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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Purist Audio Design proper use and cable loading. by glaesemann on 2008-04-14 
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Roman, You wrote: [Any person who knows the real value of the POD cable and how to use them (very important)... ] I'm interested in reading more about your findings on proper use of PAD cables. Is there a relation to your findings on "cable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cable Current Loading by glaesemann on 2008-05-14 
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Roman in a few posts you have made reference to the interesting topic of cable current loading. I'm keenly interested in your findings....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Loading details secondary vs. primary on XF-1 by Axel on 2009-07-24 
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First of all, thanks for additional detail. As mentioned I can speak only for my Fidelity Research XF-1 (30dB). Loading it on secondary as you mentioned, it ALSO damps the trannie - result in my case: less resolution. Primary loading is MUCH more sen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cable Current Loading by glaesemann on 2008-05-14 
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Roman in a few posts you have made reference to the interesting topic of cable current loading. I'm keenly interested in your findings....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Secondary vs.primary by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-24 
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[quote user="Axel"]OK, this is useful also, in that you have not noted a "pattern" as you say. My point is closer to your suggestion, that I do change cart --- and sometimes buy new ones,  B U T I do not buy other SUT (at least I try to avoid it). I'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading by skushino on 2005-02-26 
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Here is a snippet from an email from Jonathan Carr (Lyra cartridge designer) about objectives and considerations regarding cartridge loading.  Most of this is old news, I only re-post it here as a convenient synopsis on this most misunderstood t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: ...they shall not be limited by preamp’s output impedance. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] Having said that, the 15 Commandments above look like a fine solution-based pre-amp...and the title reminds me of Mel Brooks as Moses. [/quote]   Yes, it was exactly my point of reference.   [quote user="Lbjefferies7"] A p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cable itimacy by N-set on 2013-01-17 
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I must say I've never came in to intimate contact with cables and avoid it untill I can, so yes all my arguments are theoretical.By amplifying I ment of course voltage, not power and ass-u-med that the external noise as well as the cable distortion a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: 1R vs 16R by Romy the Cat on 2016-10-19 
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With near 1R impedance I presume you will have multiple bass drivers paralleled. That is perfectly legitimate way to operate but there are a few things you might consider.   The mistakes at 1R are more effective then at high impedance. If you have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Taking the mystery out of Jonathon. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-26 
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 ***The proper loading value is difficult to say without knowing your system, as it is partly a preamp and ultrasonic RF issue as well as one that involves the cartridge and audible frequencies. Some cartridges have frequency abberations within ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The Melquiades’ loading resistor. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-13 
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[quote user="cb"] Also i stick a 30k resistor in R3 and the results are very good.  [/quote]R3 is Milq’s loading resistor and it hardly to do anything with amp itself. Milq has own input loading is floating on the bias chains  and it has a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The current-loading of cables as a separate subject. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Attentuators plugged directly into the RCA jacks sounds like good solution for balance control[/quote]Do not forget that you do not need the attenuators but juts one attenuator that you would plug on right OR on left. Also,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The POD cables by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-14 
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Tim, the cable loading is not what I meant. Purist does like higher current across the cable but which cable does not love it? Dave Clark described very well some of the aspect of usability of POD cables (like disturbance). Some of them he left out. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cartridge equalizarion by RonyWeissman on 2012-05-01 
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Ok Romy thanks for advice.  I will see about the loading for my shelter, and my cable to the step-up is nothing special. I am going to listen to mono only for next few weeks and see if i find the "same character of sound everywhere" syndrome!  I do h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Design audio in the way how we design bridges? by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-14 
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[quote user="glaesemann"]Roman in a few posts you have made reference to the interesting topic of cable current loading. I'm keenly interested in your findings.[/quote] Glaesemann, there is not a lot to talk about it. My observation showed that prac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: It reminds me an old joke about a guy falling form a skyscraper…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-14 
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[quote user="George"] Recently I had a brainstorm (very small) and bounced it off Guy (who is a terrific person to talk to) and he thought it would be worth trying. Since I was driving such a relatively long length of RCA cable (thus subject to noise...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The front-end entrance optimization. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-19 
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Strange but I have found that my reception is significantly better if I don't use any connector between my antenna cable(radio shack RG whatever going up to rooftoop antenna) and my tuner but instead just strip off a bit of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Ultimate Pre-Amp for Dummies by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-05-26 
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Let it be known that I am nearly clueless when it comes to electronics.  Building speakers, racks, pianos, or just about anything mechanical is no problem for me to build myself and, unlike Romy, it is usually pleasant for me for various reasons....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: That's all mostly BS by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-26 
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First of all I disagree that the objective of loading is to tame RF resonances. The tame RF resonances is what is the most easily observable. I personally never care about RF resonances while I chase loading but only about the LF. Secondary, I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Formation of capacitors or the "cable memeory" by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-22 
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I do not think Genn is close to an answer, he spent too much time to read the Lehnitsky’s brain-massage that made him to feel this way. I am sure that there are some kinds of very pragmatic, predicable and manageable explanations for the effect that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: Sakuma said the preamp is lungs of a playback…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Thanks, Jim, and thanks to everyone who replied in direct emails. Summarizing what was advised to me it looks like as now the input impedance of the amp is around 4.5K. That was roughly what I would like to have, though I would like to go even furthe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The "bad" S&B resellers... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-05 
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Antonio, I never understood this concept of “gain selector”. If I remember correctly S&B had 10, 20 25 db options via re-wiring of the primary coil. It is not complicated to place primary in some kind of rotary 3-position switch but it would be c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Purist Audio Design proper use and cable loading. by glaesemann on 2008-04-14 
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Roman, You wrote: [Any person who knows the real value of the POD cable and how to use them (very important)... ] I'm interested in reading more about your findings on proper use of PAD cables. Is there a relation to your findings on "cable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1461: Suggestions by JOHNR on 2015-11-21 
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I can only offer a simple solution to this problem.Decide on which row you wish to place digital services.  I would also include anything that has a switched mode power supply because of the Y capacitor thing.  Assume Row 1 will be used for digital s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My DHT experiment: Observations by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] There were some educational for myself observations made, in some way saying something about this specific DHT, in some way saying something about Melquiades’ single stage version and the Melquiades’ full-range two-stages ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: I have no idea what is going on. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-04 
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I got home. I turned the thing on, I played it and it was just unjustly compressed. I demagnetized it, it got better, even though the cartridge did not pay a lot since I demagnetized it last time. It is still not where I would like it to be. It is ju...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cable length by glaesemann on 2008-05-16 
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In the past you've referred to current loading in the context of cable length. I recently experienced this when I experimented with moving my amps. I needed to increase the IC length from 1 meter to 3 meters. The only IC I had at that length was an o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: What more be more prove then selfevidentce? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-14 
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[quote user="George"] The remote is not a problem. Using a Xantech distributer, repeaters, and electric eye you can configure the two passive remotes in a foolproof, or nearly foolpoof, manner for about $75-100 total. Since I already had the basic Xa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Up again, and messing with V/A by Paul S on 2007-08-11 
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I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever get the new listening room checked out electrically and the new system ground installed, etc., but I finished this work yesterday, including a soldered-rather-than-clamped ground wire-to-rod connection. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Anti-audiogone Expressivenes... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
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[quote user="Paul Costa"]Thanks for your reply.I am in the market for either a new pre-amp or phono and line stage.I know they need around 47k for optimal loading, but what else might I be concerned with.Did you have a look on Agon at the two there.&...
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