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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #947: JPS Lab conversation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-20 
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I just had a conversation with the guy who runs this JPS Lab. I did anticipate much more idiotic presentation, similar to what they have at their web site. To my surprise the gay was rational. It is not that I agree with all that he was saying but it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #328: Some winter observations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-25 
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This year is the first winter that I live with this new listening room. Last winter the playback was up and I still was playing with minor arrangements of my ULF channels, cable and a few other things. For many months I do pretty much nothing with my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1034: Mark Levinson syndrome by Wojtek on 2012-03-09 
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I bet Taiwanese got tired of getting paid cents on dollar (and usually late) for product they developed and manufactured. The real guilty character in this all affair is Romy the Cat and his rumblings . Without it Pure Power would be selling as it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #379: Tubes and kids by JJ Triode on 2012-08-21 
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Putting the Pure Power in the basement might be fine, but I don't think you need to banish the Melqs down there, at least not yet.You don't know yet if there will be kids, and if so it will still be a couple years before one arrives and becomes mobil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Mine is microprocessor controlled by Antonio J. on 2007-12-06 
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You can find a brief description here: http://www.salicru.es/index.php?id=1678&L=2 My unit is a RE-1009 2T, which means has double transformer, but it's not the extra noise filtering model which they call NS. Looking at this I'm quite sure i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Michael Framer's amplifier? by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
[quote user="jamesrm618"]The Vincent SP-T100 looks close "The SP-T100 is a hybrid mono block with tubes in the input stage where voltage is amplified. The power output Amplifier circuitry works without feedback." Nominal output power Class-A 8 Ohm: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The celebration of my optimism over Reality? by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-28 
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I know that I’m fool but I can not help myself the electivity is keep screwing me and nothing can help. The toys that the industry offers to deal with are hardly effective and mostly made for the “other people”. Still me being a fool I keep trying so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Wetness is about more than reflections by zanon on 2010-05-04 
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I like your comment about LF being too dry and this not being because room is untreated.In the past, I have tried to "wet up" sound by making room more reflective ("live") and I am guessing that your room is fairly live now as untreated rooms usually...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1252: Retailer or distributor by eli8888 on 2014-02-06 
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[quote user="manisandher"] eli8888 wrote:The 3rd party, who is an official distributor of the product for Europe is telling me he will prepay me as soon as pure power send them the money they paid back. This was agreed with PurePower and the distribu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1260: Practicality by steverino on 2014-02-07 
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To be practical, Pure Power needs to sell the design or system to some company that has the capitalization to market and improve it effectively. Years after their move back to Canada we see no change in their basic operation which seems to consist of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Spike logic? by N-set on 2013-12-05 
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[quote user="decoud"]It seems reasonable to begin with the science -- as a preliminary to listening -- but I do not follow the logic here. The source of the vibration is principally the floor: the table should therefore not be coupled with spikes but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1596: PP2000 plus PP3000+ conflict by drdna on 2018-07-25 
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Romy,I agree with the very nice summary you have made of the situation. You remember that I struggled for a couple years to get PurePower to return my PP2000 which had gone for repairs, but ultimately they replaced it with a PP3000+.  I just have to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Another high power triode option. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
There was a cool Russian-made tube GU-48. It is high-gain, high power pure direct heated triode with 300W on plate and 10A on carbonized tungsten cathode.  I did not hear but it looks like something in the class of RCA 833 tubes. I think Japanese sel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #352: Operating points and cathode current by floobydust on 2009-06-22 
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 Romy, I don't think we're in any major disagreement. It's clear you have a good operating point and performance indicates this as well. I did a "normalized" model of this with the 2A3 and 45 and it specs well. All I'm suggesting is that all early an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1903: AC is like big giant by Amir on 2023-02-22 
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PaulI have listened to some friends systems in their home from morning to night and the AC quality was also variable accross the time but overally my AC quality was worse in comparison by my friends home.In Iran the new year holiday is 21 March - 2 A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1829: High Power UPS in Market by Amir on 2022-08-08 
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If i am not mistaken It seems Most High Power UPS in the market like APC or ABB are not good for high dynamic loads (high crest factor like Music signal) and the load transient response of these UPS is not very good at rated power. APC , ABB and ... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Pure Red Copper. by xandcg on 2021-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]IIRC, Viborg uses what they call red copper, which is probably red brass - a high Cu content brass, quite a bit harder than pure Cu. Visually and under a few strokes of a metal saw (I wanted to check if this is not a plating) beha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #667: No philosophers' stone of electricity? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-18 
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[quote user="Young Skywalker"] I have been intently following this thread for many years and this recent update is very encouraging. I hope that the Pure Power people can deliver on their promise and that the sonic outcome meets with your objecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #925: Butteries are pain. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-03 
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[quote user="joaco"]Hello all , i know this topic is almost about pp experience but since im experimenting with electricity i like to share some thoughts here . I builded a dac using very high quality components . As you know the power supply is crit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #948: Some thoughts about dedicated lines. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-20 
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This subject is interesting but unfortunately there are more options then time in life to experiment with all of them. The idea to use fatter cable is right atop of surface. It is not about current caring but the lower impedance of the cable. Remembe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #964: Dedications isolations etc FWIW by steverino on 2011-12-26 
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Normal 0 Romy,     Your findings are more congruent than not with my own experiences with  different systems and environments. Dedicated lines:....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1028: Chaining might be a good idea with right devise. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-08 
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[quote user="steverino"]FWIW I got my own PP 1050 a week ago and am pleased with the sound. It is the first active device that sounds as good as or better than my jury rigged passive filtration. Thanks Romy. As for chaining devices, I tried plugging ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #940: Good power bad power by Canuck on 2011-12-17 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It was an interning event last night. The sound turned incredibly bad from electricity perspective. I did not have anything like this for a year or so it was very bad and it was clearly electrical. The PP2000 was workin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Driver tubes by Chirag on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hey, Chirag, long time no see. [/quote]Hi Kitty,I always try to see whats going on on this site, but by the end of the day I'm usually too bloody tired to think clearly enough to write something of interest.  This week...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Bais and filament voltages by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-19 
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DA, looks like very nice  and lucid assembly. How do you like the sound of the thing? The  output stage 200mA /187V. It is a bit too small but I will do. I do not know what the gap you have in your OPT. If it is limited to 200mA then stay there, you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1341: Yes, well worth it in my view by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-21 
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[quote user="drdna"]Now fully five years after the original PP2000 was in my system, then subsequently stopped working and was sent back for repairs to the manufacturer. An unfortunate series of events involving the Chinese subcontractor resulted in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: It shall be easy. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-08 
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[quote user="de charlus"]Due to this thread, I called the friend upon whose boat I heard the Vox Olympian in order to find out precisely which DCS DAC he was using with his TLOX to get the sound that I found so remarkable. It turns out that whilst th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Computer Audio - like everything else - Keep it ultra thin optimized t... by wlowes on 2012-11-18 
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My journey with computer audio offers me reason to be optimistic. I think it is like everything else in the audio chain. Everything counts. Keep it as simple as possible. The power for every consumer is important. Keep the number of parts and transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Same impressions here by Antonio J. on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
You and I must be of the very few that find CD-R copied discs sounding worse than an original CD, most people find no differences or better sound in copied discs.I have a Marantz Pro recorder (631 I believe) and as a transport is pure crap, not even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You got to be kidding!!! by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Atkinson vs. Tektronix: first audio case in US Supreme Court in Audio News  1 Replies 
I do not blame John Atkinson specifically. He is not better or worse than any other his idiot-colleges. Take a look the level of the moronity this time John Atkinson allows himself to fell. In his “review” of Lamm M2.1: http://www.stereo...
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