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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: DSET or do not DSET? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  106 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]Actually, that could be a viable commercial product: a "stereo am"p allowing for four channels. One hi side, one low side, per channel.Any moron purchasing this could be stratosphrically happy flabbergasting his pals by "passively...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The DSET disadvantages and DSET perspectives. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
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="drdna"] The altered topology of DSET has the potential to have disadvantages.  There is increased overall system complexity and this often seems to be a negative.  Beyond this, it is difficult to expound, for me, on the specifi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: How much to DSET a DSET by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] You are correct, though I believe the subwoofer covers only below 40 hz. [/quote] So??? [quote user="drdna"] This is coming from the same person who has built a 6-channel DSET? Anyway, it was more a thought about optimizing the o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The DSET disadvantages and DSET perspectives. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
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="drdna"] The altered topology of DSET has the potential to have disadvantages.  There is increased overall system complexity and this often seems to be a negative.  Beyond this, it is difficult to expound, for me, on the specifi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: About playback waterfall sequence. by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-02 
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="decoud"]I know you do not want to do it, but it is a shame not to do it: actually manufacture a version of the Macondo with an integrated dset, cut down enough (say three channels) to make it feasible while still demonstrating the advant...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Disadvantages of DSET by drdna on 2007-09-26 
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="Romy the Cat"]The result [in the 6-channel Milq] is definably better but the reason-consequences patterns are not so easily interpretable, and are absolutely not interpretable when the filters are applied.[/quote] And the explorations th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Disadvantages of DSET by drdna on 2007-09-26 
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="Romy the Cat"]The result [in the 6-channel Milq] is definably better but the reason-consequences patterns are not so easily interpretable, and are absolutely not interpretable when the filters are applied.[/quote] And the explorations th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: DSET is tricky. by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF Amplifier in biamping. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Yes, to “voice” the DSET is tricky and requires a lot of listening experience, or more accurately saying – it requires to make a lot of mistakes and understand own mistakes. It is not difficult –juts require patience. Still, if one “get” how DSET sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Defending some DSET ideas.... by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5023&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: The 6-Ch Melquiades DSET full circuit updated by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-02 
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"] 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[/quote] The pre-final version of the 6-Ch Melquiad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Titan DSET ideas by drdna on 2009-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EdgarHorn Speaker Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, you need to find out how much power and how much gain you need for you subs and your room. Borrow for someone any 6C33C and measure how far the 6C33C will be from class A2 at a level of max tolerable bass in your r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance assessment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance asse... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
In this thread I would like to talk a bit about the practice in DSET driven multi-way horns configuration. I have expressed my view that the architectural configuration that Macondo and Super Melquiades end up to be I find is the most interest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: You can use DSET with anything. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
You can build DSET for anything. DSET concept does not imply any topology but recognition of purpose and accommodation of a topology for the purpose. Generally the 93dB sensitivity is not something that I would attack with SET, unless you use SET aro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: DSET Bass OPT is wound by anthony on 2016-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
The Bass OPT's for my DSET have been wound.  We have come back to a 1000R plate loading and into 1R the 6C33C grid clips at 9.36W and 5.8% distortion.  The -0.5dB points at full power are 5.9Hz and 5kHz.A nice result really, and about where I thought...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Anthony DSET Power Supply Schematic by anthony on 2017-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
To keep with Romy's spirit of sharing his work, I have attached a file of VER 1.0 of the DSET Power Supply.  There are quite a few differences to Romy's published schematics but it is basically the same beast.  You will notice a lot of power transfor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DSET phoned home? by Steradian on 2011-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DSET phoned home? in Audio News  0 Replies 
Close encounters of the purred kind: Aliens spoke to us in a 'cat-like language' claim Russian flight controllers  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: Some more DSET photos.. by anthony on 2017-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
My DSET amplifiers are starting to go together (slowly).Bias string and bleeder relays/resistors...The remainder of the filter caps.  The middle floor goes on and the filter cap for the First Stages (6E5P/6E6P).Then the OPT's go in place and the shel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #133: Finally firing up the DSET by anthony on 2018-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy,What a busy year just gone!  Finding enough time to just sit down and get the DSET's going has been impossible, but I have time now and have started the process.At the moment I am introducing some high voltage to the first amplifier chassis, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: One more illustration that DSET rules by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate worst best things in audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Stitch, even though you are not wrong what you say but I do not think it has a direct relation to what I call the "worse". My angle was different: the demise of SET concept if the amp increases some rational cost level. The cost of LAMM electronic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The real barrier to DSET... by decoud on 2015-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate worst best things in audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
...seems to me finacio-emotional not technical. The Macondo and 9 channel Melquiades are really one device, essentially an active speaker. If a maker did not feel obliged to put the amp and the speaker in different boxes he would obviously optimise t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Reading about Malquiades amplifer and the DSET concept: check ! 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 
I already have some PY500 (it's a sign =))) ) and I have 836 too.I read about Malquiade amplifier threads.So it seem peoples on this forum like horn speakers (I love them too) and are looking for fast transient response, it's exactly what I like.But ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Any option for DSET on GU-48? by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
This post is a logical continuation of the post: My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=15814 I wonder if any manufactures would be interested to undertake bass DSET proje...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: SS DSET by decoud on 2012-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Solid state revisited in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Still partially wrapt in mystery, but here is potentially the first SS DSET:http://www.firstwatt.com/sit1.htmlI say potentially for that is not naturally Pass's direction, but each monobloc is designed to be tunable to its specific speaker....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: DSET amplification from 1933 by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
The 1933 articale in Radio-Craft by W.H. Hollister about DSET systemhttp://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/BiAmpArticle_1933.pdfThe Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The basic DSET methods by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dual channel SET in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"] Romy, can you be persuaded to post a sketch of what you think the optimal 2 channel Melquiades circuit would look like? [/quote] Decoud, I do not think that there is such a thing as optimal DSET. The entire concept of DSET is a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A DSET is better then an expensive SET by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
For whatever stupid reasons the DSETs (Dedicated Single Ended Amplifier) are not as popular among audio people as they SHOULD be and this imperfection I am trying to attack. So, if you use SET for whoever propose then it fine but if you e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: David Berning solution vs. DSET by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="Merlin"]... my own feeling is that David Berning's solution is both neater and more practical - the only impediment ot it's acceptance, the dogmatic approach of many thermionic die hards. My experience suggests it's their loss. [/quote] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Crossover and DSET? by drdna on 2009-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you’re multiamping then use passive-line lever crossoveri... in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am sorry; I do not follow what you are saing. I see no relation between a need to use a crossover with DSET topology. The Cat[/quote]What I am thinking is that with full range amplifier, you must use a speaker level cross...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Another Brits' take over DSET idea. by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5596&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=5911a3973d08037f3068aa212841128a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Milq DSET- Vitavox pyrotechnics! WOW!!! by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6C33C loading in Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
Wow, I mean really, really, really, really, really WOW! A week ago I converted one of the Super Milqs to 5:1 loading and yesterday I converted another one. I loved what the last week converted amp did. It was very nice but today I put the entire sys...
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