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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Melquiades bias: some history. by Romy the Cat 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="Chirag"]The 6E5P is an interesting device (I did some research after you dropped the "tetrode" hint and bought a few :-)), but the bias scheme with the OA2's is still incomprehensible to me.  [/quote]Ok, I will try to explain. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 7788 - love the tube! by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="rafaroxlm"]As you may know the 7788 is a high transconductance pentode which should in theory be able to give higher audio resolution than say 12AX7, 6072 tubes in tube mic pre designs.  On search here the 7788 was mention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Yes, in my case 2nd Order. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Yes. I’m exiting to see how the new horn I shaping up. Still I do not think that it is about second orders.  Obviously in context of 5 channels system, the more channels one gets then less room between them. I still feel that in order to do it c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Ok, let to complicate the things a little. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
 [quote user=" browellm from hifiwigwam"] "not your typical DIY moron". High praise indeed from Romy there… [/quote] OK, I would like to make a commentary on the subject. I know that people who love to chop wood at DIYAudio site would consider...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Playing with crossover values and Fundamentals Channel by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="ayebee"]I’m probably suggesting the obvious, but have you tried adjusting the crossover component values on the fundamentals and MF-channels? On the fundamentals-channel, increasing the inductor-value, and decreasing the cap, so that...

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 #86: Ventilation by anthony on 2017-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It look like the project progress well. I have a little concern about heat the will be building up in your PS enclosure. I do not know what kind ventilation hole you have in there but be advised that it will be quite ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: I would not do it. by Romy the Cat on 2021-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Domidaw, I am not sure if I will be wrong if I say that this amp was first electrical device I build also. so I went over the same problem as you are going. trust me I made a number of ridiculous mistakes as well and so many times I call to peopl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The follow up to the layout… by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Better chassis design for Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  4 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Not that the sound is bad, but my technique must be bad.  Because sometimes during the day the sound will get really particularly bad, even to the point that it sounds like clouds are passing by over the music, if you unders...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #137: Damn crossovers by anthony on 2019-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I think it takes around 60 seconds on my amps. I have 2 minutes delay for high voltage, so it all within the limit. [/quote] That is good to know Romy.  It was quite frustrating when I tho...

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 #15: Of course I am putting the cart before the horse... by anthony on 2015-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, if I did it again then I would not do it in context of multi-channel amplifier but rather I would make a maket amplifier able would test my ideas with it. [/quote]While I do like the idea of experimenting with MF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Kevin Brooks Acoustic System by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Brooks Acoustic System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
Brooks Audio is a reseller somewhere in Utah, I think he is Ale Acoustic US rep. Utah is reportedly a some kind region in US between Massachusetts’ Tanglewood and California. It looks like Kevin Brooks is moving and he is selling his Acoustic Sys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Re: Thorsten's preamp idea by morricab on 2005-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, Interesting preamp ideas. The Silvaweld is also using some rather interesting ideas.  For example, the power supply is all tube (ie. rectrifier and regulator) with a large choke as well for filtering and using a 300b as the hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove int... by floobydust on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 This thread has been pretty interesting overall. I've read most of it and would at least like to provide some feedback on the technical side of designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... at least from my personal experience. A few years back I decid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Why don’t you do it yourself? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TU-X1 setup in Off Air Audio  16 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]  Romy the Cat wrote: My attitude with my main TU-X1 is “do not harm” as I pretty much have no complains of frustration to it’s sound and I would be pity to loose what I have now from this tuner. I have some people tol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cognitive Order Of Succession: An approach to system building! by Tax on 2011-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Dear Romy, Thank you for the commentary and the advice with regards to the need to have a COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION and to test with another speaker in situ first. Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITI...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Two things I really liked... by anthony on 2015-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] anthony wrote:I am not sure how large to make the filter caps for the DHT channel.  At this stage I think I will start at 3000uF and perhaps try altering it a little up or down once the system is stable. Hm, it is depend...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The starting sequence. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Can you remember what caps you used in the HF filter?  They are certainly not standard values and I do have a memory of you trialling air caps. [/quote] I presume you ask about the F amplifier channel. I use air caps 530pF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #658: Pure Power 2000: trying to think logically. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
OK, here are my thoughts for today. Below is a very simplified schematic of Pure Power 2000 regenerator.  I do not know if it is, but I think that it is how it works. I do not think that it is different from any other on-line generator. At the li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Divert and indicative picture... by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote "Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in serie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: New amplification vs. extra channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Tax"] Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION there will be differences in between how the plumber Vs a brain surgeon  handles COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION. I guess on some things...

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. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: The Milq upperbass crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Romy, I appreciate that this is an old thread now and that you may not remember everything from your time developing these amplifiers, but I have a (hopefully) simple question about the upperbass crossover in the schematic ab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #135: Try to debug more. by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] Firstly, the -200V Bias supply takes ages to come up to voltage but it does get there...no issues for the +200V side, it charges is 200uF caps almost instantly, but 9,000uF on the negative side takes almost 90 seconds to ge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: It look like the project progress well by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
It look like the project progress well. I have a little concern about heat the will be building up in your PS enclosure. I do not know what kind ventilation hole you have in there but be advised that it will be quite hot. In worst case you mig...

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 #2: Re: Crossover Design: WHY? by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I know all the compromises involved with the EdgarHorns, I have heard them when I visited Bruce Edgar in Gardena, and they were pretty good compared to most of what is out there.  I realized that I would likely never be able...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: You are OK. by Romy the Cat on 2018-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Gintaras, basically it is not bias voltage problem but voltage drifting +-10mV with preamp disconnected. The 10mV is absolutely irrelevant voltage. You see, the gas tubes are voltage stabilizers but they are not as precise as the SS stabilizers. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Problems with Eskimos poetry? by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “theories” about the audio industry…. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"] Well, Roman and others I think you are going a little to far with this. Don't tell me that you took everything in my PRIVATE email to you serious because I'm going to think that you're living in the conspiracy world. Actually I ...
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