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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: DSET Grounding by anthony on 2016-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy,I am designing the power supply chassis for the DSET at the moment and hope that you can remember some things about how you managed the grounding.All power supply components up to but not including the filter caps for each power supply will b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #384: The Agony of ignoring..... by Bud on 2009-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
So, what you would have to do is buy a bunch of #9 AWG solid copper wire from China, so it is only 99% pure,acid etch the surface, paint it with tar and wind it up in a snake sex twist. Or pay them to do it for you.The idea is sound, the application ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Splitting the DSET by anthony on 2015-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
So I am currently working towards this concept for my Macondo (see below) and I have just the Upperbass horns left to turn and prep.  I am thinking about how to best integrate the DSET with Macondo and have come up with something like this… Perha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1895: Non-linear audio systems by Amir on 2023-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
RowukI have fully read all pages of this topic (mad mad mad electricity) two times and I know good sound does not come from pure sinewave .I should say I am here (like a student) to learn more and I do not like spread my in-complete BS ideas here.I r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: When a transport is not a transport is a transport. by oxric on 2011-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know what you are trying to do, why do you need the Lynx card, why is need to be modified and what does it mean “powered individually”, the people looks like sell power supply and they push the notion of individual...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1152: UK balanced power by PurePower on 2013-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hi ManiThe UK  240 volt utility system  does not parallel the North American 120 volt system - and is also quite different from the North American 240 volt scheme used for household stoves and dryers that uses split phase 120 volt legs to present a 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Hello every body, I live in France and I'm new on this forum.I'm thinking to build (some months) a mono big Single Ended amplifier (200-300 watts) made with triodes (IDHT or DHT doesn't matter for me) for outdoor professional audio.Have you got an on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The hum is drooped significantly! by AlexBerger on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,I try to remove the step-up transformers & short the input grid, the hum has gone.Than, I did next changes:1. Twisted wire from input RCA to step-up transformers. Connect transformers input & output ground directly (not thought ground ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Headless PC plus NAS by Amir on 2017-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]Amir,If you are looking for a transparent DAC and it could have a built-in preamp, you may want to take a look on:Merging + NadacNadac Player, same but a built-in music server (or something).I did not listened to them, but at lea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: 5651 vs 0C2 by morricab on 2005-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi, 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.  The rectifier is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1833: Parts and Wholes; Limits and Options by Paul S on 2022-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Agree that it seems more people complain about grid power in US. Also agree that a "good" power supply is just that. Still, it seems like a good idea to have a good power supply as part of a "good" amp (or, whatever...). Some of the "best" amps I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1512: A laboratory in the kitchen by steverino on 2016-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It would be nice if we  had a unified theory concerning power and audio systems performance but that would not be enough. For example a physicist can provide elegant equations describing heat transfer in a vacuum. But ask them to provide an exact equ...

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 #46: My view on the DSET built process. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]While reading of your progress on the 6 channel amp, I was thinking ahead, and how I might approach the building of such amps as separate projects for each frequency band (separated physically as well). In my particular ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Amp 're-warming' issues... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
Romy,do not spit in my eyes as I do have solid state PassLabs 350.5 but even with this 50W Class A amp (push pull) it is exactly the same problem if it is switched off completely even for a short while. I can take ~ 2 - 3 days to be back to norma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Separate power supply configuration by decoud on 2009-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Hi Romy,I am building a modularizable version of the Melquiades (i.e. it is full range, but one can add more channels to it) and therefore wish to have the power supply in a separate enclosure. This raises two questions:1. From what you say, points M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1413: REGENERATION in general by JOHNR on 2015-10-12 
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Look at the solution in a different manner.Regeneration will typically not be able to service large power transients thus, they are best suited to SET, i.e. constant current systems.  Similarly any control loop cycling will usually be heard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: 12v-5v service power supply by DA on 2013-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
As all the parts for the full range Melquiades are making their way to meet me,I'm faced with the need for a 12v-5v service power supply (fan , hour meter, LEDs ).How to approach the issue ?1.buy regulated switched (and cheap) power supply and be don...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Potential for Upgrade by Chirag on 2004-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi Guy, I know what you mean; this phono stage really should not work well at all.  I mean, voltage doubler, 3 stages of 12ax7, feedback, cathode followers, garbage looking power supply shared tubes for stereo...mortifying isn't it!  These ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #478: The Egyptian Empire, Parthia, Romy, dogma and scientific progress by oxric on 2010-03-20 
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 do not like the idea of batteries for anything. It is kind of ridicules to use batteries. Yes, in some cases there is some improvement on low voltage electronics but it is ONLY because the power lines are badly sounding t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1455: JohnR Contact by TonyB on 2015-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
John, how can I contact you? TonyB [quote user="JOHNR"] The system starts as a commercial multi voltage smps unit, 48 volt output from Meanwell.I place this in a box because I have to equip the unit with a multiple pole filter card.The outpu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #340: Hum by PurePower on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hum is a multi faceted problem. We have identified 4 completely different causes of hum in amplifier power supply transformers exacerabted by AC power problems - and that kind of hum is not even the most common hum audiophiles have to deal with. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 or 2A3 by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 First, Adrian, Thanks for your feedback on the newer designed 2A3 tubes... very interesting. I've looked at all 3 of these brands before but have not as of yet purchased any (I have a large collection of 45 and 2A3 of various NOS US brands...

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. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #286: Bypass Schottky by Snubber by AlexBerger on 2020-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hi,I have the phonostage with the similar schematics that Romy has.The power supply use SiC Schottky diodes in bridge and 15H choke load exactly like on the scheme in this thread.Is it possible to bypass each Schottky diode by 10-100 pF capacitor?Doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Big Caps by hagtech on 2008-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote]a sufficiently-large last capacitor with using in input choke make the sound or transformer, rectifier and choke less relevant[/quote]I have to agree with Dima.  The power supply has to be harmonious with the amplifier yet separate at the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The single-stage Milq and power Supplies. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The single-stage Milq and power Supplies. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
I am very much do not like the current state of my mind about the single-stage Milq. Let me to explain…. In 2001-2002 I spend some time trying to assess the sonic influence of PS to sound. After making numerous tests and prototypes I concluded that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I have to admit that I personally care less about powerful full-range SET amplifiers. I do not take their sound seriously, in fact I do not believe they are cable to do “right full-range sound” and what I see then I always imagine them with huge, bar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1830: Load transient response? by rowuk on 2022-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I think that the load transient response is 100% in the device power supply - not passed on to the grid. If the amplifier power supply is not properly dimensioned, a UPS could change the sound, but only because of the amplifier deficiency. It would m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. by floobydust on 2009-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 I've used both tube and solid-state rectification over the years and much is well documented for power supplies, i.e., old ARRL manuals, Tube manuals, etc.. In most cases small value filter caps were shown, as you really couldn't get much in la...
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