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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Words for the Lundahl amorphous by Paul S on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Romy, my experience with the Lundahl amorphous core transformenrs is limited to my new phono stage, and I have have been dealing other issues enough that I am not ready to write much about it yet.Still, there are qualities worth noting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Interesting use of Lundahl with 2x6C33C. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interesting use of Lundahl with 2x6C33C. in Melquiades Amplifier  0 Replies 
I am not too tailed or interested with what this Troels Gravesen does but his use of off the shelf Lundahl with two 6C33C anodes is kind of fun to watch. http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/AudioMirror-6C33.htm He uses Audio Mirror DUAL ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Good and problematic things for single-stage Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-24 
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I did an interesting experiment today trying to learn if those Melquiades driver tubes have even gain. The Russian tubes are notorious to have very widely spreading specification, so…. I took 14 6E6P. Some of then were new, some used and some violen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: God does not exist in the SET world. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Rony, After reading my post about the undersized core (for the given current) of Lundahl transformers you might be an impression that Lundahl are some kind of second choice. The undersized amorphous Lundahls forum is second chose for an ultimate ful...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Less about step up transformers by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More about step up transformers in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Anthony, I do not know anything about them. I used Jensens, Altecs, EVs, Ears, Shelters, Grahams, UTCs, S&Bs, Otophones, Tamuras, Denons, Cotters, ET, Siemenss, Sowters and few others no-name transformers and I can comment of them. I only heard a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Words for the Lundahl amorphous by Paul S on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Romy, my experience with the Lundahl amorphous core transformenrs is limited to my new phono stage, and I have have been dealing other issues enough that I am not ready to write much about it yet.Still, there are qualities worth noting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Used Tubes by audiosix on 2013-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] http://app.audiogon.com/listings/omnigon-full-function-tube-preamplifier-phonostageLooks like a serious effort that has been kicking around for a while.What tubes are used? Are they twin triode, like 12AX7 or - more likely - 692...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Output transformer for full-range Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
First of all: I have moved this thread into the Milq Forum….. [quote user="RonyWeissman"] I'm going to try and build a Melquiades type amplifier (with some help from friends) following the advice given above  to make it as simple as possible.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: That's what I wanted to know. Some clarification by Antonio J. on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I bought the Lundahl chokes for L1 and was not able to us them and they were insultingly sharp. For the L1 you would need more henries and more DCR, the higher DCR will sound better and the “bad” and “cheap” Hammond chokes ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: C2 total capacity by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] but the builder thinks that performance wise it's better to use several smaller caps paralleled [/quote] If he thinks this way then let him to do whatever he wishes. Still, I assure you that Sound of the Milq dose not deriv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The usual, overlong post/reverse paristalasis response. by Bud on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate HF output transformer? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Romy, Air core is ok, but. 1. Self inductance in an unmitigated field clumps. You can easily see this by unwinding a hockey puck style air core inductor and measuring the inductance with each turn removed. Never will you have the smooth loss of indu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Sowter by op.9 on 2007-05-01 
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I use Sowter model 9550 for my treble horns. (Changing over to these was the biggest single improvement I've ever made). Brain is very good to deal with and will make anything to your specs. He has huge experiance with OPT design.Oneday I want to com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A wild ride begins by Bud on 2011-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Knowing your love of transient speed in transformers I think you would do best with a small Lundahl device. They are Per's pride and joy. If you want to skew towards information transform, with a slight "softening" of leading edge performance I can h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the Avantgard... by Tax on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Hi Fellow Forumers,This is my first newbie post :-) Do any of you have any experience with running a Lundahl 1627 in a Full Range Melquiades with Avantgarde Duo Omega speakers?The other options are to get some custom Amorphous OPT's <50R 350mA 8:1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: High Pass Inductors by gac800 on 2024-09-12 
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Hi Romy,I am studying your amp build. I see that for your 3 high pass RL circuits you have:Lundahl LL1531 Transformer. How did you connect this transformer so that it could be used as a 9.3H inductor? It appears to have 7 terminals 1H - what did you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: That will be fun to experiment. by Romy the Cat on 2017-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Looks fine, Anthony. I am not sure what resonance frequency tells you. Anyhow, a great advantage of your pipe topology for LF is that you will be able to pile up as many drivers as you need in order to hit the desired reference DB level.  There is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A perfect load for ultra-high-transconductance tube. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
It is not about the LCR phono as a concept – many companies manufacture the RIAA LCR constant impedance networks: Lundahl, Tango, S&B, Da Vinci, A-D, your Allnic looks like dose them as well. The LCR filter is not complex and any manufacturing ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: Silvercore SUT's ? by N-set on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I have an anal fantasy of a full silver path from the cart to the grid of the input stage.This brings me to finding an ambitious silver wound SUT. There is Slagle who can make it,but I'm inclined towards amorphous/nanocrystaline core, so there is Lun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Sorry.,, by Romy the Cat on 2024-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Pass Inductors in Melquiades Amplifier  1 Replies 
Shawn, I wish I remember it. I am sorry, It was 20 years ago. Lundahl had very good PDF files that described all mappings. If you look at the posts from this site I did described at that time everything I did....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some answers by N-set on 2012-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Paul,I know the capacitance -- this is an analog of impedance of ordinary speakers.I also compare to known serious designs, like mentioned Blue Hawaii.The multiple taps on PS iron is to accomodate different output tubes. The "bypassed transformers" a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Melquiades: to be or not to be. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"]I am thinking of launching into building or rather having buitl by a techie friend a pair of melquiades. Could you tell me more about the cost of building a pair of these amps? then how do they compare to other amps? I mea...

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 #4: Re: I demonstrated patience too long! by cv on 2005-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquíades” début. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Ok, so should be burned in nicely. There are some theories around how mylar and similar interwinding materials (as used by Lundahl, if that is the OPT you are using) can need a fair bit of run in. This is more of an issue on eg input transformer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: C2 and L1 by Antonio J. on 2005-11-04 
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Hi Romy,I've forwarded your last comments to Luis (the builder). He's a technical guy and for engineering minded people there are some things that seem hard to understand, they tend to think that better measurable performance is more desirable than s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Do whatever you feel comfortable by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
I bought the Lundahl chokes for L1 and was not able to us them and they were insultingly sharp. For the L1 you would need more henries and more DCR, the higher DCR will sound better and the “bad” and “cheap” Hammond chokes worked very fine.  You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: They have 2 tubes. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Engström & Engström Lars.... in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]20W from a 300B?  What?  I missed that. [/quote]Actually then call themselves Moonoblocks, it means that they use 2x300B for channel, probably paralleled or in SET PP configuration like Audio Mirrors does it. Still it is pushy fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Wish I had more by anthony on 2024-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
Both UB Horn roll off circa 130Hz in room.  There are a couple of rough MDF boxes here that I knocked up from spare sheet a while back.  Have not tested them specifically at the intended spot behind me but running around with a microphone shows those...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: A new Super Short Milg? Oh, no! by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]So this amp would not have to deal with a crossover?  One R and one L in the signal path, it looks like a headphone amp, maybe a dream circuit for a light piston, HF only, given no cap/coil load at the [ribbon] driver. [/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Bias with attitude, bass and transformers... by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Romy, in the contrary, it is very unfair to compare my 845 amp with the 6C33C. The main reason is the 845 amp used the best output/interstage transformer available, while the 6C33C's output xformer is pretty good but far from b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #247: Silver considerations by N-set on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Paul, thank you for your input![quote user="Paul S"]I think with the SUT the "dynamic" loading the cartridge "sees" may swamp the choice of wire metal.  Once the loading is dialed in, silver might be nice.  [/quote]Yes Paul, absolutely agree--the ele...
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