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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription by Paul S on 2010-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Zako, you might enjoy the thread about the evils of hysteresis induced by output transformers, where the (so-called)absence of output transformers is supposed to be the "solution".  In any case, your posts remind me of this gambit, more than a little...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Semantics: a first order on the bass units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I spoke this morning with Yoshi and he made a phenomenal comment. He was complaining something about his bass. He uses a pair of big 15’ JBL in a box with an active second order crossover. So, when I asked him to describe what he feels is wrong Yoshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Tom Danley is in interesting guy. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Tom Danley, the owner of DanleySoundLabs is an interesting not BS-type of guy. I would not be surprised if his middle-like speakers sound more interesting then majority if high-end audio speakers. It not necessary says that his Danley’s speakers grea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some thoughts about EV-T350 and the tweeters generally by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A lot of people ask me about those drivers and I’ll try to compile my vision about them. I did try most of the possible tweeters: dome tweeters with cloth cones, varies type of hard metal domes, compression drivers with aluminum, titanium, phenolic a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Getting It Right by Paul S on 2018-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: THE Show, Irvine 2018 in Audio News  6 Replies 
Sorry, Bernard, you are probably correct about the spelling, but it's too late for me to edit the post.  I always figure anything good one hears at a show means it is possible to get good sound from the gear in question, while bad sound might say com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: Not a fan of weak magnets by martinshorn on 2017-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
hi Woitek. The K33 extend the bottom end by the high Q, to almost 40 cycles . Which is only ok if you work with passive XO on a single amp.  Well that's how they were designed. Having designated amps that allow you to steer the parameter or even bett...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: LF system by guy sergeant on 2006-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi Pete,You have a similar size room to me. I'd rather like a large 4 or 5 way setup but don't have the space. I use the S2's (in barbaric stylee) in damped RH330's. Beneath them I use a frontloaded (folded) bass horn Vitavox made called the Oracle. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Room, Drivers, Amps, X/Os, and Positioning by Paul S on 2023-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Bill, I am happy that you've improved your bass. As Romy mentioned in an earlier post about Bruckner, RTA is just one tool, and we have to listen and hear results with Music we know and love. When you told of the disappearing S2s, I was going to ment...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: But how can one become knowledgeable? by Antonio J. on 2005-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Nice post Romy, you're probably right, I can't say since I've never listened to a pair of speakers that really told me "what can be done". I've always owned and listened to speakers that are commercially made, and I've had to choose among the ones th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hungarian folded horn by Thirty Hertz on 2010-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hungarian folded horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Several years ago I down loaded a print from a site long gone, only to find a modified version of it on Jeff Robinsons site. The print was for a folded horn of manifold sections loaded with a 12" speaker only , and the text is in Hungarian. The print...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: Horn Thickness by msaudio on 2010-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The units that i put in my pictures JBL AND ALTEC A7 both designs have a resonance just like all wood that you would rap your nuckels on even 2 inch thick plywood will resonate at a given frequency, that goes for glass, cement, metal, they all do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A Little Horny Revolution? by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
I have seen that people online react surprisingly to my post above.  Hey are accustom that I am hyper-demanding and tough for production of DIY speaker attempts but above I suddenly proposed to  relatively mediocre speaker to become the become th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There is not a lot of WE information around here. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Alternative driver for WE15A in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Personal, I do not use WE555 and I do not (would not) use the WE555-type horns. Hypothetically if one would go for 4-way system with WE555-like driver in upperbass then it is valid solution, not something that I appreciate but valid.  The WE555 is ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Ocean Way Best of the Show by Saturntube on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I was there and heard it a while and then came back the next day to see if what I heard was true... it was.I talked with Allen Sides who was there showing his speakers and having a good time.  It is a 3 way speaker, It has a 1" JBL compression driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Time and Cult Status by Paul S on 2010-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I wonder if these guys were associated with a group I hung around with in Venice, MANY years ago, back when the old pier and "ballroom" were still operational, and they were recording rock groups in the ballroom and also doing "demos" in a +/- "garag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Crossover points four-way vs five-way by serenechaos on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Ok that was a long road to "stick with vertical alignment, and stay away from BMS."  Back to compression drivers, and implementation...  If I were in your shoe I would take make as you wish but wish a slight correction: 65Hz Tractrix fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
All below is written by Thomas Dunker Yeah, "sound consistent independent of signal level" is a very precise way to sum up my whole speaker philosophy. Anything that is assumed to be constant, but which actually changes with signal dynamics is what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: This is how the things getting done. by Romy the Cat on 2017-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Hans, indeed, generally it it not a good idea to have idea put crossover point in between 2 and 4K but it is a general rule. That rule that might be very much overridden by a good practical implementation of a particular installation. To do this “...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Evaluating two midbass horns. by Rewind on 2013-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Tonight I finished two horns at once. One was a shortened Goto S-150 horn that now has a Fane S 8M, without back chamber so far. Dimensions are now 1.1m deep, 11cm throat, 75cm mouth. It is replacing the Avantgarde Trio midbass horn r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Six days from the life of GOTO drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] first, basshorns... the basshorns that I posted here some years back are my straight ~50Hz horns (my memory is fading)... they are 8' long... then rear chamber.. mouth ~ 3' x 4'... throat ~8" x 8"... rear chambers of va...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I love my fucked up life by serenechaos on 2008-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Wojtek, Yes, too late.  Once you've heard a good "stupid horn installation", there's no going back is there?  Yes, something similar to what was shown in Jeffery's GOTO installation. It should work the same on the floor or ceiling, (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Elaborate S2 on 600 Hz horn by skushino on 2013-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: For one day only in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Romy wrote:For Vitavox S2 to use Tractrix 600Hz with 1.5KHz filter is a bit too close in my view unless you stay with second order filter. Would you elaborate further about your warning?  I'm very interested in this application.I think you use the S2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: No DSP for sure by Murataltuev on 2015-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Murat, that's a lot to ask from one driver. [/quote]1000-12 000 is 3.5 octaves.300-3000 is a bit less.[quote]In any case, if you do get useful results with the paper driver, you will have to turn right around and integrate it bac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Steam Hammer by Paul S on 2015-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
N-Set, the Tesla AROs make much better mid/upper bass than Altec/JBL, etc. The "factory"/"theater" boxes for these are HUGE, with double walls, basically IBs, but they can indeed "pound" from a smaller enclosure, or even OB. I hoped Fikus would eit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cockroach and Leonardo da Vinci? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Vasyachkin"]expertise = experience X intelligence a cockroach needs millions of years of evolution worth of experience to have the expertise necessary for it to be able to do find food. leonardo da vinci didn't need to experience flying ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: It is not “compression” it is system builder's stupidity. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, no doubt the following derives wholly from my ignorance on the subject, but I have not been able to get away from a sense of "variable compression" with any compression horns I have tried.  By "variable compression" I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: A good candidate to try defeating the SETs? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Terry, I did found that PP amps were good to drive BAD compression drivers (with ceramic magnets). The irony was that the better amps to drive the ceramic magnet were not just the PP amps but the solid state PP amps. Do not ask me why – I do not kno...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: 500-1200Hz range by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"] So, driver for 1200hz down is under consideration.I'm going to try 2453, 2451, 2490 and Supravox 12" for this range.I've ordered 200hz LeCleach from AutoTech with 6" throat to try 12" Supravox for the 300-1200hz range.A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 15" for midbass by noviygera on 2012-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Macman"]Hi Romy,Its an Altec 416-8A driver in a ~100 Hz exponential horn, Jbl 2441 in 350Hz tractix, Aurum Cantus G1 tweeter and Eminence Definimax 4012 HO in ~30Hz Tapped horn.I just hooked it up and the highs are promising but I though...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Silbatone vs. Cessaro by ArmAlex on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Romy wroteStill, somebody Armen reports that Cessaro with $2K TAD driver were compatible to Silbaone… so what the purpose to pay more than $700 for a pair of JBL 2440? I must say sound of Cessaro was far more sofisticated than Si...
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