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Romy the Cat


Boston, MA
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Post #: 126
Post ID: 6538
Reply to: 6537
Nope, it's just digital so far.

 Paul S wrote:
What are you using for pre-amp chores?

Have you tried phono sources yet?

I do not use analog for now, since my preamp is being rebuilt, I hope I will have it back this week. Well, I was listening today the life MET’s broadcast of Die Walküre with Lorin Maazel conducting (it was very good BTW) but it was as much “analog” as I can afford now. The New Milq DSET is 5K load and very complex load, my phonostage can’t drive it. My 7788 phonostage is around 1K output impedance and the “End of the Live Phonostage” is about 300R. They are both capacitance-coupled with 2uF… My digital on the other hands can handle the New Milq. Bidat has 40R out impedance, Lavry is somewhere there as well, and the Pacific is 20R. Ether of them drives the bid Milq with no problems.

The caT


"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Romy the Cat


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Post #: 127
Post ID: 10965
Reply to: 6422
The 6-Ch Melquiades DSET full circuit updated
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 Romy the Cat wrote:

Here are the basics of the 6-Chennal Melquiades DSET Amplifier complete, without secondary features.

http://www.RomyTheCat.com/PDF/6-Chennal_Melquiades_DSET_Amplifier.pdf

The pre-final version of the 6-Ch Melquiades DSET if modified from former version to embrace the DHT double-stager for MF, HF modification, changes in power supplies and a few other minor changes. Still, am looking for bugs on the drawing before I convert it into a final PDF format.

6-Chennal_Melquiades_DSET_Amplifier_Rev3.jpg




"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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anthony
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Post #: 128
Post ID: 21381
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Upperbass crossover
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Romy, I appreciate that this is an old thread now and that you may not remember everything from your time developing these amplifiers, but I have a (hopefully) simple question about the upperbass crossover in the schematic above.  All other channels have crossovers that are rather straight forward: bass is a low pass RC filter; Fundamentals is a RCL bandpass filter; MF is RL high pass filter; HF is a third order T Section high pass filter; but the Upperbass Channel as I read it is a RC low pass filter only (bandpass is required) within the first stage bias.  Are you relying on the coupling cap (0.022uF) to act as your high pass filter for Upperbass? 

Regards,

Anthony

PS: I am a newcomer to amplifier circuits, but several things have fallen into place reading through your site, and I much appreciate your efforts in making this all public.
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Romy the Cat


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Post #: 129
Post ID: 21382
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The Milq upperbass crossover.
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 anthony wrote:
Romy, I appreciate that this is an old thread now and that you may not remember everything from your time developing these amplifiers, but I have a (hopefully) simple question about the upperbass crossover in the schematic above.  All other channels have crossovers that are rather straight forward: bass is a low pass RC filter; Fundamentals is a RCL bandpass filter; MF is RL high pass filter; HF is a third order T Section high pass filter; but the Upperbass Channel as I read it is a RC low pass filter only (bandpass is required) within the first stage bias.  Are you relying on the coupling cap (0.022uF) to act as your high pass filter for Upperbass? 
 
Yes, Anthony, the upperbass crossover is bandpass. The filters that is integrated with bias is low pass with voltage divider (effectively a resistor) and cap to ground. This filter squeeze the range from 500Hz and above.  Generally using this filter the upperbass that I have (Fane Studio 8M in 36" Tratrix)  and in context presents of Fundamental Channel is now a good idea as Fane will drive HF too much over this very shallow filter. However, it would be the care of passive filters and the inductance of Fane would compromise the filter. My filter is line-level filter and even if I use a series indictor (I would not use it as I like subtraction filters that I use all over Milq) then the indictor will not "see" the speaker coil. Ideally I would like to see in there slightly sharper crossover at upper knee. I did experiment in there a second order and it was too not bad. However, on the long run I felt that the slower filter would be more suitable. I think if we were talking about rock-n-roll-type crap then probably I would stick to second order. Anyhow, as you said, the coupling cap is high pass, unloading the unwanted LF from the horn. It is controversial if a second order would be better choice for this high pass. I can argue both sides. In context of my relatively large room I do not think it is practically critical.


"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Romy the Cat


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Super Milq 6 channels diaries: 8 years later.…
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Last night I push the pedal on my left channel Milq and it was no invents. I tested the voltage and it was up, the fuses are also in place and operational. So, I presume that my left Milq is sick, probably something in PS section. That sucks at so many levels! Since the fuses are alive I presume that the pulse relay that serve the pedal went down… I can express how much I do not have time to deal with it….
 


"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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rowuk


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Alligator clips will do in a pinch....
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Romy the Cat


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The first Milq screw up.
I am looking at my posts at the forum and am trying to figure out when the 6-ch Milq as made. I think it was during the late 2007 beginning of 2008. Well, the Super Melquiades then is 10-year-old then…. 
 
One way or another I got my first screw up a couple of week back. A local guy to listen my playback and informed me that my right tweeters is not working. It was working 2 weeks before but not then. It took for a while to figure out the it was the fault of my assembling. The FH filter, a big and bulky was soldered to a contact of the step attenuator and was left is a stressed position. The gravity over the years broke down the soldered connection and the filter just lost the connection with the signal path. A good lesson. 
 
The interesting part is that I have noted that somehow, I have HF deficiency but since I know that nothing change I attributed my feeling to sleep deprivation or sonic paranoia… At the very same time I was shocked how stunning Macondo suddenly begin to image. They all are very connected things…


"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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  »  New  Incorporating active crossovers into DSET..  Thanks...  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     2  43995  07-22-2008
  »  New  Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps..  A hallucination?...  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     397  3499560  11-22-2008
  »  New  If you’re multiamping then use passive-line lever cross..  Crossover and DSET?...  Audio For Dummies ™  Forum     3  52474  01-21-2009
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