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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 #124: It is not about power supply. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] You always repeat that you do not listen to the power supply thanks to your "isolating" PS philosophy.This is a super attractive thing worth all the blood, sweat and tears! But then at the same time some disturbing notes come tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1692: Common Mode is a static event by rowuk on 2019-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Building the Melquiades: #1. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Ok, it took 2.5 hours to mount the transformers and chokes. The transformers above are filament transformer and high voltage transformer. (The super Melq has all high voltages coils as separate transformers). The 3 chokes above are input chokes for f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Ari Polisois’ Direct-Coupled Simplex by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Rob and Romy the Cat,Thank you for inviting me to discuss this subject. Allow me to reply only to the main points raised, due to the present overload of work. However I will try to answer, later, to any specific question on the subject. First : - My ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1693: Common Mode is a static event by rowuk on 2019-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Verification of cheap RTA & thoughts on room size by jessie.dazzle on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Absolutely flat response will usually sound as you've described it; listen to your ears. If you are hearing the opening bass line of "So What" via the sub, you must be running the sub pretty high in frequency to compensate for lack of mid-bass. From ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #259: Pure Power by anafield on 2009-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
With interest I read the posts about the mains / power and the effect on hifi gear. The conclusion why and how electricity thus have an impact and the overall sound of our system is influenced by it is actually quite simple. Generally the mains is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The short "6C33C Survival Guide". by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The short "6C33C Survival Guide". in Melquiades Amplifier  20 Replies 
Was talking with various audio people about the 6C33C I was amazed that people are so clueless about this tube. The people are so filled with some foolish prejudges and faulty notions about 6C33C that I deseeded to put together a brief “6C33C user ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Some thought about 5-Channel Version of Melquiades by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
This thread is split from the following thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=2665 Jessie, I hope you do not mind that I pulled it to the forum explicitly dedicated to the Melquiades Support. 5-channels Melquiades is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1811: Sorry... by Romy the Cat on 2021-12-07 
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Ah, Amir, did you consider ever that amount of pp generators can create a critical mass of them which advertly affects sound? With all seriousness I hope you do not use the bulk of your generators in the same environment at the same time. I impor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Stands for Super Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stands for Super Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
Those all things take too much space and the new amp for the “fundamental channel” does not really help the situation. I decided to convert the Super Melquiades into something that would have smaller footprint and position the control amplifier unit ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: How feedback is implemented by Paul S on 2007-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Brad, I heard a KR years ago, only remember it was not the typical "no-feedback sound", which I think of as clear but flaccid and no push.  I agree that "feedback" can eventually ruin bass, and more, as I mentioned earlier in connectio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: I do not think that it is electrical. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="JJ Triode"]Romy,Try running the left and right signals from the stereo arms, one at a time, into the known-good mono phonocorrector.  If the problem is not present then you know the stereo corrector is to blame.Are both left and right ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Re: quicker rise time with higher voltage by cv on 2010-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I still say you will get the same "effects" if you current source a low voltage supply. Or, easier, put an inductor in series with the windings after your filter cap.The way I look at it is that the voice coil is the primary of a transformer; the cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: The sounds of silence; continued by jessie.dazzle on 2010-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Paul S wrote (originally posted in the thread discussing noise cancellation for Romy's HP servers)http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=12957#12957"...Jessie, are you saying that the RAID system is "quiet" with respect to regular o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Ebaen's "review" says it is single ended by rickmcinnis on 2010-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
And you are right that it also has a regulator within the power supply.  This is stated within the owner's manual but it would not allow me to copy it.  They use rather convoluted language.  Maybe this is the result of translation?To quote from the r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #516: Buzz by maxzimum on 2010-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hi Paul,It's more a buzz than a hum. It buzzes when I put either amp on. ie: at ~30% load. I have not tried other loads since I don't know what would be a appropriate load to test it with other than audio equipment, of which I have nothing other than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The concept of "good enough" by rowuk on 2013-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Paul,I agree 100%. Well sort of.....Can the idea of the overengineered, atomic reactor power supply with water cooling really offer someone just interested in great music a "better" solution?I think for many, the technical superiority is at least as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #259: Alternative filament supplies by floobydust on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 A typical switching supply does not evenly load the input (sinewave) power source and can create some dirt on the AC line (Paul's "backwash" statement??). Depending on many variables, the amount of contamination the switching supply could contribute...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #922: Message from dc by joaco on 2011-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hello all , i know this topic is almost about pp experience but since im experimenting with electricity i like to share some thoughts here . I builded a dac using very high quality components . As you know the power supply is critical . So i decided ...

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 #150: You would be most welcome... by anthony on 2019-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
...to call in if you ever did get to Aus.  There is plenty to see and experience here, and the weather is great just about all the time.  A critical ear applied to my efforts would be most welcome. [quote user="Romy the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Me too... by anthony on 2020-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]I am always a bit hesitant to buy into "listening descriptions". I am a musician and am confronted every day with Sound bias - attraction to what we are accustomed to, expectations being confirmed. We are creatures of habit and mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: My ignorance by Antonio J. on 2005-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Thanks for the extensive reply. I wish I knew exactly the use the preamp is doing of them and if they could be safely replaced by those alternatives you mention. I believe they're regulators within the power supply. The problem with them is not burni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Large Polystyrene Caps by cv on 2005-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Large Polystyrene Caps in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
How about lead acid batteries :-)Only half kidding - they would be cheaper than the caps and just think, you could finally ditch those AC power troubles away.Also the amps would adore the super low impedance power supply... Still, what with that enor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1654: So what? by rowuk on 2018-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
What connection do we have considering the spectra of signals on the mains and sound quality? What data do we have on what part of "mains contamination" affects sound quality? What data do we have on how power supplies should be built for the 21st ce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: It will be a sheep in wolfs clothing... by anthony on 2015-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
The fullrange Milq will be built in an oversized chassis with the intention of adding maybe two or more channels down the track and perhaps some line level crossovers.  So I will up spec. the mains transformers so they can handle a larger draw and wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1079: Ground is hard by Bud on 2013-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
SOS, please note that your PP 2000 does not isolate one component from another within the reconstituted 60 Hz circuit. It only isolates those components from the noisy and variable wall voltage. Since you think you must isolate your TT and phono stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1679: Is it „better AC“ or consistent AC? by rowuk on 2019-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Do we simply not want a non-changing target? As regeneration does not seem to be „the“ solution (especially if the AC cord behind the regenerator changes bass), what does better AC even mean?Perhaps the designers of great equipment need to rethink po...
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