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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1277: Why is this technology not built IN to every piece of equipment? by rowuk on 2014-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I find the discussions about "mad" electricity interesting because:We don't know what is causing the problemWe don't know what is fixing the problem but that PP seems to have something that gives at least a predictable result.I mean, we are not talki...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: My attitude toward tube rectification. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
It is only if you chose to employ tube rectification.  Many people claim that tube rectification affects sound greatly in this or that way and they are right, it does. However, it does only because the circuit is designed to be affected by recti...

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 #10: “Easy come and easy go”- type of bass. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] …..and I am not confident about the sonics….[/quote] What might be very interesting also is to learn what DC coupling in power amps would do generally in term of Sound. The first time I thought about it was a few years back when ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1886: Energy Storage , Battery vs Flywheels by Amir on 2022-10-22 
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Is there any body who used Flywheel power to supply UPS/Inverter?https://www.piller.com/en-GB/183/energy-storage...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I was yesterday drawing plans for the Zaratustra II’s chassis and was wondering how I might use it. The Zaratustra II turned out to be a little Monster, efforts-wise and expanses-wise. I hope it will demonstrate some results that will rectify the eff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1597: Agree with romy by Bill on 2018-07-25 
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I have to agree with romy on all except one point. I have always had problems with my electricity even though I live out in the woods, but just 10 miles from the Seabrook nuclear power plant. My journey in improving this problem took up at least 20% ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: One of many advantages of multi-amping. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
The people who use a single driver speaker believe the while their driver move back and forth for it also radiates a problem-free MF and HF. Near the same people believe that if an amp has capacitors with precious metals foil then it not only do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: That's why my judgments won't be very useful by Antonio J. on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I looks at the statistics page of my site and it looks like there were zillions Netherlandiams visiting the site. I wonder why they don’t say how the Kemp regenerator sounds. The judgment part? Well, this is an easy part....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: That ideas behind 'breathing' cone loudspeaker by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
All those vintage speakers are not interesting. Among the contemporary loudspeakers, I also to do not know anything that I would consider unarguably worthy. The main point off of this exercise is to let people to think about the opportunity or possi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: EMT by N-set on 2010-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idler Drive - Rumbling Into The Future? in Analog Playback  27 Replies 
I'm a physicist actually :-) I'm denying modern physics every day. Not to deny the string theory one must be a complete idiot: 1+2+3+4+....=-1/12!!!I've made a stupid mistake and decomposed my EMT for cleaning and now, in big painsand with a help of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It's OK because I am doing it for the wrong reason by Paul S on 2007-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC in Didital Things  26 Replies 
I agree with your observations, and my own misgivings swirl around exactly the points you raise.  In addition, I have tried battery phono stage and all it had to offer was quieter "background", everything else was worse, despite the wild and exo...

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 #172: Ignorance is bliss... by N-set on 2011-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I've spent two more nights examining and fighting my ham (I'm vegetarian and I want my phono to be so as well).1) I did Romy's excercise with shorting the stages via a 0.47u cap to GND. Shorting the plate of V2/grid of V3 resultedin the biggest reduc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #194: I like iron by FJC Corpas on 2012-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Yes, this is I was asking for. Then quiescent current per tube is +or- 1.2mA, total 3.6mA through 6K resistor. As you stated, the power supply you built is like put a jet engine to a Honda Civic, but I have the irons and I like the idea. If necesary...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Vladimir Lamm reviews Mark Mickelson? by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
I did glance over the Mickelson’s articles and it amasses me to what level of arrogance those reviewing people are able to descent. The whole article is so remarkably about nothing that I even surprised that Lamm signed it off. (All “reviews” that th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Beyond the transport by jessie.dazzle on 2008-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Alexd wrote :"...most of them do not sound as good as good quality 16Bits cd transport...""Most of them"... Well you are honest; enough so to admit that some do, though they may not be of your own creation."...Our DAC improved computer generated...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: AFI1 now works 'properly' in dual-wire mode by manisandher on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]The only issue that I have with it is that I can't use the PMII in Master mode at rates of 176.4 and 192KHz... the AFI1 cannot double the clock frequency from the PMII.[/quote]The latest firmware 'fixes' this issue. The AFI1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It’ll be interesting to hear your observation about sound. 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"] Thank you for the comment on this amp, this is my first time of using the 6C33C tube, I decided to build this amp after reading about the Melquiades, this amp is just a quick experiment on the 6C33C sound, since I have a s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The NEW “Compression drivers and the clean signal”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
I was right before but now I really review my rightness for a new perspective. Yes, the compressions drivers are the subject of clean signal but it what I witness with the new 6-chenals DSET put what I said above in another extreme dimension. I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Interesting.... by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"]The RCA1428 is a great sounding driver on RCA multi-cell horns. Not that I like multi-cell sound.[/quote] Hmmmmm… If you feel that RCA1428 sound great in multi-cell then hat make it to sound different in single-cell? What I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Bais and filament voltage by DA on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Well, it looks like I got fucked by the transformer company.that realy sucks !!!  I have not talked to them yet ,but even if they agree to replace them it will take at least 6-8 weeks plus international shipping cost , import tax , VAT .Filament tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Two tier topology by Tax on 2015-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Koshka is meowing in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
Thanks Romy!I went with two tiers as I do not have much space between the speakers and the side walls as I have a 2.5M cabinet on the front wall.I named my amp Koshka as I always felt Koshka made a contribution to the development of the Melquiades an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Better vs. worse vs. acceptable vs. parts count by Paul S on 2008-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
One thing I can say about the iDAT 44+ is that there really isn't much to it, ie, don't buy one for its parts count.  It has a small power supply/regulation, for sure; small caps and not a lot of them; a few small chokes and a small Torroid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #350: Another PP2000 problem: hopeless? by drdna on 2009-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well, I think the short answer is yes.What the people over at Technical Support have told me is that this is due to the power supply design of the amplifiers that are being driven by the PP2000 and that it seems to be characteristic of certain types ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Egg-Nishna vs 50Hz by jessie.dazzle on 2007-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I’ve been thinking about all this electricity stuff… I’ve stopped using all power conditioning devices since Bush got re-elected, and I consequently left the country to start a new life in the land of 220v/50Hz (this BTW, is not an exaggeration). ...

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 #68: A Beautiful Mind by Paul S on 2008-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Lots of good information in there, if one has some idea of what it means in terms of sound and how it might be integrated into a system.  However, some of the guys who are the smartest with respect to circuit design seem to have n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #187: 2A3 and 400V supply by floobydust on 2009-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I did some models using a 400V supply and a 6K OPT load. It's easy to get 4 watts output in this configuration, but using a 2K cathode resistor results in higher distortion and a weak transfer curve. Plate dissipation is around 11 wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #343: Driver tube and biasing by cv on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
AlloOn the matter of the DHT having a plate resistance of 500-700... you do realise that running the 6E5p with an unbypassed cathode resistor is giving you an effective Rp of about 12k, right? The formula is, IIRC, Rp + (mu+1)Rk.Given that 12k seems ...
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