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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: To me it is a deal breaker, nothing else need to be said. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] I just wished you would find it in you, out of fairness and common courtesy, to keep the thread within the boundaries within which it was raised, that is a technical discussion on the approach of Frank Shroder to the design o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: ..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]  nl wrote: In general, DHT amps are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. Would this be the result of poor implementation or rather a feature of such technology? If the latter is true, then it might on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #597: I was trying to be cautious…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] My initial idea was to run just sensitive digital equipment and the preamp from the PP2000. But actually, there is no reason why I couldn't run everything (except the PC) from it. [/quote] I went over the very same s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Current matters? by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Sorry, Anthony, I do not follow what you are asking. What does it mean “panel meter on the DHT channel”? My DHT channel has a plate current matter. I find it useful but not truly necessary. My sited at 38mA for years and does not move. Hypothetica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: All sources by anthony on 2020-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Again, it was very interesting, but… Let agree that methodologically you did not try Placette as it performance was masked out by you need to use your Neurochrome buffer to get gain. Your chain will sound as the worst eleme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Sound of tubes or the sound of attitudes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: GM70 vs. 6C33C in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'm sure there are many bad implementations of the 845 and 211. Almost all of the commercially available ones are pretty mediocre. However I have heard good examples of both so I know it can be done. [/quote] Actually I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: To clarify... by darkmoebius on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The "Catch-22" with Melquiades is not the Melquiades price but the fact that I SPEND NO EFFORTS TO CONVINCE ANYBODY to build it...I made the Milq available and frankly speaking for myself, I feel more gratified that I revea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Lamm ML4 and the 7-points by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Yesterday I got two emails asking me about Lamm ML3. I replied as I usually do, saying that I that I do not practice in satisfaction in audio-consumer curiosity.  Still, it made me to think again about a hypothetic amp around GM-70.I am not a fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: How Melquiades milks sound? by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] I'm enjoying this account of Melquiades upbringing. I must ask though: how are you sure that what you are hearing isn't on the recording? Not that I don't believe you, I just wonder if the stuff has been there all along and undiscov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Bypass that sound card? The Cosecant DAC? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Jessie, I have two comments/questions. Are you sure that using the USB you do not use the sound card? I am a software guy not a hardware guy and with my limited understanding I presume that an application that reads a file must talk to so kind of dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #217: Hard rear chamber/basket cover by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Here's how I'd make a hard rear cover/rear chamber.I describe the process in detail, as it is a good investment of my time; I expect to have a similar condition and requirement for my own mid-bass horns (intended for use with AK-151s).This approach c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Some thoughts about the 'Constellation Noise'. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
Sine I read about the new Orion phonostage I was thinking about the whole story behind it. The whole Constellation Audio as the company that started  2-3 years back strike me as  some kind of combined efforts of a group of dealer and distributors...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: What the “genius” did: the Injection Channel by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Well, I was thinking about that “Resonating Oops” for a while. I made quite a number of experiments. I some cases I was able to get interesting results but the “Resonating Oops” is very illusive. I do know that many readers of my site have wrong perc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 7788 - love the tube! by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="rafaroxlm"]As you may know the 7788 is a high transconductance pentode which should in theory be able to give higher audio resolution than say 12AX7, 6072 tubes in tube mic pre designs.  On search here the 7788 was mention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The New Placette as the dynamic quandary by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The idea was very simple: to convert the C filter into RC filter, to employ the Silicon Carbide Schottky rectification diodes that showed themselves so nice in 6-ch Melquiades  and to beef up the preamp with large bet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Creme de la What? by Romy the Cat on 2005-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: GoodSoundClub – one year later. in Site Support Forum  16 Replies 
Guys, You really misunderstood this CD. This is just a compilation of GOOD MUSIC well performed and interpreted and it has nothing to do with audio. For instance now of my compilations CDs I ever played on my playback. Those CDs are good enough for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Debugging the Lamm ML2... by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I got new 6C33Cs for V2s from Lamm because no one else wants to match them, let alone match them for gain…[/quote] There is no meaningful mutual conductance or bias matching for 6C33Cs (in context of ML2) besides gain matching, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Getting more power from SET vs. properly distorting SS. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting more power from SET vs. properly distorting SS. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I did not make my mind about it but I have some “concerns”. Using SS amps and hearing different SS amps I do not like their bass and the notion of a powerful enough DSET to be able to drive ULF in A1 was born. Sounds logical. However, recently I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: Time/Change by Paul S on 2016-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
It will be interesting to read how you will change your system, and I hope you will continue to include your "reasoning", as you have done to date, including "set-up music" that you use to establish the "stages of development" as you home in on t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I am an FM pessimist nowadays… by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BW Broadcast RBRX Encore Re-Broadcast Receiver in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
For sure an interesting devise, thank you Nick. I personally do not like HD broadcasting. Some ideas that they have for FM is “interesting” but in reality, it is hard to know what actuals sound is possible get from the FM stages of this unit. I am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Koetsu sound by drdna on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
I have lived with the Koetsu Onyx Platinum also and I agree.  I did not really enjoy it very much in my system no matter what I did.  However, honestly, when I first heard Koetsu many years ago (it was a Rosewood Pro IV), I was really drawn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: “You did a heck of a job, Brownie” by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I regularly visit 6moons News Section that lately became quite good sources for audio news. It is same that Srajan not willing to share the news in RSS or compatible format, anyhow… The today new is Elina Lamm announces that "we are extremely please...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: Amplification for Midbass Channel by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
This is very interesting subject. I expect that tghe new Midbass horns will have somewhere 108dB sensitively anechoicly.  The driver is 99dB and the hyperbolic curve has much more EQ then Tractrix and that is more important the EQ that work mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: The new Accuphase T1100 by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
A reader of my site sent me interesting information. It looks like Accuphase came up with a new model: T1100. http://www.accuphase.com/cat/t-1100_e.pdf In this new model more functionality went to DSP, but the most important the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: RE: What's the deal with Tantalum Caps? by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do some very interesting experiments with Rohde & Schwarz tuner. Dima and I have discovered a way to use the Schwarz without the wide bandwidth amplifier, driving the Multiplex Decoder from the Schwarz’s preamps. Bas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Downgrading the Digital Multiplexing… by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Stereo and Multiplex MPX decoders in Off Air Audio  12 Replies 
After exploring the options for Multiplexing decoding on digital domain I decided to downgrade this perspective for now. Here are some cone and prose of Digital Multiplexing as I can see them Pros: Ability to have better noise performance. This i...

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 #8: My DHT experiment: Preface by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
First of all it was quite interesting and quite educational. Second of all it answers no questions but rather creates more questions. Here is what I try to compile some my observations and thoughts on the subject. I have a local guy who red my site ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The several things I do not understand too by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Pretty clean, Romy (and one hellova tranny at Fundamentals)! [/quote] 50mA, 60H, LL1623 Amorphous [quote user="Paul S"] I thought you said Vishay metal foils in your earlier response about bias adjustment? If so does that me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The tales of two phonostages: Allnic and 834PT. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tales of two phonostages: Allnic and 834PT. in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
I have for a month or so the Allnic H-1500 II SE Plus phono stage sitting in my home. It is two chassis phonostages with tube rectification, tube regulation, LCR 600R filters, own Allnic step up transformer for MC needles, 5842/417A in gain stage...
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