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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Coupling capacitor by Romy the Cat on 2014-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Daniel, if you have start, the igniting voltage, on the gas tubes 197V then it is perfect. If the tubes do maintain stable 150C then leave it as it. Each of the gas tribes has own stabilization voltage. If one of them has let say 148V and another 150...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: RL Confusion by perrew on 2009-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Romy,I might be confused with the passive and active, but from my understanding you prefer your active 834PT to the passive RC network and passive LCR networks. You also prefer the passive LCR to the passive RC. So 834PT>LCR>RC.If I got it righ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #718: The depth and longetivity of PurePowering. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I would like to offers some thoughts about possible avenues for Pure Power 2000 improvements.  Those thoughts are no specific to the recent November-December events and have broader generic implication. I initially intended to write it to Pure Po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #308: Who knows.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Alex,   I cannot answer your questions objectively. It was over 15 years ago when I was working with this phonostage and since I built the last version, I did not make any experiments with it. I do feel the design is spectacular, and I am lu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Voltage reference tubes quandaries.. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
The value/type of the capacitor after the gas tube hugely affects sound. I made quite a number of experiments in past with those caps and I have no idea why it is so. Well, I hardly understand (and I did not see anyone who does) why the “gassed resis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
I was contemplating the 6 Channel Super Melquiades conversion – it will quite a revision – and I am slowly inclining to make it not 6 Channel but 7 channels…Anyhow, the post will not be about the needs of extra 7th channel but rather about one of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Capacitors are like cholesterol - migh be good and bad. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]The question in my mind Romy is: why?  I will be interested to hear your comment on what your goal was to learn about your system in introducing these and what the results are.  After the extent to which you have describ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: More "literature" about my faulty power supply by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Well, the subject of capacitors in that PS should be resolved. We discussed it a lot with Dima and he feel that I am fool all my idea to try in this supply “minimum capacitance”. He actually does not believe in small capacitance, he has a vision how ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I think it still should be tried. by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The crossovering Messiah is coming...air capacitors in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
*** I too have thought a while about exactly this... there is something that troubles me deeply though about this approach. I have a theory that too small a cap may not work out as well as one might hope. Now, shall I do a Romy and delay revealing my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re:Some more unexpected thoughts by Paul Scearce on 2005-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP: I’m a line-level looser. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
If the high ac voltage of the Melquiades amp is what allows it to operate with the same coupling cap that doesn't work with the buffer, perhaps there is some hysteresis going on in the capacitor. In that case I think it may help to use a smaller cou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What about memristors? by hagtech on 2008-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Correcting Filters and the quantum theory. in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
My first answer would be "3".  But then I think some more...Is "A" really a shunt?  Where is the power dissipated?  Certainly not in the capacitor.  The signal is burned off (converted to heat) in the series element!  In circ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: Design compensation for bad electricity by drdna on 2009-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]how many LCs does one need , given perfect, quiet AC to begin with?[/quote]Probably correct, considering the physical vibrations etc. that large capacitors can create. There may be the potential for added distortions. However, ...

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 #113: Jk, actually it is not exactly accurate by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]just a minor tech remark (feel free to ignore): the big-ass elco is theoretically still well in the picture. 10uF will have 320Ohm@500Hz, which is a fraction of 20Ohm R+3mF elco.[/quote]Jk, actually it is not exactly accurate. As...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: A “full power undistorted bandwidth”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Jim, the “full power undistorted bandwidth” is the only bandwidth that counts, at least as I understand bandwidth. The 25Hz to 19kHz is it what would expect from a regular SET if do not spend a LOT of money for output transformer. Your amp is not SE ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: I think it was fine solution. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Romy, may I ask you why you've employed an autobias on 6E5Pin Milq's MF rather than your biasing technique (if there is any reason at all)?[/quote]If you look at the page #13 of the Milq DHT thread then you will see that the first...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: 6C33C preamp - Kotriode by Matossan on 2011-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit KOtriode and listen to his system but more specifically his Preamp. The preamp use half of the 6C33C per channel (one 6C33C has two triodes). It has two outputs, one is transformer coupled output, the other is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Measuring resistance across a capacitor by JJ Triode on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Domidaw, you are looking at the right things but there is something to consider: when you put a resistance meter across a discharged capacitor you see a low resistance initially because the battery in the meter is charging the capacitor a little, so ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The air-caps as an ultimate cap. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Paul, in my view the air-caps as an ultimate cap, the ultimate by own intrinsic topology. It is particularly the case for the 834P- like application as in there the cap is not biased by high voltage DC and gets constantly re-polarized. You see the pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: 6SN7-2A3 amps? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I also use the 6SN7-2A3 DHT for my system (except subwoofer). Did you use the Electrocubes for the coupling capacitors? Was the internal wiring regular copper? The coupling capacitor is critical, of course. Also, I will say t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: I checked the polarity of C10 by Domidaw on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
And this capacitor is connected as shown in the photo. its minus goes to mass, its plus goes via R21 to the B + tap in the OTP transformer.  I waited for the resistance to stabilize, which started at 2 million ohms and stopped at 42 million ohms ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #620: But it sounds good from the battery... by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hey Bud,Are you saying that the battery materials are less limited in fast dynamic potential energy release than the capacitor materials? I thought batteries had far greater materials limitations compared to capacitors in regards to fast potential re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Input Cap by Jorge on 2012-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multi-amping crossovering. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I think ML amps have an input capacitor put there to isolate from the other components, I have a close friend who has multiamped for a long time with ML 20.6 monos,  he had once 6 monos on his system,  he now uses only one pair with the input cap red...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #286: Bypass Schottky by Snubber by AlexBerger on 2020-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hi,I have the phonostage with the similar schematics that Romy has.The power supply use SiC Schottky diodes in bridge and 15H choke load exactly like on the scheme in this thread.Is it possible to bypass each Schottky diode by 10-100 pF capacitor?Doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Yes, the 6C33 is a capacitive bitch. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]...yes, I remember. I wonder if it's due to the large (and varying with signal) capacitance of the 6C33 input interacting with the small coupling cap. Hopefully this will be less of an issue with the 6e5p/6p.[/quote]Chris, It is cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Milq high pass by decoud on 2014-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
The coupling capacitor is a first order high pass filter. I have .68 in there for there for this purpose. Obviously the slope will be shallow, so precision in the value will not be critical....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Eu sources by decoud on 2012-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
Looking for a reliable one myself: a capacitor just failed. Similarly for Electrocube 950s which are obscenely priced in low quantities direct, and not on the ground this part of the world.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Big Caps by hagtech on 2008-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote]a sufficiently-large last capacitor with using in input choke make the sound or transformer, rectifier and choke less relevant[/quote]I have to agree with Dima.  The power supply has to be harmonious with the amplifier yet separate at the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #611: I can supply the bribery wine :-) by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I think what they did was to put filters, maybe just a simple capacitor on the AC side to try and reduce the noise that the units inject back into the ac mains. Perhaps they were getting complaints that the units worsened the electricity noise in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More sense by noviygera on 2012-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sound of line level filters in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
>>Gera, are you catapulted from another planet? Are you sure that you want to drive a mid horn with Rowland amp? Romy, some people that know me will say "yes", I am not sure... Of course no, not the Rowland to drive my horns, this is the amp ...
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