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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Bud, it was exactly what I was proposing? by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-19 
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There is a big industry of the rotary frequency converters or as they called ‘Cascade converters”. They convert 50, 60, 400Hz or whatever is necessary. There are also the 60Hz-60Hz converters that specifically designed to provide a complete isolation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1522: Ping, Bud P by Paul S on 2016-01-27 
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Well, John, I had a feeling it was something like this. Plenty to process. It looks like the only "easy" road for the DIY crowd here at this point would be (isolated) filament supplies using your pre-loaded boards. In the meantime, I seriously dou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Bud Purvine's magic by Wojtek on 2025-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  49 Replies 
Third here with Bud's  boring cables :) After he DISABLED my old Lowther  DX4 of any tonal quality it sparsely had before  with his miraculous dot con treatment, he procured me a set of cables and his output transformers for 45 amps. Given his backgr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: It is exactly why I’m looking amorphous chunk for Bud…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]One thing I noticed right away was a certain "image density", not unlike the ML2. [/quote] This is very interesting subject. I do not know what core the ML2.0 used but I would like to have ML2 a little bit  “amorphousised”…...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #204: Actually, it is not so bad. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-24 
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I was able to intervene with Bud closing up my inner-stage transformer and change the requirements, somebody will hate me…. Bud will do another coil that would allow remapping one side that will give me a selection of 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 of 4:1. So, the pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I'll give it a try by yoshi on 2007-08-15 
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Recently, I added JBL 2220 for below 200 and replaced TOA DSP with Pioneer D-23 4way active crossover.  The result is very positive, but there are still many issues I'd like to attend.I'll be out of country early in September so that'll be a goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: ....monsters...... by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-22 
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[quote user="Bud"]Andy,These are sensationaly deep recordings, just as you said they would be. DYNAMICS from a distance, and no artificially sick or flat notes, or hidden masses of groaning monsters.Romy you need to help this man, put his recordings ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The drunk Electro-Voice. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
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[quote user="Bud"] I have a really barbaric suggestion... of course. I can set you up with 8 lLinaeum, soft, live horn, dipole tweeters. Stacking 4 per side should see you at 103 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms of impedence. You can stack them without inte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: It is the way to go. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-23 
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[quote user="Bud"]Romy,What is the possibility of just dumping the wav files to cd as a data disc?Not as a red book audio file, just a copy from your HD. Or, we could just start sending you our spare hard drives for data dumps, I have two 30 gigs lay...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1198: A fractured RCA female ground shield? by Bud on 2013-09-24 
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If you need a pair of isolation 1:1 line level transformers let me know.Bud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Yes, certainly staked :-) by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]To answer the rest of your question I am staked down near Seattle. Just East in fact, on top of a hill, [/quote]Bud, I am not in position “do not want to wait on a pre test unit”. I kind of spiritually support the direction where yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Anything specific? by Paul S on 2008-03-25 
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Hey, Wojtek, nice to hear it worked out for you.  And what did Retsel think?Can you and/or Retsel say what you did not like about the un-Bud-ed Lowthers in the same installation(s) and what the improvements are?I have been uneasy about "mere" "i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: ....mushrooms.... by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Bud wrote:These are sensationaly deep recordings, just as you said they would be. DYNAMICS from a distance, and no artificially sick or flat notes, or hidden masses of groaning monsters.Romy you need to help this man,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #618: Dielectric recharge and current limiting? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-07 
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[quote user="Bud"]Sounds like they have a problem with current capability of their chopper circuit, the one that takes the AC voltage and cuts it into very tiny slivers before rectifying it to DC. Obviously the AC reconstitution circuit has adequate ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #624: Where is the smoking gun? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-08 
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[quote user="Bud"]Yes. Their is a direct correlation between surge current and dielectric materials dielectric constant. The voltages in question are high enough to use a thick dielectric material and just as with the effective resistance of the capa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #562: The large paper and oil caps? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-29 
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[quote user="Bud"]The sine wave actually looks quite good no hint of saturation, clipping or wave deformity. Only a single trace, rather than a twisted rope. I suspect that when placed under a load much of the "broken" curve will smooth out. I would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The mushrooms, the smoke and the lack of my expertise. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
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[quote user="Bud"]These are sensationaly deep recordings, just as you said they would be. DYNAMICS from a distance, and no artificially sick or flat notes, or hidden masses of groaning monsters.Romy you need to help this man, put his recordings on yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: The issues that did not make the Macondo's Axioms. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-06 
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The Macondo's Axioms are the concepts that I employed to make Macondo but it does not mean that Macondo takes care about all things that are I feel are important.  Some important this were intentionally left out the Macondo’s and mine attention....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Holly cow! The Pussy might go digital? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
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[quote user="Bud"]My first choice would be a Sony SACD recorder with storage in SACD format. Quite expensive, but I would not use an expensive Sony playback device. Their early models (still available new on ebay) were designed to show how much bette...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: frightening prospects by Bud on 2005-11-23 
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Romy,What is the possibility of just dumping the wav files to cd as a data disc?Not as a red book audio file, just a copy from your HD. Or, we could just start sending you our spare hard drives for data dumps, I have two 30 gigs laying about uselessl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: In the test mode. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-17 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]What are the pads you are applying, ie what material?[/quote] I do not think, and I might be wrong, that material matters. Bud, doing his cone driver feels that deviation of mass maters and he “smears” the bouncing of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #368: Yup yup yup yup by Bud on 2010-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Just so long as the Berringer has a Jan Didden designed output board and has all crossovers done by 300 Hz and the 300 to 20 kHz is handled by a VERY GOOD, VERY MUSICAL and moderately slow tube amp, just to get the important part back into the middle...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #364: Stumbling around in inductorville by Bud on 2010-10-07 
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If you are going to use an LC filter, be sure that the choke has a big enough gap that the L does not change across the line level voltage range. Specifically ask Sowter about this. For instance, the choke I spoke to you about changes from 2.8 Henry ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: To loop or not to loop? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Try something unusual and inexpensive in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Bud, I have a question to ask. I have two back terminals, to which I need to attach the loop? Would it be the one that has the secondary of OPT connected to ground? Also, if I milliamp, then do have to do on each of the “back terminal” or one shall b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Boyk on musical values by Bud on 2007-08-24 
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Check out what this musician has to say about the problem.http://www.performancerecordings.com/capturing-music.html Bud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Ok ,contact me by Wojtek on 2007-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  55 Replies 
at klamfil@earthlink.net and  I'll check with Bud the shipping details.Since you have untreated pair it would be interesting to hear the difference ,also on a few  occasions I behaved like a prick so I'd like to make it up somehow ;) Regard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: More the RX correctors.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another interesting corrector: Likhnitsky's RX corrector. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Bud, when you retie, you might start to experiment with them.... http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/RxTransformer1.pdfhttp://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/RxTransformer2.pdfThe caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Just one more for the road by Bud on 2007-08-15 
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For those of you who cringe at the thought of making a change in your costly drivers and not knowing if it has been a disaster until it is, or is not. Here is a post from an inventive lad who claims to live in an ivory tower, but has a practical answ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Another way to whack a Lowther by Bud on 2008-03-28 
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If you are brave and have a steady hand go here for a way to SOLVE Lowther problems. Without reconning. Ask Jon Ver Halen of Lowther America for his opinion too.http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1248682#post1248682 post 345http://...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Something for the Melq's by Bud on 2007-06-18 
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How about a motor generator? Both on the same shaft, and, you could even put a CVS constant voltage sine wave transformer in, to supply the electric motor part, to keep the speed constant. About 6 kVa should do it, for both channels. Fill u...
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