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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Reliable. by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] I do have some serious concerns with respect to my design, the LF stability beeing the most important one (before we even approach talking about the Sound...if any); you may rememebr I was asking you about the stability and relia...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: To drive S2 (a comperession driver) with a litle Solid State. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Here's a crazy thought... have you every tried driving the S2 directly from the Placette?! I know the 6E5p does some unique things but I wonder if it might be educational.The placette has a 7 ohm Zout right? Don't forget that that do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Missing miliampers by N-set on 2011-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Paul, 6E5P may strech very much, but maybe just enough to close the gap.  In such a racing car there is a little margin, it's not a usual 10W+ design. Biased at -3.5V 6E5P will produce +40Vmax on the grid, driver driven to the limitThe grid will eat ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The 6e5p as driver for GM-70. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
Yes, decoud, the 6e5p-GM70 is an easy amp but 6e5p is a hell of voltage driver and I do not feel that a single 6e5p will be able to drive GM70 into grid currents.  If people use dead speakers and need a lot of power than use the ability of direct hea...

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 #3: RE: Bias help by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
[quote user="cb"] The bias voltage I get on the 6e5p is around minus 4.4v on both the circuits. This is with the inputs shorted. With the inputs connected to adjust voltage to 0.0mvdc, I get a reading of plus 0.4vdc. This is with VR1 set at maximum (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Listening the Single-stage 6E5P by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Now I re-listen all the things the we try to measure. To surmised everything I have to tell that Dima’s way to looks for optimum operation point of the tube (setting balance for voltage vs. current sufficiency) turned out to be very successful as I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: OTL for S2 by cv on 2007-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
AlloWell this could be very interesting.... the Melq driver (at lower voltage) direct coupled to a 6C33 cathode follower run at low voltage, high current. Vincent looks like he's running about 80V 500mA, though in this case you'd need to use a r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Can it be it? by N-set on 2011-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Paul, I know NOTHING about pentodes. I looked at the curves:at 1500V/300mA/-85V loaded with 3.2k will give a whooping 190Wwith +/-85Vmax swing, staying in A1. At 2.4k this drops to 155W.G2 @500V, eating 50mA of current(!)But the linearity...???? The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Since I know about a few ongoing attempts out there by different people to build Melquiades I would like to share with some of my observations regarding corrections, simplification and possible modifications of Melquiades amplifier. Obviously you ha...

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 #3: A few more hybrid suggestions by Chirag on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Hey Cat,Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  And wouldn't a proper class A 100w amp with its low low efficiency require something like 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Shot too early... by anthony on 2019-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy,So, six channels are now operational in the first DSET.  By up I mean the anode voltages on all tubes is about right and the currents are in the ballpark of where they need to be.  I am yet to check the DC Offset so hope...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 6sn7 = high output impedance by hagtech on 2007-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
The 6sn7 is a fine amplification tube for use in preamps or gain stages, but it has way too high of an output impedance for driving power tubes.  This is my personal preference.  It also depends greatly on the topology.  Maybe George u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Another decision that I need to make… I am in debates now. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Another decision that I need to make about the new Super Milq. I have MF and Fundamental Channels around the Vitavox S2 drivers that will be driven directly from the single-stage amplifiers, with the crossovers and attenuators sitting at amplifier li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Just have to build one to hear. by KOTriode 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 
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, I will build a mono bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: In which direction the tube goes? by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="be"]Thanks ml8, do you know how much it could swing before problems, either due to clipping or grid current?[/quote] I would be interesting to know how much plate voltage (and power) 6E5P would have with no bias. If ml8 would promi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Grid current "absorbers" by ml8 on 2007-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
Romy, Big thanks for your answers. But i've got another question :)You mentioned gas regulator as grid current "absorber".Very good point, because personally i hate to use resistor as a grid leak.Instead of it i'll use choke - almost with any tube, i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Drifting and loading by N-set on 2010-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Romy, I'm of course familar with your MF design and Jim's 6E5P curves is what I base my considerations on at this moment (along with the corresponding Spice model).Your DHT MF is quite self-balancing due to the large cathode resistor. WhatI have in m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The 6E5P/6E6P data for Hickok 580/580A by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
I think it should be somewhere posted for my and perhaps for others future references. Here is the setting for testing Melquiades' single-stage tubes on Hickok 580/580A tube testers. To test the tube as a driver for a full Milq (two stages) set ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My Super Melquiades modifications: 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
My project to add 3 one-stages channels to Super Melquiades look like progressing (it means I will have the new 15,5:1output transformers very soon) and in  context of upcoming changes and, after long consideration and  some tests, I desire...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: You did not reply what music you are listening….. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Has anyone built the DIY Melquiades amp?? in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
.. and therefore I do not know how serious to take you.As far as I know as now there are no people who have built Melquiades. I know that up to now about 5 attempts to do it but no one finished it yet up to the point that might report result. Dima is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Kind of irelevent. by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Yes, Daniel, this resistor is somewhere between 30R and 100R, the value is not truly important. The purpose of the resistor is to slightly decouple the potentials of plate to grid, it cares no current and you might use 1/8W resistor or even less. BTW...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Ok, let have tube testing fun. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
Jim, I have sent you the tubes – it might be an interesting journey. I send you: 1) 6C33C that was working with both cathodes approximately a year. It is not dead year but it is deep into retirement age. Run it at 220V and 200-250mA full-tube,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The 6C33C’s avalanche heating as an urban legend by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
Well, it is not necessary a fully qualified urban legend as the problem does take please with fixed based 6C33C but..... only under certain conditions. I have written about it a lot on my site but will very briefly recall it again. Dima might be cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Melquiades For Dummies™ - planning and ordering parts step. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Here is the general specification for the parts that I used. The selection of the parts implies some liberty of course. It will be your amp after all, not mine - do whatever you wish. In some case when I feel that requirement is critical I will stres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The expressed perfect operation point is a fiction in a way. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Risking that the topic has already been discussed and that I postin a wrong category (Romy feel free to (re)move this post:Is there any sense in trying 6C33 at higher volatges and lower currents?More precisely, I've been wondering...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Will see how it goes.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]You want a suggestion for a good 2A3? Get Ricardo Kron's (KR Audio Enterprises) KR 2A3. Very rugged, overbuilt. There is no comparison between this tube and all other 2A3's, and I tried many of them. The sound is more dynamic, the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Will see how it will work out… by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Which caps exactly did you decide to try?  I don't recognize the big black jobbies.  Are they oilers?  Are they 200V? [/quote] I did not “decide” but went with what I had in my hands. They are the Ansars from the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 6e5p and OP Method by Chirag on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Hi Cat,It seems the 6e5p is driving the transformer directly. I've used various versions of even simple mosfet followers to good effect at the headphone level, but never considered using a speaker level transformer.  Did you and Dmitry cons...
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