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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Earthy matters by Brian Clark on 2008-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Excellent! I don't use step-ups and I always tie signal earth to chassis earth through a 10 ohm resistor at input.Brian....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: 25-30mA or 15-17mA by G on 2018-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
I double checked and everything seems connected ok. all parts values are correct. I have measured the voltage across R2 and it was 208V so 208v / 15k = 13.86mA. I connected 1r resistor between M and R2 and it was 14mA. also connected 1r resistor betw...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #153: The pin 8 question by anthony on 2019-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy,I've been reading the 6e6p-dr datasheet and it seems as though pin 8 (a shield) is recommended to be tied to a lower negative voltage than the tube cathode.  Have you bothered or experimented with this?  This is no problem in the DHT Channel ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tweeter by zztop7 on 2016-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Lansing model 19 conundrum in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Welcome Sean19,  Another member should correct me where I am wrong.   There should be some tweeters that just start emitting in their proper frequency range and do not need a crossover.  They might need a resistor so that they are volume balanced to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Resistor ladder. by xandcg on 2017-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shopping for DSD Converters? Here's One From the Lampizator.... in Audio News  18 Replies 
Amir,R2R Discrete, means it uses the good "old" resistor ladder instead of a DAC chip. There is more info here. But you can find more around the internet.Cheers....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fundamentals Channel... by anthony on 2015-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Sorry Romy, I was not clear enough, but the resistor that I am questioning is in the Fundamentals Channel (not the MF Channel as I believe you referred to in your previous post) between the OPT and the S2....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Positive voltage by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Positive voltage supply does nothing but balance zero volts at impost. You can go for "pure" implementation and to get a dedicated PS of you can take voltage from any positive voltage, let say from B+ of a driver tube, use voltage divider and drive w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Melquiades resistor question by DA on 2013-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Finalizing parts ordering for full range Melquiades and I have one thing with is unclear to me,  the plate to grid resistor on the 6E5PIs   R23  50R is this correct ?There is another R23 in the driver power supply .http://www.goodsoundclub.com/PDF/Me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 6E6P vs. D3A as driver. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6E6P-DR in triode mode in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
[quote user="Johann"]Hi Romy,i want to use the 6E6P-DR (triode mode) as driver in my tube 45 amp.I use a D3A (triode mode) with Anode choke at 180V, 12mA. Grid 2 is connected via 50 Ohm resistor to anode. Grid 3 (pin 8) is connected to cathode.Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #351: The upcoming recalibration of Melquiades channels by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Is this because of the way you are driving them?When testing my one completed mid-bass horn (AK151 into 40Hz Exponential with 8" throat), and powering it from an amp that drives everything from upper bass to HF, the output...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: Anticipating the needs by N-set on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I haven't played with the loadings yet, as I'm still in the deep woods of the assemblyand a hunt for an intelligent SUT. But the primary loading scares mewith it's super sensitivity to the resistor quality, value, etc.Anyway, I'm somehow optimistic t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #182: I had it wrong all along... by anthony on 2020-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Work has been so crazy busy all last year and through these strange times right now that I have not been having any time to think about the audio project let alone indulge in advancing it.  One DSET/Macondo has been playing mono and I have really bee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: R22 by Domidaw on 2021-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Anthony, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on making your amplifier. I have been following your build from the beginning and now that I am building my own amp, I appreciate your work even more. I admire your plan a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 or 2A3 by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 First, Adrian, Thanks for your feedback on the newer designed 2A3 tubes... very interesting. I've looked at all 3 of these brands before but have not as of yet purchased any (I have a large collection of 45 and 2A3 of various NOS US brands...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #212: The intestage loading talk. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-05 
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"]In my upcoming DH Milq MF DSET I will have an Innerstage transformer and output transformer. The loading of output tube has known effect to harmonics vs. transients, it is know, it is predicable and it is manageable. The In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #161: Crossover balancing act; Act III by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, I was trying to evaluate the gain of my amplification in respect to larger room and again was thinking about your case. I think something that you do it not correct. You are complaining that you have not enough gain in upperbass, but I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Considerations about Melquiades’ layout. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]As a way of forcing myself to see the thing as a whole, I will start by converting this schematic to a 3D CAD model, illustrating each component and its relation to the others (with more distance between the parts than in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Melquiades' "Remote Biasing" by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades' "Remote Biasing" in Melquiades Amplifier  0 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] In here is not the value are important but the concept the you block DC not with capacitor but with an “active” resistor that backed up with positive voltage. BTW, eventually if you wish to go “kinky Milq” and have a v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Bias or do not Bias – what a qeston!!! by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Contemplating now how to organize biasing for 3 singe stages of my 6-chanls amp I was faced the dilemma: do I need to bias my tubes. The 6E5P/6E6P are Russian tubes and it means that are very different right from the boxes. The Milq, driver tubes, be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It might be much simpler then that. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Should I low pass the midrange @10k? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="KS"]Thats the kind of stuff I was hoping for. I appreciate the help with this, there seems to be a scarcity of horn related discussion on the web and its proving hard to learn the ropes.One other unrelated question that could save me a l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #346: A question about the polishing the things…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"] Paul,I suppose that new vs old between the 45 and RE604 could account for some differences, but it's more of an "apples to oranges" comparison. Pushing the 45 beyond it's ratings is not a great idea... especially the cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #330: Bye-bye the input divider on MF! by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Hm, I was playing with options to get rid the 3dB divider in the MF channel input and I realized that I was a moron somewhere. I was operating under presumption that I was getting 2V on the driver cathode in MF channel that made the swing voltage...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment by drdna on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"][The Moondog amplifier has] a higher B+ voltage (350 volts) with a 1K cathode bias resistor and the 2.5K load.[/quote] [quote user="Romy the Cat"]...the most proper operation of this tube will be at 275V on plate and 4.1K ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: CR vs. LR low-pass filter. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
The precision of those inductors is very much irrelevant – it would be easy to fine-tine the filter with the value of the resistor. There is a bigger fish to fry – the benefits of LR filter. If we are taking about high-pass filter then there are no ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: The known good solution by anthony on 2022-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Hi Anthony, trying to copy a known good solution - too little time for experiments recently.[/quote]Well, Romy had great results with the Placette and his Dannoys, so that is the known good solution as far as I am con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Good and neutral by Celsius on 2014-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Celsius, I do not know what CCS you impended, did you drive 6e5p’s plate with constant current source?*1 I also do not know/like 6e5p with battery bias. The only application that I find 6e5p suitable was the Milq-style bi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: They are not LPads but they are bitch. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Well, they technically not Lpads but juts regular attenuators even though they connected in “protective mode”. You can go with stabilized impedance to maintain the high pass filter over the coupling capacitor to work properly but I do not feel it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Bleeders at shut-down... by anthony on 2015-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, they technically not Lpads but juts regular attenuators even though they connected in “protective mode”. You can go with stabilized impedance to maintain the high pass filter over the coupling capacitor to work prop...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Power supply regulator by Wellington on 2017-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I was asked for more information on my power supply regulator, which allows the original 100V power line (Japan) to be plugged directly into a 120V line (US), while greatly smoothing the ripple going to the motor. ...
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