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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 #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 #26: I'll give it a try by yoshi on 2007-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
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 #204: Actually, it is not so bad. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
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 #8: ....monsters...... by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[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 #73: It is the way to go. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[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 #13: The drunk Electro-Voice. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[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 #11: ....mushrooms.... by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[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 #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 #1198: A fractured RCA female ground shield? by Bud on 2013-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
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 #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 #43: Anything specific? by Paul S on 2008-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
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 #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 #10: The mushrooms, the smoke and the lack of my expertise. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[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 #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 #4: Holly cow! The Pussy might go digital? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[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 #14: Back to the beginning by Bud on 2006-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
RomyPerhaps this link and the information trumpeted within will help on this project. Certainly the leader of this pack has solid credentials in HF switching power supplies, though this particular link is actually about roasting transistors in an Aud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Masochistic headphone amplifier! by Bud on 2006-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Romy,Take a look at the output from the HP amp with a scope to make certain you do not have a high frequency oscillation in the amp. Under headphones this would be very seriously reinforced. Then check to see if you have a very low frequency oscillat...

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 #6: Something must be done about this and soon by Bud on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
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 on your broadband ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #842: Maybe a more useful comparison can be had by Bud on 2011-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Look here at the latest wavelet analysis of an EnABL'd speaker and an untreated speaker.http://planet10-hifi.com/mige-test/wavelet/index.htmlThe test is not important here, but the blink comparison might be just the ticket to show of where the si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: 6C33C: HF trransformer... by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate HF output transformer? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]I am about 3 weeks away from supplying 3 Kz ohm to 4,8 & 16 ohm SE outputs for 300b or 2A3 tubes to George Wright, of Wright Sound, and Gary Pimm of Pimm CCS fame (constant current controls to buffer stages from each other ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #617: A clip here a snip there by Bud on 2010-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
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 current capability...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EnABL: Just a note to awaken all of you peaceful sleepers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[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 #14: Re: I've read them by Bud on 2005-07-12 
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 
Antonio,You should expect to hear just the music. In explaining the effect of this process in words, I am in a simmilar position to Romy with his Melquiades amplifiers.Most speakers sound just fine, to those who are used to them. We have, in our sens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #985: Unmanageable. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]All transformers are phase inverting. The lowest leakage point of primary and secondary windings relationship to conventional E/I and C core is the physical start of the helical spiral winding. This is assuming more than one layer o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Boyk on musical values by Bud on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musicians' ear in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
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 #14: A completely new Russian drinking song The drunk Electro-Voice. by Bud on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Only with the finest of Russ drinking vodkas, then off to Jose Quervo Five Gold Coinand something really salty... then we can sing to the domes and they will clean themselves, without our having to have a Memorex moment and scouring them with our ton...
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