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In the Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later.
Post Subject: State of things this side of the PondPosted by Antonio J. on: 10/6/2006
I am not a DIYer and have no skills nor knowledge to build the Melquiades, so I contacted a technician here to have one built. He said he could make it and stated the cost at around 3000USD including his working time. He suggested some changes in the PS caps and other minor things which seemed acceptable and wouldn't change performance.
To me, having and living with a Melquiades would be more an educative matter (to learn how things should be or might get to be) in order to stablish my own audio targets, than the answer to some personal objectives. I'm still learning about music and about myself to find out which are sensible and attainable objectives for home audio. Moreover my speakers aren't adequate for an amp like Melquiades, they're commercial, not really high sensivity, nor horns, then I feared that the results I could obtain weren't really what Melquiades is about. Then I thought that building the Milq would probably be a waste of money in my present circumstances. And not exactly a small amount of money, 3000USD is quite a lot for me.
I have no room for horns, nor the knowledge and experience to build something that could work "just fine" with the Melquiades.
If I knew of some "decent" smallish speakers available which could meet Melquiades characteristics, and not to screw up its music-wise benefits, I'd have it made, but in my present circumstances, I'd better spend that money to pay Romy a visit and learn about his installation, goals, and results first hand. If I did so, I fear I'd be so depressed for what it could and should be, and that I cannot afford (not only costwise, but also for room and family reasons) that I'd drop audio forever.
I love music and listening is kind of healing after my daily practice. I think I have some idea of how it should be and what would be required to have important things done right, but the more I learn and the more I listen to people's systems and available commercial gear, the more I understand that I'll never have a system that really comes close to produce good music instead of good sound. I'm afraid I'm at Romy's second level and I have no hope to go further. I'm at that point that if I found a pair of headphones that were just right, I'd sell all my system but the sources, specially the tuner.
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