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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Have the cake and eat it by N-set on 2011-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Although the spiritus movens of the whole idea seems to have found thebass solution, the idea continues to live.Thanks to the invaluable help of Stephie B, I've comeback to the GU81M likea boomerang with some progress. There are 3 new things:1) FFT v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Further sonic humiliation. by Romy the Cat 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 
Paul, I clearly have no idea; I am purely fishing in here. Regarding use of feedback in my buffer there was an interesting experience with it. Among the buffers that I tried there was two that used feedback: one was a an exact replica of Melquiades...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: I think we agree overall by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Okay... I also downloaded the original Milq SET amplifier PDF and have looked at it in detail as well as the 6-channel adaptation (DSET) and I understand where you're going with it... or so I think. In my particular situation, I've owned two pair of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Here is the idea that I had. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Here is the idea that I had for the “ultimate bass” for my room. Below is the picture of Macondo one channel as it is now from my listening position. So, if I find a way to deal with the wall edge at my ceiling  then I might replace the current 72” w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #893: It is not about PP2000 per se by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
This is normal but it has nothing to do with PP2000. There are zillion way how playback can pick up 60 and 120 cycles ground loops, the PP2000 is just one of the ingredients and from Ground perspective has to be treated no different than any other 3 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #714: For a test try from the batteries. by miab on 2011-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
In my unit there is definately a change in sound running from wall from early in the day to late evening. In the late evening being the better. Before the Purepower this was much more noticeable but to quantify it, the worse day with the Purepower is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: 2a3 and 6e5p by drdna on 2007-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I agree that SETs generally have issues such as you describe, and moreso the small ones, especially at the frequency extremes, and at saturation, which tends to occur all too soon, IMO.  But I have not sourced t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Problems with SETs? by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Adrian, what do you see fundamentally appealing in the symmetry of the differential circuits and what the relations between Sound the symmetry? Not to mention that the perfectly symmetric circuits do not exists. I’m very far form the people who coul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: I have no idea Gryphon Trident are but… by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"] Romy, I plan to build Melquiades. But there are couple of questions:1-One of speaker options is Gryphon Trident, it is an active bass speaker so Mel should drive MF & HF only. In your opinion can Mel drive these speakers?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Looking the part by Paul S on 2007-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
That is one textbook HF ribbon, Romy, long, narrow and naked as a jaybird.Don't be surprised if eventually a certain amount of magnetic "dust" somehow finds its way into that ultra-strong magnet gap.  Who knows what it is or where it c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Beyond the transport by jessie.dazzle on 2008-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Alexd wrote :"...most of them do not sound as good as good quality 16Bits cd transport...""Most of them"... Well you are honest; enough so to admit that some do, though they may not be of your own creation."...Our DAC improved computer generated...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Obscene amount of money for 6 hours of play. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL LE8 in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Hi Romy, in another thread you recommended the JBL LE8 as a good driver for the 200-1,000 Hz region. Any specific version of that driver? It has been produced in different variants over a rather long time.[/quote] Markus, I do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: One way to learn is to try... by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"] Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  [/quote] Chirag, I’m not planning to use this power amp in my system.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: ULF placement and power by jessie.dazzle on 2010-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...The leading idea is to bolt a triangular shape sealed enclosure juts behind the small wall that cover the load bearing beam from the midbass horns..."For a lot of reasons, I'd vote for an alternate placement. You've got that baseme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Choosing a Bass Solution by skushino on 2013-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
I was rushing when I made the last post.  Wanted to share a little more about my thought process and how I arrived at doing another large-scale masochistic audio project.  Making a bass horn is a huge risk - the results can vary from exceeding expect...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: To regulate or not regulate 6C33C by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Cosmos"] Anyway, as the description on our site on second paragraph says, the third 6C33 located at the back, is used as the pass element of the regulator (controlled by solid state circuitry) providing 220V with 100uV of random noise &a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Alcons et alia by Gregm on 2006-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
By looking at it this looks like a magnetostatic (isodynamic?) design rather than a ribbon. There's a Danish guy who has done good research on the subject: http://www.soundimage.dk/Different-col/Magneto.htm (you can click on "ribbon" for more in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Synergy vs. realty. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The idiotism of Audio Synergy in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
Paul, it is unquestionable that there are specific properties that set specific compatibility between audio elements but what is important to understand is that word “synergy” was specifically invented in audio by sales personal in order do not recog...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Listening the Single-stage 6E5P by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Now I re-listen all the things the we try to measure. To surmised everything I have to tell that Dima’s way to looks for optimum operation point of the tube (setting balance for voltage vs. current sufficiency) turned out to be very successful as I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, small room and above 320... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Thanks, floobydust. There are a lot of interesting points in you post to consider. What speaker you drive with your 2A3? If they are relatively high sensitively (like compression drivers) then did you consider going with a single stage? I think I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Importance of OPT and type of tube for SET amp bass performance by Rewind on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small SET’s bass, besides everything- is it about power? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I am looking into building a 45 tube SET amp and I keep reading about how important a good output transformer is. I read that cheaper output transformers like Hammond can be okay for mids and highs, but it will also reduce bass performance. If on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1606: Reply to paul by Bill on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
My main 6 speakers are modified Edgar horns with 105 dB/ watt sensitivity, and the others are overhead emotive speakers with standard 90 dB/ watt sensitivity. There are two JL self powered f12 subs, and 4 self built subs with a sherbourn five channel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: F120A by floobydust on 2009-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
 Romy, I picked up a pair of FX120 and F120A drivers over two years ago. I initially spent some time with the FX120 in a small 10-liter ported enclosure (similar to Fostex' recommended one but altered dimensions). After many months of liste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #289: That is very normal! by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I am quite sure it is a ground issue, as it is noise coming from the loudspeakers regardless of source or volume. Lifting the grounds on the amplifiers… eliminates the problem. [/quote] If it so them there is no need to contact t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1185: Topology... by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Bill"]I don't know how much current his amps pull on turn on but I was running just two of the 1500's with 20 channels of amplification including two large subwoofer amps and 4 Class A SET's and sundry source components turning on all at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Uncoherent thoughts about IDEAL horn systems... by MochaMike on 2005-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
You have identified the tricky parts -the transistion between the front and back horn as well as the throat  of the front tractrix horn.  A one to one throat with the front horn works best with my coaxials and a short 1.25" straight 'ring' ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: About Timbre and Audio #2 by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Timbre and Audio. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Continuing my observation about the Timbres and Audio.From what I said above it is very important to understand that Timbres in Audio are not the photographic density of the colors themselves but rather an ability of a photograph to differentiate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Shake the Pepper Pot by anthony on 2023-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Looks like the Red 10's are circa 92dB/w/m as an entire "speaker" including woofer.  I've never played with them before, but I wonder how much, if any, SPL is scrubbed from the tweeter by the crossover so that it matches the woofer.  Romy, from what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: The problem that that I see with my ULF by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
As good as my ULF turned out to be but purely conceptually it is not an ultimate proper playback solution. I have midbass horns runs down to 42Hz and ULF kicks in at 25Hz with 3rg order. In reality does to the geometry of my room and the fact the dis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Well by Markus on 2010-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Why horns”, years later. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Your initial post reminded me of this[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Markus wrote:I have recently been thinking about efficiency. Apart from enabling you to use low power amps, is there really any reason why high efficiency is better than low or me...
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