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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Convince me. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Ok, I just read your "Melquides Remote biasing". This technic can not be duplicate in my amp due to DC coupling, the C3G (I dont use 6E5P) driver stage basically adjust the 6C33C current in the output stage. Just for curiosity,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Go after transformers maker. by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Well, they did not meet your specification, that is simple as that and they shall be taking care of all international shipping cost , import tax , VAT. I am a bit surprised as if it is more or less serious company then they shall not be able to miss ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: OK, try it, it is all yours. by Romy the Cat on 2013-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="Celsius"]The problem is that my target is drive a 211  as full amp,  and my CD player  give a litle bit more than 1v to grid. What do you think    1V x 33times x 2.8 give 93ppV enought to drive the 211. [/quote] Well, you need another ga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It is accomplishable, they juts do not know what it is. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The objectives of Einstein self-entertaining Preamp. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Guy, I am not sure that “all audio components would ideally be transparent” as most of the audio components perform own actions: gain change or different type of conversions. Preamp, in contrary, mostly performs no actions or if it is in unity gain i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Resistors, resistors where are you….? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who makes good L-Pads? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Thanks, Adrian, as I underused the Dave Slagle is autoformer guy. I have no needs for autoformers as I need purely restive load. I fact it is not big deal to find switch,  it is complicated to find a ready to go attenuator. Mike Percy care many ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Caps and chokes by N-set on 2011-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Oh, Romy, I meant the air caps in the corrector loop of course!!!Adjusting PS caps I leave to AA morons and alike.Believe me or not I did go very serious about the proper choke input operation.What I meant is that I have to get hold of a scope to che...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The hum is drooped significantly! by AlexBerger on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,I try to remove the step-up transformers & short the input grid, the hum has gone.Than, I did next changes:1. Twisted wire from input RCA to step-up transformers. Connect transformers input & output ground directly (not thought ground ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Are you reviewing different phonostages/cartridges, or what? by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Axel"] I was hoping to get some specifics from you when looking at a BEST "impedance match" ~ 1:1 with the cart in use, and if you had figured out some ball-park value which then can be used as point of departure for listening test.[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Piano in the audio room. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
An audio guy contacted me today with and an interesting note: “can't put a piano in the same room as a hifi”. When I asked why he wrote: “scott's steinway sounding board would 'ring' like crazy. it was my theory about why his tannoys sounded even mud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: No manuals for those things…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Rakesh, I think you’re doing a strategic mistake. You see, there is no manual in those things. As much as you are trying to come up with one it still will be no manual in the end. Reading this site one might think that by venture of my site I have bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The perfect corrector. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
There is no need to invent anything in the 834PT – it is good as is. The only think that I “might” do it conversion of the second stage to fixed bias and drive R18 resistor from 1.5V battery. Everything else is perfect in this corrector. The CatCor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Nearly there! by kodomo on 2016-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
I have my passive crossovers arrived. They are built by hornFabrik. Everything is up to the spec I asked for and I really like their build quality. As of yesterday, I have now a more promising sound towards what I have aimed for. They are first order...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Something more about the “hot magnet” theory. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I would like to expense a bit on my post above. If we presume that a warmed up, hot magnet (electromagnet) radiate a magnetic field of different type and those “hot filed” have some kind of positive effect to sound then there is a possibility of mode...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: DC Offsets in mains power supply & using toroids for power transfo... by peter foster on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Dear Romy, regarding your efforts to solve variations in mains power supply, there has been an interesting thread on RAT related to the use of toroids as power transformers that morphed into a discussion about the level of DC offset in mains power su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: My DHT experiment: some conclusions. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Ok, I do not know what it was: was it DHT, was it 300B, was it some other specifics of this given amp or whatever… but those two aspects that I named: intentional density of colors and randomness of pace are something that I would like to exercise in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #266: The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: A word of warning by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]In the 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades thread at post #89 you mention trouble you were having with some NC relays that you were using to disconnect some power supply bleeder resistors when the amp was turned on.  When t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #345: The ideas are worth trying? by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]On the matter of the DHT having a plate resistance of 500-700... you do realise that running the 6E5p with an unbypassed cathode resistor is giving you an effective Rp of about 12k, right? The formula is, IIRC, Rp + (mu+1)Rk.[/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: The commentaries about the Upper-bass sweep. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Similar to the famous sexist tail that women can be only ether pretty or smart the midbass horns unfortunately behave in the very same way: they can be only nicely placed in a room or they can sound good. You want the horn to place in a specific ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Some follow ups… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Resonant frequency  : I did not try to measure it. Can anyone confirm the following : I assume this parameter is most easily determined by playing a series of tones at constant signal strength (volume setting) whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Despite the problem, I felt a sense of peace. by Domidaw on 2022-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Because I feel that with your help, sooner or later I will solve this problem. So far I have been feeling very frustrated for days, so I decided to post this on the forum as a last resort. I do not know any  people who know electronics constructi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Bias help by cb on 2007-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Yes, it is imposable to have + 0.4V on the grid, 0.0V at input, with R5 resistor in place and the gas tubes outputting +150V and -150V. My apologies, I meant to say I have  minus 4.4v on the grid with the inputs shorted. Then I unshort the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: Pudding and the chicken wires by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Thanks, KM It makes sense but I do not like to burn those tubes at max plate dissipation.  How about if I put one more RC chains in PS and drop anode voltages from 400V to 350V? Then if burn let say 60V in cathode then I arrive to a comfortable...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A couple of answers. by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
**** For the 30h do you change r23 to like 42k?  the arrow from r23 to l1 seems to imply that r23 depends on the choke. does this effect r2?  Yes, they are related. the R23 in the supply of the driver state is just a ble...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Coupling capacitor by Romy the Cat on 2014-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Daniel, if you have start, the igniting voltage, on the gas tubes 197V then it is perfect. If the tubes do maintain stable 150C then leave it as it. Each of the gas tribes has own stabilization voltage. If one of them has let say 148V and another 150...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Further thoughts by KOTriode on 2012-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Romy, in the contrary, it is very unfair to compare my 845 amp with the 6C33C. The main reason is the 845 amp used the best output/interstage transformer available, while the 6C33C's output xformer is pretty good but far from being best for the 6C33C...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 'Soul', caring and audio-tools... by Axel on 2009-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Ok, so you do not like 'soul' that you as the 'creator' have put into an object, that you happen to make what it is. - I guess that's not quite so fine by me, kind of stone-cold :-(Why would I CARE for a bunch of wires and a lump of metal, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Hum again. by AlexBerger on 2010-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,I have rebuilt my phonostage (the pictures after update are added to Picasa):1. Fixed filament.  Now a ripple about 1mV (unmeasured by my Fluke).    The filter is: C-L-C-L-C 30000uf-3mH-30000uf-3mH-30000uf.   I put two 3mH chokes & Nichico...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Re: Phonostage: Modifications to your design by hagtech on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
Romy,Hi, new here.  Great and very interesting website.  I think a lot of people have misread you, they don't expend the time to actually think about some of the things you have said.  Anyhow, looking at the above schematic (is this sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #344: DHT drivers by nl on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Why do we use DHT tubes? it is not because of their technical specifications. They have low transconductance, a problematic direct filament, and they cost a lot.Obviously, it is because of their sound. Some people like it and some people don't.The DH...
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