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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Come on, Jim! by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] I didn't want to steal any of your ideas. [/quote] This is very bogus notion. If the 6E5P is somebody’s idea then would be not me but Dima’s as he discovered the tube “for Sound aplicatios” in 90s while he was fixing a TV. Howe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Depending on your amplification by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I am not a huge fun of S3 for MF use as the ceramic magnet is less interesting then alnico magnet for HF applications. For the low mid, or as I call it the Fundamental Channels the HF problem that ceramic has do not manifest themselves. My Fundamenta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Observation from 2006: Zarathustra II by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Over the course of the enter 2006 Dima and I were involved into the Zarathustra II saga. It took countless phone calls, countless emails, a lot of thinking, numbers of shipments and many hours for Dima and me to propagate the project to it semi-compl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Yamamoto amps vs. my buying attitude. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A contemporary AD1 Triode by Emission Labs in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
…and I hope you did put your ET-703 tweeter in a time aligned position, did you? The AD1 tube was one of those original “better sounding” triodes. I have a quite few of them; in Telefunken 1936-139 radios (I have 4 or 5 of those radios them in my st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Drum'n'bass party by N-set on 2011-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
This thread has triggered some old stupid sentiments. Feel free to remove this post if irrelevant. I've been thinking how to rationalize my old design in the present context and make it less idiotic.First, know the enemy. I don't know the enemy. I as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Another decision that I need to make… I am in debates now. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Another decision that I need to make about the new Super Milq. I have MF and Fundamental Channels around the Vitavox S2 drivers that will be driven directly from the single-stage amplifiers, with the crossovers and attenuators sitting at amplifier li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: VR1 and 6E5P by Antonio J. on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
Hi Romy,The builder regards VR1 more like an "offset to 0" adjuster than a bias control for the 6E5P since its working range is quite narrow. He asked me to know from you if along the 6E5P's lifespan it needs further adjustments at VR1 or if a single...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The Super Milq and the bottleneck by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If you read the very important post: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=5255 then might understand that it lead to a painful research on the subject. I have ton of data now and many experiments done. If ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Blah blah blah by nl on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Yes, well, in this case, it wasn't a new amplifier, it was his old amplifier! At the end of the day, he tried it and came to a personal conclusion. I also tried it and came to a personal conclusion. Romy is still just farting into the air. This...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What a week in Boston! by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What a week in Boston! in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
It is imposable to live in Boston…and particularly since I installed that large directional rotatable antenna on my roof and able to get everything high quality from Rhode Island to New Hampshire. The only problems that I see… is the hard drive space...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: HAHAHAHA! by N-set on 2011-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Please, guys, I'm not an experienced builder at all!!Please don't offed a real experienced builders! I'm rather both hopelessly stupidand ignorant. Knowing that, I'm trying to be carefull. That's all. My active participation here, apart from the spir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not like this basic concept of PP amp. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Seems like a good basic concept for a laconic PP amp, though...[/quote] The fix bias of  driver and out stages are fine. Why he need to have 1:8 input transformer. The driver stage does 32 time gain, the output stage does ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Filter Caps by anthony on 2017-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Below are some images that show the locations of the various filter caps within the amplifier chassis.The big cap for the First Stages is located directly below the 6E5P tubes...The big filter cap for the Bass Channel is adjacent to the Bass OPT (pee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #171: Small steps by anthony on 2019-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Unfortunately I've reached out but not managed to make contact with John Hasquin regarding the spacer in the upperbass horn.  I'll just have to wing it.I did finally manage to get a day and a half to make the second DSET operational but it refuses to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #184: R4 is the Culprit by anthony on 2020-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Thanks for your help Romy.  Have a look at this (barely legible) sketch so we have a common reference:This is Channel B First Stage bias circuit.  All is identical to your published schematic apart from R9 which I had to increase to get the other sta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do I Even Understand the Post? by Paul S on 2014-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Shannon, from your questions I "understand" that you want to drive lifeless speakers with a hybrid amp that features a 6E5P first stage. Is that what you want to do? What do and don't you like about your present set-up? What do you hope to change an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: more on the dc coupling scheme by cv 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 
If you study the above, you'll note that the topology involves some compromise, namely, a trade-off between a lower series resistor (for better drive of the following valve) versus a lower current draw through the CCS . This draw has to come through ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Bias or do not Bias – what a qeston!!! by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Contemplating now how to organize biasing for 3 singe stages of my 6-chanls amp I was faced the dilemma: do I need to bias my tubes. The 6E5P/6E6P are Russian tubes and it means that are very different right from the boxes. The Milq, driver tubes, be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Lack of Melquiades? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
Interesting….. It is interesting to think about the relational of Melquiades slow take-up. I think that major contributing factor is that guy who calls himself Romy the Cat. Really, I think it’s it. The people who are capable to build amplifiers more...

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 #72: Single stage 6e5p and no bass problem by shannon on 2016-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
people think you can use 6e5p single stage full range. like for example http://diyparadise.com/w/purist-wet-dream-gets-wetter/ stiff sound aside what about the b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: The Super Milq’s input: electrical perspective. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]Could you help me understand your biasing scheme with this version? I thought I understood the original Milq circuit - but the only channel that looks like that to me is the D channel. I don't get A and B at all! what is the 50 ohm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: I probably shouldn't post these... by hagtech on 2008-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
But here it is.  I made this monoblock fit into less than a square foot.  It is tight.  I use Hammond iron throughout.  Their stuff usually works pretty good for power supplies.  I have some photos at my blog.  [img]http...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: The MiniMe First draft by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Sure I was not able to do not listen it as the pain dried. It was incredible ad-hog sting of the drivers. All woofers are series. I know, I know but they are 4R each and I wanted to drive it with 2A3 just for the first test. The post is tuned - I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #136: A bug in negative supply chain on channel B by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy, Further to my earlier message, I've measured the bias voltages for the driver tubes in all Channels. A -4.3V not adjustable B -13.82V not adjustable C -4.8V not adjustable D -4.2V (ran out of potentiometer travel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: There is a difference between multiamping and DSET… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Why not more semi-active speakers with high-sensitivity mid/treble and transistor-powered bass? [/quote]… and it is very important do not overlook this difference. Multiamping is fine but is it severely suffer in case of different...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: LF limit in single stage and Sowter mumetal cores by cv on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Hi Romy,Agreed about the S2 transformer being the most prominent  it is here I think that mumetal will shine. I should have said that I was referring to the upper S2 covering 1k-12k or so. I wasn't too clear earlier - when I suggested rolling of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Hm, it is VERY tempting. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, the more I think about it then more I realized that I would like to try it. I’m contemplating to make 5-6 channels on single-stage Milq: 4 channels for each Macondo channel and 1-2 reserved for any perspective lower bass channel or for perspect...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The better Russian tubes and 120W SET - might be fan. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Nope, the Russian tubes generally much, in fact much worse than western equivalents. There were however some exceptions. Those options were due to various reasons. The tubes like GM70, YO186, 1P24B, 6E5P, 6N30P, BO188, GM57, UB180, 6C33C, 6N6P, M...
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