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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Effect of Octal Gas Voltage Regulators (0D3) on Milq sound? by ghpicard on 2010-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Romy,   I wonder whether you could advance on the octal voltage regulator testing on the Milq, and what your conclusions were. As I have already seen Milq on your new home still with the 0A2s I can assume you weren't much satisfied but as I am goi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"]Similar experience but I get to keep my "old" room. I have just changed my 5 way horn loaded down to 140 hz speakers to a friends room twice as big as mine, with an open back area into the house as your new room has and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: Balancing act; Act II by jessie.dazzle on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
First: Anyone with a pair of 8 Ohm Fane Studio 8Ms for sale may contact me (contact info available by clicking on my user name in the blue column on the left of the page).In answer to Romy's comments: I agree that there is a deterioration in sound qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: 6e5p SRPP bias by lampes on 2016-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Hi to everyoneyears of reading but never subscribe and post to forumI see that Zarathustra circuit and i m very interested on the first SRPP stageCan someone point out how to implement Melq Gas Bias on that SRPP circuit?I would like to implement a li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Ventilation by anthony on 2017-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It look like the project progress well. I have a little concern about heat the will be building up in your PS enclosure. I do not know what kind ventilation hole you have in there but be advised that it will be quite ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, "I agree. I have to note that even in active preamp I/We (the we are friends from the London Live DIY Circle) tend to prefer TVC's over resistors." Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular col...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The Lamm ML3 hits the reviewing market. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-20 
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="Romy the Cat"] Marc Mickelson had an “honor” to make my site in past:  http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=760  http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2773  Marc is the “gear of the machinery” a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Limited experience with ss amps by Saturntube on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
I have just taken out of my system a First Watt F5 clone Tim Rawson amp, It was substituted by a Telefunken PP amp with 6AQ5 tubes. Let me to explain. My system consists of 6 way horn loaded speakers.  I have a round Tactrix...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Cooking with 6C33C, literally. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
The 6C33C preamp? Hm, this is bold. As I see you use it as a single stage buffer with only one 6C33C and couple output with a transformer? I head the Germans built something like this but I never heard it or saw it. I do not feel a need for such ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #161: Crossover balancing act; Act III by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, I was trying to evaluate the gain of my amplification in respect to larger room and again was thinking about your case. I think something that you do it not correct. You are complaining that you have not enough gain in upperbass, but I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: The APS PurePower 1050 regenerator: the honeymoon night. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-18 
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"] One of the things that solicited me to try the APS unit was the assurance of the APS guy (Richard) that what I run ASP unit from internal battery + regeneration vs. the plugged in wall + regeneration ….I should hear no dif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: The random phono-thoughts… by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Perrew, LCR is not active at all; it is the very same passive EQ as your RC? I think you a bit confused with terminology. The main logical explanation (there are many of them) is that capacitive filtration is very bad one and need to be minimi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The problems in the DAW's switching PS? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]We are small company, dedicated to creation of highest quality audio products. Analog and Digital. We have auditioned many music servers on the market.However most of them do not sound as good as good quality 16Bits cd transport. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Michael Framer's amplifier? by morricab on 2006-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Hi Romy, I did the review on the AcousticPlan amp, called the "Santor".  It is indeed a two-stage amp using 4 6922 tubes in parallel to drive a high Bias Mosfet output stage (it is class A to approximately 15 watts and runs very hot).  It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, I understand what you are saying and with regard to the particular preamp in question and you may well be right as there is no mention by the manufacturer what brand of autoformers are in use (or if they roll their own).  I am curi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: CES: Meitner’s unexplained disaster. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
There was a big room in there with big Schweikert speakers (with thier grainy and insultingly confident Sound), some king of not particularly good electronics and the entire EMM Labs’ front-end. Many rooms at the show used EMM Labs so-call preamplifi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Yes, that sucks... by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]It's 60Hz hum, caused by both mechanical and magnetic field coupling to the output transformer. I used a toroidal transformer and thought it would not caused this problem but it did. When using an external power supply for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading by skushino on 2005-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Here is a snippet from an email from Jonathan Carr (Lyra cartridge designer) about objectives and considerations regarding cartridge loading.  Most of this is old news, I only re-post it here as a convenient synopsis on this most misunderstood t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Kato-san's Goto system by Romy the Cat on 2017-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
It is not secret that Stefano Bertoncello loves to appreciate Goto and is very prolific Goto devotee. Some people love to be groupies of some cars manufactures, or football teams or political parties.  I never associated with any “group identity” a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: A warning and disbelive... by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] You can see the little 2-way standmounts that I am currently listening to behind which are the 'wings' onto which I will build the DSET.   [/quote] This is perfectly fine but if you willing to experiment with any low pow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Back to the root by rowuk on 2014-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
The thread specifically started with the subject of dynamics - not limited to any one type (I do disagree with the principle of macro vs micro dynamics, as understood in audio as live they are never exclusive of one another - it is possible however t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DSET and Cables. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DSET and Cables. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
This is not as simple question as one might think. If a person embrace DSET topology, let for instance to take my example of 6-DSET channels, then what to do with cables that feed the DSETs? In my case I use one interconnect between preamp and DS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ripping... by scooter on 2009-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Rip or not to Rip. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Regardless, I like technology and like the idea of having all music instantly accessible from around the house from one screen, especially via a remote screen like the iPhone/iTouch. From there it is easy to stream from one server different music si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Divert and indicative picture... by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote "Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in serie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: I need some volume… by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This morning  we all: Amy, kids, nanny, cats were watching  Schleswig-Holstein festival from 2000 where Gunter Wand was leading  his North German Radio Symphony Orchestra with Bruckner 8.  The kind were playing with my laser rangemeter, women wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #193: Daisy chaining, unfortunately by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Scrolling down to the images of the Lamm ML2.2, I see something that intrigues me... Four ML2.2s are used to bi-amp the Verity Audio speakers; I didn't know they could be daisy chained by using both the XLR and RC...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Taking the mystery out of Jonathon. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
 ***The proper loading value is difficult to say without knowing your system, as it is partly a preamp and ultrasonic RF issue as well as one that involves the cartridge and audible frequencies. Some cartridges have frequency abberations within ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The drift. by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
[quote user="shannon"]couldnt get "insert iamge from gallary"  to work so i attached it. Had it working for a couple weeks.  Single stage 6e5p testbed.  The B+ rcore and output transformer is underneath.  In the end r23 of 30k worked with 30h chok...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Audio sculpture by djnagle on 2016-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Has anyone ever seen these sockets for the 6C33C? in Melquiades Amplifier  5 Replies 
My other love and career has been as a metal sculpture so I like to mix the two.  It gives me great pleasure to see cool looking audio while ensuring that it sounds a good as possible to my ear.  Using 4 of these tubes in my next build, I would like ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #163: Getting loaded by jessie.dazzle on 2010-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...You are complaining that you have not enough gain in upperbass..." It is also possible that I'm reacting to a lack of true dedicated mid-bass. As previously mentioned, while the pair of 40Hz horns are under constructon, I co...
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