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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Source of heat by jessie.dazzle on 2007-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Ok, I just thought of something... The 6C33Cs which make so much heat are located on the right side of each amp; the rear tube is within close proximity of the right side transformer... Is it possible that the incorrectly biased tube was heated beyon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: It takes time sometimes. by Romy the Cat on 2016-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Gera, tuning the amp loading is a tricky part. If you deal tube that you do not know and the driver that you do not know then there is no way for you to know the entry point into the game. I think the best way in this situation is not use what pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Universal amp? by N-set on 2016-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Well, I used "you" in an abstract rather than direct sense ;)Its very starange what you say than any power tube can be used - each power tube has its own drive requirements and making auniversal driver able to drive say 212E and eimacs is hardly poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The better Russian tubes and 120W SET - might be fan. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Nope, the Russian tubes generally much, in fact much worse than western equivalents. There were however some exceptions. Those options were due to various reasons. The tubes like GM70, YO186, 1P24B, 6E5P, 6N30P, BO188, GM57, UB180, 6C33C, 6N6P, M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: That fried 2A3C.... by cv on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The DHOFT topology? Do not try it home. in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
I have some theories...*please* keep this tube safe, we will have to run some curves on it...More importantly, it's a good thing the output transformer wasn't damaged, though I'd imagine the tube would have struggled to pass more than around 600mA an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Gas, bass, jazz... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
[quote user="ml8"] If you think gas regulators make sound of 6E5P so nice, didn't you try putting gas regulator tube in the grid of the 6C33C, and why? [/quote] Sure, I trued. It sounded very bad. I pull out of my butt any imaginable rational with e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: What the hell is going on with 6C33C? by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Training amplifiers in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
I probably overwhelmed the readers of my site with the different aspect of the 6C33C but it is what it is. This site is my diary and reflects what is going on with me in audio. Here it comes… now I am frustrated to understand the 6C33C. The next mys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Without Looking Again by Paul S on 2017-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
I don't remember exactly how yours were placed, but - while we're on the subject -  it is considered good practice to put the magnetic axes of proximate transformers at right angles to one another.  It's also good practice to attach dropping resistor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: 2 out 3... not bad. by KOTriode on 2011-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
After burn-in the heater for 24 hrs, I tested all 3 Golden grid tubes on a bench power supply , 2 of the tubes worked fines, 1 tubes does not have current. The tube seller gladly refund for the non functional tube.I talked to a 6C33C OTL amp manufact...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 6E6P vs. D3A as driver. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6E6P-DR in triode mode in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
[quote user="Johann"]Hi Romy,i want to use the 6E6P-DR (triode mode) as driver in my tube 45 amp.I use a D3A (triode mode) with Anode choke at 180V, 12mA. Grid 2 is connected via 50 Ohm resistor to anode. Grid 3 (pin 8) is connected to cathode.Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: What makes eye on the tube getter? by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
One of my YO186 have developed a dark eye on it’s getter. Even the tube still measures fine and sound fine but I wonder what make some of those tubes to get dart spat of the getter gloss. I have seen it before and do not have any association between ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Debugging the Placette by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-06 
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 
Rony, Actually I did try to drive Melquiades from different source. My old tube buffer, my phonostage and any other not DC-coupled source were not able to drive it. The 6-ch Melquiades is pain in as to drive. It has around 5K input impedance ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #139: I don't know what happened by Lx_ on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Romy and Paul,Thank you for your help and comments. I decided to move the amp on the floor and on its side so as to be able to monitor it during operation. As it had worked for 10 minutes after replacing the fuse, I was confident nothing sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Crossing by maxx on 2015-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-way horn system Prelude in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
I have improved Minidsp 4x8.A class Solid state amp (HF)Single ended tube amp (mf)push pull tube amp (MB)Crown macrotech (bass)All amps build by AL Electronics, specially designed for me....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #158: Gas tubes in the phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="AlexBerger"]Hello Romy, What brand of 0A2 do you use in your phonostage?I used RCA, but after 1.5 years of work it began to spark when phonostage is switched on.I tried Siemens, Mazda and now Sylvania 0A2.Siemens has "disco sound"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: No-amplification time by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I do not want go for emergency ULF amps and to pay more than $50 for it, in fact all plate amps shall cost $50. I will probably end up getting another B2 amp, identical to the one that blew up with the identical changes. I just felt that this no-ampl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: CCS heating? by N-set on 2011-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Good people,Has anybody tried CCS heating of the tubes here?That idea +/- makes sense to me (more with DHT though)and wanted to try it, but perhaps somebody has already been there? I'm thinking of 3 individual LT337 past the last reservouar caps, CCS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #196: Ringing by FJC Corpas on 2012-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Well, I normally use tube rectifier with my LC filters and, I don´t know exactly why, I haven´t had ringing problems at switching. I think could be tubes switch in a gentler way than silicon. I recommend you use an appropriated snubber circuit across...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Uber-tweeky phono topologies deconstructed by cv on 2010-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting Russian pnonocorrector. in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Hello Paul,The first stage is a pentode, so the Miller cap is negligible. As for the other things you mentioned, there is a detailed exploration, which covers some of your points, by Dave Slagle at:http://www.intactaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: Help to identify 0A2 tube. by deemon on 2005-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Jack ,Thank you for your very educational info ! It looks like you are right , and your tubes are rebranded SG13P ....  Maybe a big stock of those tubes were exported , and you know them better than we do :-)And another question . You wrote :...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: My very different objectives by deemon on 2006-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Grid leak bias is not reliable itself . Grid current is very low and grid resistor is very big , the circuit become very sensitive to all destabilizing factors - capacitor leak , humidity , temperature . And when we apply a big input signal to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Grid bias power supplies response by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Grid bias power supplies in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
Hi Romy,Thanks for your response! I have never tried grounding the cathode in any of my tube projects. Even my amp output stages have been mostly cathode biased. But I am going to try grounded cathodes (and the +/- input stage supply) in my next amp,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Way to go, Mr. Reviewer!!! by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-04 
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 actually read the review carefully. My initials sentiments were very accurate.  Knowing the Vladimir’s reaction to those thighs I might presume that he also feels that this level of “intelligent writing about audio” is no more intellectu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: It look like the project progress well by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
It look like the project progress well. I have a little concern about heat the will be building up in your PS enclosure. I do not know what kind ventilation hole you have in there but be advised that it will be quite hot. In worst case you mig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Fuses on the tubes save the day. by KOTriode on 2011-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Last weekend, just for fun, I brought the amp and preamp to the 2011 Burning Amp in San Francisco. On the first speakers, the Audio Kinesis, I let the heater warmup for about 15 min, and then switched on the power, the amp was fine, we played...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #282: I agree by DHT4ME on 2009-05-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Go for a split bobbin unit for each tube. I would say that you will be very pleased when you dedicate a trans to the tube you choose. Less RF and strange coupling effects.I didn't notice the implementation earlier but can easily see some issues creep...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #334: And the winner is… so far by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I assure you that my experience has very little meaning to others as I do not look for “better tube” but look for a tube that would go the best in my specific DSET application and in very custom application of Macondo MF channel. Also, a local gu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The admit I love her, the 6E5P by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Why do you think I bout a 1000 of them and closed to the rest of my life my interest in driver tubes? Still, the 6E5P should not be measured as a driver but heard as a driver – the beauty in this tube is in its sound. I do not know why it gave to y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Damn Tube Collectors by hagtech on 2008-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Wait a minute ... will a choke input work with a gas tube as a load?  The choke-rectified input is designed to work into a resistive type load, but basically acting itself as a voltage source, capable of psuedo regulation over a wide range of lo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Short Tube by hagtech on 2008-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote]very short tube, shorter then it should be[/quote]Hmmm, I'll have to double check.  This is actually one of the tubes you sent me.  It is a little taller than a 6H30.  I bought a bunch more off of eBay but haven't fired them up ...
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