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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: They are for mA by anthony on 2018-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You decided to go with mA or are they mV against 1R resistors? I prefer the second approach personally and I feel that I can moderate the quality of resistor and I can’t moderate the quality of the milliampere meter coil....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The BEST bass cable? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BEST bass cable? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Here we go, I will be telling you that I am looking or that I have found the “best” cable to use for bass channel? Sound like a stupid thing to tell you and sound like a stupid thing to read at my site. Still, I will be obnoxious enough to insist...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #592: OK, the triple PP2000 are up and running. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Spend a few hour last night and have all the things connected and laid out in the way how I think would be “properly”. It turned out to be noise and elegant. I changed the location of the components to make the shorter paths for power cables and for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: “Easy come, easy go” sound... by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Dear Romy,Assuming that your questions are "honest" ones ( I have no reason to believe they are traps, like it happened to me before with a certain Mr. Thor), I will give you "honest" answers, hoping that our dialogue will be of some interest to the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: To balance the elliptical rotation. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="ducatirider"]a load on the side of the bearing could cause an elliptical rotation.  since we are dealing with micro-engineering the effect is likely audible.   Arthur Khoubesserian of Funk Firm uses a single motor with 2 a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #588: The electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Ok, I got my two more PP2000, not I have 3 all together and I need to find how to use them. My little celebratory mood with PP2000 is much shorn live and my old PP2000 flying back today to Canada for fixing the problem with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: OK, let dive into 6C33C by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Please do.  I have interest in the result myself and don't mind spending the time.  I can post photos for each tube. [/quote] Sure, let do it. Email me your address and I will send them to you. (Do you have sockets?)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: FA-7 by peter foster on 2008-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
Dear Antonio, RE: your question about what the FA-7 connector is for, the TU-X1 brochure says: An "F" type connector is provided exclusively for use with the optional Sansui FA-7. ... FA-7 FM/AM Compatible Antenna System: - World's first FM/AM c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Sorry for your allergy by atilsley169 on 2012-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Ok, Andrew, this is allergy something. I would highly advise you in future before you post any discrete updates, questions, and ideas about what you to inform about the holistic objective of your project, sort of a view from 50.000 feet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
All that I will be saying are the subject of my own experience with horns and my personal observations. You shouldn’t agree and most likely you will not. That is fine with me. I have lot of reasons behind what I will be saying and opened for some cla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #943: A new dedicated power line 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 
I will be making another experiment tomorrow and will try to install a new dedicated power line for audio. I say “another experiment” as the dedicated line that I installed as soon I move into the hour did not sound good, I have no idea why. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Good and problematic things for single-stage Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
I did an interesting experiment today trying to learn if those Melquiades driver tubes have even gain. The Russian tubes are notorious to have very widely spreading specification, so…. I took 14 6E6P. Some of then were new, some used and some violen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: DSET amplifier is designed by anthony on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
It took a LOT of time in CAD using what I had learnt from building the power supplies and then adapting it to match the requirements of the rest of the system.  I have decided to mount the DSET on the horn stack and direct connect the speaker cables....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Yep, the real-estate sucks for audio freaks. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] So it sounds like you're considering a move... [/quote] Yep, I am contemplating this now… [quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Criteria :1) Main room minimum 80m2 with correct length-to-width ratio 2) No mid-room obstru...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Environmental magnetic influence to high sensitively? by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]I have found the next obvious glaring problem, which is contributing to the muddy sound I described earlier.  There is a mismatch between the two channels.  The right channel is very slightly softer than the left with a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Where the FM quality comes from? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
I have noted before that the quietly of sound that I’m getting from FM broadcast, or even from the regular FM transmissions of the regular CDs, is insultingly beautiful and not really compatible with Sound that I get out of my CD and LPs. http://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Where your interests and experiences lay. by Romy the Cat 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 user="Joe Roberts"] The problem is two or three identifiable frequency-dependent sources has no reference in live music either …[/quote]  It is true, so the amount of the channels is not mandatory or necessary qualifier for sound reprodu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Me, being in denial by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
[quote user="TonyB"]I disagree. I think it depends on the turntable. If I did not try it on MY turntable, I would not believe. My Verdier uses a DC motor "sloppy" mounted on grommets. The drive is linen thread. I have tried silk, different threads, 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I just got into the apartment by Domidaw on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
And The first thing I did was I grabbed the multimeter and started measuring what JJ suggested. I think we're on the trail of "something". I discharged all the capacitors in the amplifier and with the amplifier turned off, when I put the red tip ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: The 6-ch Milq: Fundamentals vs. Injection Channels. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Playing recently with setting up the new 6-ch Milq I again got an interesting feeling about my Fundamentals Channel. The in Injection Channel partially overrides some benefit of the Fundamentals Channel and I have a partial feeling that it would be p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: Le Cleach by CO on 2005-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hello Rich, I've done a quick modeling for a LeCleach horn Fc=100, and that thing is 2 meters wide and 1 meter deep !!! Its double the width of other contours. The conical flare is very nice but colored by the reflections from the mouth. W...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1040: Solar sit down… by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I had yes today a meeting with a rep from out local solar company. I am kind of greenish pussy and have a house with a big rood turned to south – so I was wondering to put in there a large array of solar panels. Massachusetts has a very wide coll...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I spent a bigger part of day today to finish the “End of Life" Phonostage, there were many things to do but it is now over. Done! Complete! Amen! I it closed up and sat in it’s permanent place. A few observations looking back. First, I spent a LOT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The missed war of active vs. passive isolation by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is better than Kinetic Systems’ Vibraplane? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] When you look at the data sheets, you see, that they have different Hz range with different weight. A reason why I added some more mass to my Micro which is sitting on a VP. [/quote] Actually it is not my observation. In ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About digital files and definition of “masters”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About digital files and definition of “masters”. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
A few days ago I was expressing my dissatisfaction with the BS-mania that industry spread about the digital masters. http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=7147 [quote user="Romy the Cat"] I generally feel that the fairy-tale about the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: 2) Set playback in-wide-phase to room or how to find AEZ by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Ok, how to start. First of all we have to understand that out subject of attention will be a region between approximately 80Hz and 500Hz or something that shape the fundamentals of the “melody range” within your playback. Search my site I have writte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: What is wrong with electromagnets by be on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Cat wrote:"It has the same ability to super precise to follow the very minute dynamic fluctuation of signal and superb transient but those phenomenal qualities are not connected with anything else, primary it has no correct harmonic bac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #698: Some observations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Lx_"] The second sentence is my own conclusion. It was not my intention to imply that it is yours, sorry for the misunderstanding this may have caused. We both agree that PP can be sensitive to incoming AC. The context and circumstan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Practicalities by N-set on 2019-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
Thanks for your responses guys. Would be great to learn some practical procedures how to setup a tuner/antenna combo properly. Any ideas where to find some sort of a tutorial? For example I'd love to learn what are the tuning scope images in t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #905: PurePower 3000 vs. PurePower 2000 by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It is mean rainy day today in Boston and I’ve been playing with my new PurePower 3000 regenerator. It has been a bit bumpy as there was a frustrating issue, that looks like a shipping damage, the PurePower guys promise to fix it.My initial sentim...
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