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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: Help to identify 0A2 tube. by deemon on 2005-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Jack ,Thank you for your very educational info ! It looks like you are right , and your tubes are rebranded SG13P ....  Maybe a big stock of those tubes were exported , and you know them better than we do :-)And another question . You wrote :...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: VR tubes stability by Jack 14 on 2005-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Dima,Yep, I really think that I get this one right: I never take the time to do any research about it until your posting came. Luckily, I got the clues in less than 15 minutes. If only other things can be like that...About VR tubes stability, now:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: CA10 Operator's Manual by jessie.dazzle on 2010-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Romy wrote:"... I can’t open PDF file..."Here's the part of the Manual that covers design features and specs (no circuit diagram available):IntroductionThe CA10 is a 10 watts per channel Class-A stereo power amplifier capable of great musicality and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: It is one the reasons why I love horns. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Practical Guide for Back Chambers Tuning. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]These millimeters will be fun to play with.[/quote]Ronnie, I know exactly how it sounds. As soon Sound hits a range of upperbass then the system sounds like somebody attached to the driver some kind of trammel. it feels as someon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Schematic by Wellington on 2017-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Measet, I will try to find a photo and the schematic as you requested, but it may be a while before I can locate them. Plus, we are still digging out from Hurricane Irma down here. As I recall, I beefed up the raw D.C. supply and then used an LM317 r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: The wickedness of ‘smart’ TT’s power supplies by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Paul Costa"]Aparently the new powersupply for the motor makes it sound even better, but I have not heard it or the three motor.  I would like to hear the three motor but really do not have any interest in owning it.  Much debat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
I run both of my Reference and Daily tonearms into my “End of Life Phonostage”. As I told I do not know any way to commutate signals at phono level signal and I just re-plug the phono cables at the phonostage’s input. I have no problem with that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #395: Properly-operating amplification for midbass channel. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
This week I will be trying to address why the Milq midbass is clipping. This is very interesting one.  Currently the Melquiades LF channel uses an output transformer 700R to 5R or 11.83 to 1. I thought before that I have much lower ratio, like 5:1 bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: 6C33C mono block @ clipping by KOTriode on 2012-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Paul, I tried this tube in few other amps and also on a phono amp and I like the sound of this tubes, perhaps it  matched with the speakers/amp combination better than other, still there are lots of other tube out there that I would like to tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: More Vitavox S2 mysteries… by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Manville, just for sake of an experiment, I’ve sent one of my “worst” performing S2 drivers to remagnetize it. I do not know if it affect the ‘beneficial resonance” and if it does I will report the results of its performanc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: There is no answers but objective and reasons. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"] the patricians shake the rafters with 18 watts but  I am still trying to improve their sound…[/quote] Hm, shaking rafters is not good sign at all and it is said very little about the subject I was taking about. Ther...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #260: I kind of faced a problem with AC by Romy the Cat 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 
I was tested the amp in “integrated” mode and even I do have very low noise from the DHT tube but with my sensitivity and with my distances I do hear some ugly noise. I did not realized that the nose is moderate when I lose 3dB of my MF attention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About the pre-warming of playback by Romy the Cat 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 
I did not play my playback since Sunday and turned it last night after 4 days not being off. It was very pity sound. Even I felt that it was getting better after 2 hours I shut down the system as I has other things to do.   In the past I have mention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Wrong again ;-) by Merlin on 2007-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
Romy, can I suggest you read about the amplifier in question before making comments? The unit uses four tubes per channel - three drivers and one output tube. The unit has zero negative feedback. It is as pure as they come. Directly heated ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: ML2, 109dB sensitivety, L2 and everything else... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-13 
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"]I should mention that with all the wonderful things it does, the L2 (preamp) definitely deserves a fresh pair of 12AX3s and a 6C19P. (I have not changed them since starting work on the horns... all tubes are exactly one ye...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: The Lamm ML2 biasing. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]  After a few minutes, I checked the amps with a (Fluke 189) DMM, just for drill. Voltage was set down to 175, but current was about 450 mA.  Dialing down the pots, I could not get  the current below 390 mA, even t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: If not then all bets are off by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Cosmos"]Indeed it took me a very long time to decide upon regulate or not. I ended up with regulation option to save some chassis space and weight, otherwise I would need at least 10 kilos more and 30% bigger space that would make the wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Well, the Melquiades going to graveyard... by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"].....it is scare how good it is and how good the new Melqs handled it with … almost smile.[/quote]Since almost 3 years ago I was introduced to Milq it went a long way. There was two full-rage Milq ever built by me – one was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Grid bias power supplies by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Grid bias power supplies in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
Floyd, Regardless your preamp uses output coupling cap you would still need a positive supply. Positive supply compensates the negative DC voltage at the amp’s input. Theoretically if you do not connect or disconnect the cable between your preamp an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? by eduardo on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ironi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A rant about plasma tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Well, I am not a big fan of plasma tweeters. First, of all they generate a health hazardous gas while they operate. All contemporary plasma drivers have catalytic converters that presumably convert this gas into something neutral. The process of con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The People in thier original need by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is time for you to demonstrate your horny solidarity in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Stefano, and thanks for the opportunity to contribute money to something worthy. It might sound like sarcasm but it is not. It today world is very difficult to find “people in original need” to donate our services or money. Do not forget that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: Delays gradual self-regulation? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Thinking about the integration scenarios of my midbass horn I come to a realization that it highly possible that the horn in THIS room will do something very unique. I have wrote before that I was successful to set channels delayed but the delay ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: Be my guest.... 25 days left. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="eduardo"] YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Korean food and Korean sound? by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the ... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
Writing a yesterday about Korean Silbatone Acoustics: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=15405 …I was thinking about a relationship between a nation cuisine and nation high-end sound.  I do not know if it pos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Ultimate Turntable by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Here are some my ideas for an “Unlimited Turntable”. Feel free to share some of your ideas… An “Unlimited Turntable” should allow multiple arms. It should be a good quality arm with a good stereo cartridge…. Also, it should be a good quality arm with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: My assault by N-set on 2011-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
After going through the anal pains of the Image Gallery upload (it is sohuge now that my browser slows down 10000x times loading it and it ocasionally kicksmy router out of this world; can we do something about it?), here are some picsof my assault o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Computer transport by Telstar on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiophile CD player w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: PC grounding. by tuga on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"] scooter wrote:* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audioph...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1023: The problems with Smart Grids by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The problems with Smart Grids by B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning How is it that so many intelligent, inside-the-beltway environmentalists are buying into an eco-health-safety-finance debacle with the potential to increase...
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