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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A contemporary AD1 Triode by Emission Labs by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-12 
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The Czech Republic-based Emission Labs Company introduced their new replica of famed AD-1 Triodehttp://www.emissionlabs.com/html/club/labreport.htm It looks like Yamamoto, Japanese amplifier manufactures has made an amp with this tube: A-06Shttp://w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Yamamoto, AD1 and no talk about time-alignment. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-08 
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[quote user="enjoy_the_music"] Well I am fairly new to active speakers. I've been in contact with Merlin and Guy in the UK about these type of speakers and their experiences. I'm just taking it all in and then going forward making a few mistakes and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Yamamoto amps vs. my buying attitude. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
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…and I hope you did put your ET-703 tweeter in a time aligned position, did you? The AD1 tube was one of those original “better sounding” triodes. I have a quite few of them; in Telefunken 1936-139 radios (I have 4 or 5 of those radios them in my st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The semi-lost civilization of Nazi’s Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-13 
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Yep, you re right, the Yamamoto A-06S is SET, I did not read it carefully and I was under presumption that A-06S is PP monoblock. Good for Yamamoto! The only amps I heard with AD1 were PP. Somewhere in the very end 90s I shortly was exposed to i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A revolution for Executive Washrooms, Car Washes and Funeral Homes by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-07 
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Rane come up with the following?http://www.rane.com/pi14.htmlDo you think that I can sue Rane for copyright infringement?http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Commerce/AD1.aspxThe Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Yamamoto amplifiers by enjoy_the_music on 2007-12-06 
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    Hi,I have just received a Yamamoto A-02 amplifier from Shigeki. It is a 2A3 / 45 switchable amp, not available in the EU. It is supposed to be Yammies top amplifier. I bought it in JP and sent it to Shigeki for new 230V transformer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: YO-186 as the output tube. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-05 
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In the thread GM70 vs. 6C33C two year back I have written that the only tube that I would like to trey in Milq besides 6C33C would be YO-186. I am not sure that it might be a right direction or even interesting direction but I picked yesterday a par...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: The YO186 Strip Show by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-13 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdf[/quote] Here is the lit sucker that I told you before. It is Russian impersonisation of Telefunken AD1. It was made from 1932 to 1963. It is smaller than 2A3, the size of the larg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: How to measure Soundstage by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"] We may postulate that … compression is beneficial for soundstaging.[/quote] ... You are right and it is very simple to witness. A high dynamic range creates less soundstaging and more imaging. Higher compression kills imaging an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Audio Demoronisator AD-2? Why not? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-28 
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Yes, it is true – it looks like a move toward my Audio Demoronisator http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Commerce/AD1.aspx However, I would like to see what and how Fenice does what it does. This new paper MF driver looks interesting. I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #296: Meow about the tubes… by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-13 
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[quote user="DHT4ME"] This is true. It comes down to thermal cycling. I love the #26 tube but it is real hard to get quiet.  It has a 1.5v 1a filiament. The heavy draw causes thermal cycling which is very hard to null out. There is also more rati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Many promis no one excels. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-07 
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Be careful to relieve me if I am not impressed, many promised no one excelled. :-) Chris, I do not think that you will see me to think about transformers for other channels. I do not think that what I do will be some kind of resolution for Amor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Yamamoto, AD1 and no talk about time-alignment. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-08 
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[quote user="enjoy_the_music"] Well I am fairly new to active speakers. I've been in contact with Merlin and Guy in the UK about these type of speakers and their experiences. I'm just taking it all in and then going forward making a few mistakes and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-14 
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Since I am now in the Super Zarathustra conceptualization mode am paying attention to the hybrids out there. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2362 I still do not see any interesting Class “A” hybrids but it looks like regular AB hy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The DHOFT topology? Do not try it home. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-04 
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I know – it idiotic even for my site but it us what it is. I do not think that I can generalize my observations as I have not a lot of experience with DHT tubes but one thing that I have been observing for the last week is really arouse my curios...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: “Commerce is a way people share, interact, and communicate”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-10 
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[quote user="Joe Roberts"].... but this is how humans work.[/quote] … or perhaps you are ignorant not only in the audio subjects but also in common sense. Redding your post I lost interest in your “stance” two weeks back, primary because you have exp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Wisdom! by twogoodears on 2009-11-12 
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Very wise, Roman... I - myself and my wallet - both must agree about your feelings and opinions... I've been into tube collecting since early '80s and what I guessed was dear (ITL 50.000 (about EUR 25) for an AD1 or "Luftwaffe" RE604 is now a TRUE ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Greek Anima Loudspeakers by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-03 
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Manolis Proestakis from Greek have announced his Anima Loudspeakers. http://www.tuneaudio.gr/ The lead came from Stefano Bertoncello's blog; the picture was taken from there as well. http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #380: Me and my DHT references… by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-22 
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I was pointed at a site where people debating the subject of 2A3 vs. 45 vs. AD1 vs. RN604 vs. YO168.  Naturally they pointed out to my site, bringing my articles from this thread on the same subject as some kind of reference. I read their comm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Have the cake and eat it by N-set on 2011-05-22 
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Although the spiritus movens of the whole idea seems to have found thebass solution, the idea continues to live.Thanks to the invaluable help of Stephie B, I've comeback to the GU81M likea boomerang with some progress. There are 3 new things:1) FFT v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The 6E5P-2A3 Milq? by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
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[quote user="drdna"]  Well, and I have a dozen of them sitting here next to my desk while I am building my Milq amp s-l-o-w-l-y so I guess I will discover my audio intelligence level sometime after the New Year.[/quote] That is so cool that you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-02 
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[quote user="Wojtek"]I assembled SUN 2A3 amp for my friend and found it to be quality kit  and very easy assemble. Kit was old .I think late 90's so maybe quality deteriorated since then. I have variety of 300b Czech tubes and (Eml 300b , KR 300...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The vintage tubes paranoia and a custom bass transformer by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I have been surprised that you have not already pursued the Zarathustra for your multi-driver, sealed LF.  From your early descriptions of both, this seemed like a natural pairing and the most likely way to go, to keep the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: It is not what important. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-30 
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[quote user="de charlus"]Ok, understood, at least somewhat. Are you suggesting that the S2 operates at the frequencies between 1000hz and 3.6khz? I am not insisting upon using the driver at the frequencies that I was initially suggesting; far fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: …and I am not a fun of Kondo ‘voicing’ idea. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="drdna"]After seeing the variation in the sound of the TU-X1 to the quality of electricity, and thinking about recent discussions about the Direct Heated Triode, I would like to start a compendium of anecdotal observations of the idiosync...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: No, that is exactly what I am saying! by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="drdna"]I would like to start a compendium of anecdotal observations of the idiosyncratic nature of COMPONENT PLACEMENTS in the circuit. [/quote]Surely all passive components in the circuit have influence, but I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #224: My DH DSET – 2 days later. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-17 
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I made experiments running HF filaments from dedicated Hammond 6.3V transformer vs. lifting ground on my 6.3V IDH filaments. I did not listen Sound but rather measure the noise – the result was identical. In the best cases I was able to get 0.63m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: The thoughts collection about YO186? by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-03 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When I said four transformers I meant that I can see 4 type of the tubes. The 2A3 with 700-80R on plate, YO186 with 1200R on plate, the 45 with 1800R on plate and 10Y with 5K on plate. Hey are requires different transforme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #363: 2S4S and 2A3 by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-29 
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It turned out that I end up with 4V tubes for MF channel and am running my YO186. The 2A3 tubers I kind of have left on peripheral of my interests. It is not the 2A3 tubes are “bad”.  I did not go deep with 2A3 and did not try their expensive sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: My DHT experiment: some conclusions. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-30 
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Ok, I do not know what it was: was it DHT, was it 300B, was it some other specifics of this given amp or whatever… but those two aspects that I named: intentional density of colors and randomness of pace are something that I would like to exercise in...
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