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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #205: Some thoughts about power as it is… by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It is kind of unbelievable in away: I have for a week the same stable sound. That is a good sign. The less good sign that I need to do something else in order to take sound where I would like it to be. Without doing anything I like what I am gettin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Twogoodears on the Duelund caps. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  55 Replies 
Here is the link, though I have no idea whose words he is quoting: http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2010/02/again-about-duelunds-coherent-audio-pio.html The caps are $1000 per 630V/1uF. So, I wonder what those super expensive caps ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Midrange clarification by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Dominic - At the moment I'm using .. highs - BMS 4540nd - 1500hz lecleach roundhorn. crossover 1st order HP @ 30khz and 3khz 5842 choke loaded (reg psu) RC coupled into 6N15N (EL84)  with a custom sowter mumetal >1000hz xformer midr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A sort of DPOLs by drdna on 2009-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
Experimenting with the new 2A3 tubes has been a very interesting experience. It has given me insight into more specifically exactly what I am looking for in the stereo sounds, which I associate with the Sound. The most we can ask for is to accu...

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 #2: Quality controls, and not only for the finished goods by ghpicard on 2009-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] For instance the 2A3 has no tungsten cathodes and therefore its cathode might be “poisoned” in time if it was not properly pre-burned and some other methods were not taken care.  Those methods are expensive but they ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: More on Tannoys by montesquieu on 2019-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
With regards to the links, as it happens, I totally agree that 15in Tannoy Reds struggle to handle complex music. The crossover is too simplistic and the cones too hard to control with a low power amp. Reds can be lovely in a simple vintage system bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: OK, let dive into 6C33C by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Please do.  I have interest in the result myself and don't mind spending the time.  I can post photos for each tube. [/quote] Sure, let do it. Email me your address and I will send them to you. (Do you have sockets?)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #307: Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I have finished all my frustration frustrations, connected all 12 Melquiades channel to Macondo and quickly, but not finally calibrated, the channels.  I finished in the middle of the Simon Boccanegra’s prelude as they started today an hour earli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1530: Follow up on the core issues on tube SMPS by JOHNR on 2016-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I did not follow up on the issues relating to improved performance on small smps when used on filament and DAC power supplies.Here goes:The first is that the source impedance of this type of supply is very small e.g. less than one ohm. The sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, small room and above 320... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Thanks, floobydust. There are a lot of interesting points in you post to consider. What speaker you drive with your 2A3? If they are relatively high sensitively (like compression drivers) then did you consider going with a single stage? I think I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Lamm ML3, L3, and 40W at 1000Hz by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I think that bit of marketing hype must derive from Lamm's ML2 (& 2.1?) "Operating Manual", which says: [the ML2] "Maximum Output Voltage" "with continuous sine waves, at 1kHz @ rated line voltage" [is] "(blah, blah, blah), ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Oh, don’t even mention the “demands” of audio peasants by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Some facts:The Japanese horn scene uses colored amps like 300B and prefers to buy Japanese amps.American horns are mostly slightly modified pro gear, quite a bit away from the price range Lamm has in mind, so the market there is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #398: A hallucination? by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote:That sucks. I use to have a box of perhaps a dozen of YO186 but I did not see it for a while, pretty much from the time I moved to new house. I was listening today some of my “critical” reference stuf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: DHT SET with thoughts wanted by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
Splitting the Lamm ML3 thread:  http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=3595 There are some people who worship direct-heated tubes and attribute to them some ventures (like absent of higher harmonics and a special micro-fineness). The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Looking for DHT inspiration…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
Thanks, Guy, for your explanations. Still those “have less inertia and are able to change direction more quickly” I feel has more to do with out intellectual visualization of  how DHT work. I do not think that inertia would be correct concept an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
A few days back I posted the following post: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/GetPost.aspx?PostID=8922 …proposing the parties of interest to play along in Milq vs. DHT competition. This interst derives from the following thread: http://www.goodsoundcl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Is it about Sound generally of Stereo Sound? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Experimenting with the new 2A3 tubes has been a very interesting experience. It has given me insight into more specifically exactly what I am looking for in the stereo sounds, which I associate with the Sound. The most we can as...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[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 #3: Another 6C33C amp.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"] The Melquiades give me inspiration to build this 6C33C amplifier. It's on a stereo chassis that has few unique features - Vacuum tube rectifier separately for Input/Driver and Output tubes. - Regulator using the same tube ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Several issues (long and probably boring to many of you, my advanced e... by Antonio J. on 2006-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
1.- Finding specific solutions to specific problems[quote user="drdna"] .... I have high-sensitivity horn loudspeakers and use some 2A3 SET amplifiers, which make very good sounds but I am looking to get closer to the Sound, which to me is feeli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]As to the best transformers souding more transparent than the best resistors, I'll believe it when I (don't?) hear it.  You claim to have heard this but I most certainly haven't. [/quote] Well, the claim is no...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Signal variation, noise, and effects on circuit topology in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[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 #3: The KR Enterprises tubes, the vintage ones... by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]KR Enterprises 2A3. Minimal mechanical resonance. Solidly built. Very good, even reproduction of music across the frequency range. There is minimal harmonic distortion. The HF, midrange, and LF are correct. The reproduction of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #387: When good is not good enough. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Last night I was listening  Zubin Mehta’s recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No.9. It was his first recoding from 1966 with Vienna. I am not a big fun of this performance all together but it has spectacular first movement...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #153: Fostex F120A – the end of the game. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
It was yesterday around 4 PM – I viciously took it off and decided never use it again.  I was listening Brahms German Requiem with James Levine and BSO – a phenomenal performances in my view and one moment after being offended by each note the F...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: Single plated vs Double plated? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Adrian, Are any of those new tubes besides the Chinese tubes are single plated?  I have bought some very nice 2A3 and 6A3 double plated from 1942 and 1944 and it will give me an ability to see what is going on with vintage tubes. I was not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: ‘Men have forgotten this truth,’ - said the fox by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"] If you can't relate to individual personal enjoyment as an ultimate goal of audio, sorry Bud, I can't help ya. [/quote] Well, when you stick your finder, nose or whatever into a vise and someone will close the vise, coursi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Delays and a typical rant... by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Although all of it has no relation to digital crossovers but still: [quote user="cv"] On a vaguely related note: I dunno if you realise this, but conventional (ie excluding horn or large area ESL) speaker systems, even if measuring flat amplitude, i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: My DHT experiment: Preface by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-24 
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First of all it was quite interesting and quite educational. Second of all it answers no questions but rather creates more questions. Here is what I try to compile some my observations and thoughts on the subject. I have a local guy who red my site ...
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