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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #261: Going down the DC path by floobydust on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I have some (strong) opinions on DHTs concerning filament supplies versus specific tube types. For virtually ANY 45 triode, AC is my preferred option. Still, not all 45 triodes will be acceptable for my use, hence weeding thru many of them to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: V-caps, AN, Jensen, Siemens, Mundorf by Muse on 2008-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Hi to everybody,I have used those caps: teflon V-caps, AN copper, Jensen copper, Siemens at the signal path of a tube power amplifier (300b SE) application. V-caps are technically very good, very clear, less microphonics, but missing s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: Bad surrounding conditions by el`Ol on 2009-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Hello Romy!Cessaro had severe resonance problems in their room, so I didn´t stay long here. What I noticed in the short time (maybe too short for a qualified judgement) was no stabiltiy broblems but less musical than the 300B last year. Hard to descr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power by JLH on 2005-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Scott,     Do not pay any attention to the moron advice given on the Audio Asylum. The issue is not with the quantity of the power you have, it is with the quality of power you have. Genn makes some very good points. Most circuits...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vincent Brient’s playback ideas by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vincent Brient’s playback ideas in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Vincent Brient is French guy who has built an interesting installation that I think worth to analyze. Years back Vincent was an enthusiast, like normal people, but it looks recently he turned “pro” and came to audio market with his own version of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Some new old stuff by Paul S on 2007-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Romy said:"I am talking about that “slippery sound” when sonic granularity goes all that way down (positive thing) but along with loosing granularity the transport for the ‘events delivering” is also diminishes (negative thing)."Romy, I have for some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Reliable. by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] I do have some serious concerns with respect to my design, the LF stability beeing the most important one (before we even approach talking about the Sound...if any); you may rememebr I was asking you about the stability and relia...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Getting technical by JJ Triode on 2014-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Novygera:If you have a transformer where the impedance primary-to-secondary is 5K:8, it means the turns ratio is (5000/8)½ = 625½ = 25.  This is the ratio by which the voltage is stepped down and the current stepped up in going from the tube to the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power by skushino on 2005-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
The past 6 - 8 months I have been living with very efficient speakers (~ 109dB/m/w) driven by low-power SET amps. The amps use 300B output tubes for about 7 wpc. On paper, this should be a match made in heaven. In fact, the combination is capable of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Integrating a 3 way speaker setup by vakman on 2019-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
G'Day Rowuk,Thanks so much for the quick replyThe drivers were recommended by the person who made the cabinets. All three are supposed to be quite well regarded.Initially, the project was just going to be 2 x 10" and the Beyma tweeter, which in itsel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Munich High End 2013 by Stitch on 2013-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Silbatone made a Demo with those Horns (the big ones)They said, it is one of three existing WE Horns, made 1935/36 (only mod is the addition of the tweeter you can see there). One Horn is made for 3500 Visitors, so we got a 7000 People Demo with them...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Ze Zound of Distortion (or not) by Thorsten on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Folks,Before we discuss "high distortion" amplifiers, lets us ask what kind of SPL Romy's system produces.I don't know, so let me make some eduacated, conservative guesses.Let us assume his midrange and treble Systems are both 100db/W/m and he listen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #259: Alternative filament supplies by floobydust on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 A typical switching supply does not evenly load the input (sinewave) power source and can create some dirt on the AC line (Paul's "backwash" statement??). Depending on many variables, the amount of contamination the switching supply could contribute...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: other speakers using ceramic drivers by morricab on 2006-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I have had similar impressions to other speakers using these drivers.  For example I found the top of the line Avalon Eidolon diamond to be similarly colorless and lifeless.  Also a pair of Vaic speakers (designed by the guy from Lumenwhite...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Library of Babel by Paul S 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 
Well, I thought there was a lot of this going on all along, but that we just haven't come up with much that is "universal" in the usual, "what do you recommend?" sense yet?  Maybe this is because one person's Cu PIO is another person's...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: For the Price of Admission by Paul S on 2009-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
My experience has been that tubes that run quiet and quiet down quickly and "properly" when tapped are almost always quiet with respect to self-noise and/or microphonics in use, apart from low level phono use.  And most of my tubes tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: VR tube biase by Vincin on 2014-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Hi, I buillt the amp based on your circuit with the exception of the bias scheme. Currently I have CRCRC bias for the ouput valve and Lithium battery grid bias for the driver. I use the amps to drive low efficiency 2 way ported boxes and vintage Tann...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power by Wojtek on 2005-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
John Does it also apply to the new generation of 300B's 300 BXL from AVVT , KR or EML ? These are different designs and supposed to address the issues with 300b signature .What tube (besides 6c33c) is a good starting point for an amp in your opinio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Some anti-Melquiades propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="darkmoebius"] That's because "off the shelf" amps can be easily resold for little or no loss of money if they are not to the buyer's liking. The Melquiades, on the other hand, leaves the builder with $3,000 worth of parts not easily reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Dynamic viscosity? by drdna on 2008-11-30 
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"]Anyhow, the Melquiades does have some “tricks” in the realm of dynamic viscosity. It is what make it quite different in term of Reality Reconstruction as I feel that propagation of sound via air does not have linear “audio ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Context by Merlin on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Merlin, won't you at least put your amp in some sort of meaningful context, because it is a waste to continue this thread if you just treat it like a pissing contest.What speakers do you use?  What sources, etc?&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: 70% nickel? by cv on 2009-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
HelloDo you mean 78% nickel? As it's Dave's iron, I'll even *pay* to take it off your hands :-)Re 10Y: Well, it's one of the most linear tubes ever; and this has been backed up in some brief listening experiences to some of its variants. A friend act...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Weak SET bass by nl on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small SET’s bass, besides everything- is it about power? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
The weak bass of low-power SET amps is well known. I don't think anyone would disagree.Some reasons:Simple low power, especially with 93db speakers (try with 106db like Yorkville LS1208 horn subwoofer it might be different).SE output transformers hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Something about most things by dl on 2015-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Thanks, Romy, for your generous reply. I won't try to address everything about everything, but let me bore you with a mini-history of what is going on with my playback so you will understand where I'm coming from and where I'm trying to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The idea is to use differential anecdotes to generate a theory 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="Paul S"]Well, I thought there was a lot of this going on all along, but that we just haven't come up with much that is "universal" [/quote]Yes, my thought is that there is NOTHING universal, but that these choices must be observed in CON...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Circuit. by Merlin on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"][quote user="Romy the Cat"]David got rid of transformer and replaced it with a DC transformer, claiming that it is “better”.[/quote] And I should point out that not only is there still a transformer in the circuit, but many other ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Kleiber surprises while Gergiev snores: Placette Active by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Just a brief note on my recent addition: Placette Active preamp.  Due to a recent purchase of Tannoy Golds, I had the opportunity to pull an old McIntosh SS amp out of the closet recently.  This amp has gain controls, so I tried running it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]Thanks for the info about transformers.  It is as I expected, however, that these passive devices are not passive sonically at all. I agree with you that the higher quality of the transformers should lessen the effects ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: An ultimate transformer within a narrow bandwidth? by cv on 2005-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An ultimate transformer for narrow bandwidth? in Melquiades Amplifier  14 Replies 
Alas, not much time to deliver the promised treatise...So, tantalisingly, I will suggest this; for the range 1k up, you would have no problem getting a small mumetal OPT made suitable for the 6C33/S2 combination. Actually, I have something simil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The same Korean company? by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]I have a phono stage from the Korean company Silvaweld that uses the 5651 tube in the power supply as a voltage reference.  It also is using a Russian 6C19Pi tube along with EF86 pentode as the high voltage regulator. ...
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