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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: Sounds Better to Call it "Learning" by AnonymousUser on 2006-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Hello Romy, My apologies for not getting back to you sooner… Moving to the new place has turned out to be a huge task, but worth it, as this new home actually has a place to work, not to mention a much better selection of recorded music at the local...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Re: Square Wave by AnonymousUser on 2006-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Hi Romy,For my benefit can you show the trace when it amplifies a 10K square wave?rgsGuy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Compromise for new Melq overvoltage by AnonymousUser on 2006-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Romy,I hate it when I realise I need a different transformer...The following is not an ideal solution because it breaks one of the Melquiades design features, but may be worth trying - cathode bias on the output stage? You could burn up some vol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Lamms, Tenors, Melq, others... and a big room. by AnonymousUser on 2006-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
hi romy   just a few words since we are leaving on saturday for a month off; I am no DJ listener : the patricians shake the rafters with 18 watts but  I am still trying to improve their sound since I have heard them w<ith a transcenden...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Re: Patricians and Melq in a large room? by AnonymousUser on 2006-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
hi romy sorry for the delay but my computer is down! I would like you to tell me squarely why your amp sounds to your ears better than the lamms tenors and the likes! what is if you prefer the impact of yur driver stage compared to all those mega buc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: Melquiades: to be or not to be. by AnonymousUser on 2006-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
hi romyI am not fgrustrated but trying to gather information before making a decision. I sen you an email from france and I own electrovoice patricians in a large room, about 100 square metresmy question is is your amp real better than say the lamms ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: cost of building by AnonymousUser on 2006-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
hello AntonioI am thinking of launching into building or rather having buitl by a techie friend a pair of melquiades. Could you tell me more about the cost of building a pair of these amps? then how do they compare to other amps? I mean are they real...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Expressive Technologies by AnonymousUser on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
Hello RomyI read with great interest your site and enjoy your point of view.  But I have a question for you.There are two Expressive Tech SU-1 for sale on Audiogon, but the face plates look different.I ws wondering if they are the same with the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: An amplifier is not a subject but a service.. by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
OK Romy,Compared to you I am pragmatic, but after all what matters is the emotion you get from an amplifier, the latter being considered as a musical instrument with a specific personality.You can enjoy listening to a violin, a guitar, a banjo or a m...

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 #4: Re: Ari Polisois’ Direct-Coupled Simplex by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Rob and Romy the Cat,Thank you for inviting me to discuss this subject. Allow me to reply only to the main points raised, due to the present overload of work. However I will try to answer, later, to any specific question on the subject. First : - My ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Grid bias power supplies response by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-02 
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Hi Romy,Thanks for your response! I have never tried grounding the cathode in any of my tube projects. Even my amp output stages have been mostly cathode biased. But I am going to try grounded cathodes (and the +/- input stage supply) in my next amp,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Grid bias power supplies by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-28 
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Hi Romy,   Your amp schematic is intriguing. I have a question about the dual supply for the input tube grid bias. If my preamp uses an output coupling cap, do I need plus and minus supplies ? The interconnect will be biased at the sam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: I am not an electrician. by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Dear Romy,I appreciate your patience with my electrical questions.As a good friend mentioned to me when discussing the unsolved mysteries of tubes amplifiers "I look out at the stars, the God Of Triodes winks at me, I know I cannot know wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
peter wrote: By "dynamic viscosity" do you mean the reluctance of an amplifier to be dynamic, i.e., the degree to which an amplifier sounds like it is bogged down, usually as a result of a poor rise time on transients, i.e., poor HF response, or a tu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: I don't understand what you do by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melequiades PSU in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
RomanThe main point is that I like the Bass SET aproach with LF capable transformers and have a potent SET to properly drive whole band and take the amp out of equasion in the future when I learn how to build horn speakers. The system I have is an ac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Inside views of "melquiades" by AnonymousUser on 2006-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Inside views of "melquiades" in Melquiades Amplifier  1 Replies 
hi-i have downloaded the circuit diagram for your amp but wondered if you have any photos of the "guts" so i can see how you laid yours out ?just a couple of questions1- R3 + R24-27 are shown not in bold print-why ?2-it says "look below for OPT"-?3-a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Prices in High End Audio - whatever market bears? by AnonymousUser on 2005-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
I agree with some of what you said but there is a lot in here that doesn't make sense.  Here's an example:"another obsession of males lost in the misery of own gender"Are you saying that you are not happy that you are a male?Why are you miserabl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Re: Vitavox S2: the end of the diaphragms war. by AnonymousUser on 2005-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
You must be into antiques or something.  Just buy a Raven R1.  It will easily outperform both the EV  (which is not very good) or the Vitavox (which is good if your hearing doesn't extend over 12Khz) tweeters.  Yago...
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