All 3 lines I mentioned are connected to a single phase at a dedicated panelright after the power meter. Paul, where is your bleeder connected? Aslo to the neutral at the panel?Ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1406: Offtopic by bonzo75 on 2015-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]The fan is given as <15dB at one meter, which is about right on my estimation, though I have not measured it in my unit.[/quote]Hi decoud, I think you live near Kensington. So do I. Not sure how I can email on this site, but d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #945: I hate those people. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Thanks, Clark, I will go with regular commercial Romex. There is no such a thing as “specialty AC cable” and the thing that they write about their cable is crap in my estimation. “Our custom high-end Power AC In-wall cable is a 10 AWG (5.27 mm2), spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #364: How much load? by maxzimum on 2009-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hello Romy,At what load do you normally run the PP? What does the load meter show? I have found that the noise increases with load.Even with no load there is a slight sound, audible only if I put my ear very close to the unit....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I am gaining somewhere .5dB and I do not know where. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
I am trying to find out where I picking up .5dB, I have no idea at this point where. The recording is made from tape loop of my preams into Pacific Microsonics. The meter of Pacific show that at the very loudest peaks the signal stay at minus .15...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: 1st, Read the Owner's Manual (Stupid) by Paul S on 2012-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
OK, back to the meter on the Marantz: It actually reads +/- "exponentially", so "1/2 way" is more like 6 Watts, with the little spikes above "1/2" making it to 30 Watts.  Not 300 Watts.  This dispels the "mystery" of the ML2 playing the same stack at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: The age old problem of choosing the wrong evaluation system by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[QUOTE]I would like to see more elegant solution, like an introduction of some kind of directional pressure beams that would act upon the Manger cone and to jolt or comforting it what it is necessary. [/QUOTE]THAT would be cool. If anybody knows how ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Minimalism by decoud on 2013-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
For what it is worth, I use this for LEDs:http://www.vellemanprojects.eu/products/view/?country=be&lang=en&id=379858...but I have found no need for a fan or an hour meter, either of which would require something more elaborate. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Hello and Fullrange Melquiades schematics question by Welborne on 2013-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
(sorry, this is supposed to be posted in the questions and answers colume but I must be so stupid to have it posted here and now I don't know how to move it there.)Hi Romy,How are you!  This is Welborne, from far across the ocean, Hong Kong. I have k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: TSA Horns by horny on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
TSA Horns makes interesting horns, offered on ebay:TSA HornsWithin few months they will offer a 1 meter dia Tractrix horn with 4" throat.Regards,horny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cable length by glaesemann on 2008-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cable Current Loading in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
In the past you've referred to current loading in the context of cable length. I recently experienced this when I experimented with moving my amps. I needed to increase the IC length from 1 meter to 3 meters. The only IC I had at that length was an o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Concrete by zztop7 on 2017-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Once you have all these contacts come-up with a concrete mix, let me see it if you would like my opinion.  I will let you know if I agree or disagree & possible improvements.IMPORTANT: Is this an existing room?  Is this room "on-grade"?  Do not f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: Very improbable. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Paul, the dirty pins are the pins that become dirty because of corona burns the pins. It is unless you marinade tubes in A1 souse before you place the tubes into the amp. I would hardly belie that it is possible to cracked 5651 no meter how rough you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Count(less) hours by N-set on 2011-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I good spot-light for a turntable? in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
I'm affraid putting the filter in front of LEDs may bring the efficiency down to halogen...at 10x the cost...which of course is the goal of all osram's, phillipses, and even eu bureaucrats.Counting hours is easily done with an hour meter;e.g.http://w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Compression woofers by Jorge on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
I think using the Ale woofers would be pretty awsome,  do you have the space to fit in 2 separate 2.5 meter long horns?http://twogoodears.blogspot.mx/2013/06/digital-skyrocketing.htmlDo a search in Stephano´s wonderful site,  there is a nice descrpti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Putting it in relation by martinshorn on 2018-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Good morning  Xandg, i thought the same and asked, so i got forced to knock and touch, very heavy & firm. As I wrote, the gravel-filled cavity at the mouth seems to make a difference.  Anthony, thats the rooms yes :) It looks redicolous on the pi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The audio onanist by decoud on 2011-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
The dimensions I gave you uniquely identify which of the cases in the list I used; I told you the meter was not for sale but helpfully suggested the brand if you want to buy the same or similar; the transformers, chokes etc are as specified in Romy's...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: OK, Maybe Not 600W... by Paul S on 2012-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Same thoughts, same amazing-for-Lowthers performances, etc., but ratchet the numbers down some, since my new amp's VU meter might be somewhat optimistic.  Do NOT try feeding your Lowthers 600W at home!Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cu vs Al by Paul S on 2013-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: D'Agostino/Momentum SS Monoblocks: How Now? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
What's really funny about this is that Atkinson actually mentions that normal Al fins in lieu of the copper-boxes-with-copper-tubes "heat sinks" would probably handle the heat effectively.  Of course, then the amps would not look like they do...One a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Changing the extension didn't help by Antonio J. on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
WaveLab won't play them either, which is very strange since they were "created" with that software. The only software playing those files, are they .w64 or .wav, is Sony's Sound Forge.Funnily enough I more "saw" the differences looking at the meter b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hickok Tube Testers: Quick Reference by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hickok Tube Testers: Quick Reference in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Hickok Model 600/600A/800/800A/533 Tube Tester   Quick Reference Instructions by Daniel Schoo from Illinois. AC LINE ADJUST: Push P7 and adjust the AC line control until the meter pointer is at the LINE mark at the center of the meter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Will try soundforge by Telstar on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]WaveLab won't play them either, which is very strange since they were "created" with that software. The only software playing those files, are they .w64 or .wav, is Sony's Sound Forge.Funnily enough I more "saw" the differenc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Spanish damping by jessie.dazzle on 2009-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Hello D,Its sold by the meter, and has no packaging, so there was no name to note; I do remember that it came from Spain. Could not find any info on the net, however, I often pass by the place that sold it to me, so will stop in and ask. Hope they st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: 6C33C amp by KOTriode 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 
Thank you for the comment on this amp, this is my first time of using the 6C33C tube, I decided to build this amp after reading about the Melquiades, this amp is just a quick experiment on the 6C33C sound, since I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Human ears/mind vs. “flat” microphones… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Andy 1)    Actually the most interest was in the fact that I was not asking two questions but one question at the same time as I see both of the questions are inner-related. I was under presumption that in my asking I automaticall...
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