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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Correctio by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="horny"] be wrote: It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off from app. 15 kHz. [/quote]I am sorry...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Out-impedance and "bass" by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Harmonic Speed”- friend of foe? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
Duke, you see, the lowering of output impedance is great but once again “how it was used”. When we hear the result do we hear the effect of a more infinite dumping or we hear the problem that coming with application of feedbacks, or we hear the probl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Waveguided Earl Gedde. by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: I can't here you but hear is link to book in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Hey, Duke I do not know what your post means. Also I frequently do not understand what Earl Gedde says. I know that he suggests that his Waveguide theory and his loudspeakers built around this theory are interesting. But from another side he hangs a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: But they are still very nice, which is annoying by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I hope you do find some amplification that works, or new "way" of using the tannoy, as these driver still have several tricks up their sleeves, especially when compared to the hordes of mass crap that's for sale.  What you refer to as the "deen ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Mercury "Rigoletto" by Paul S on 2008-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Mercury "Rigoletto" in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Verdi, "Rigoletto", Maggio Musicale (Florence)/Gavazzeni; Mercury "Living Presence" (stereo) SR3-9012, 1960Cast:Rigoletto: Ettori BastianiGilda: Renata ScottoDuke of Mantua: Alfredo KrausSparafucile: Ivo VincoMaddalena: Fiorenza CossottoTalk about an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Some 2" alternatives by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
JBL 2441 also seems interesting candidate, perhaps "smoother" than 2440:Duke LeJeune of Audiokinesis recommends them as a "poor man`s TAD"Beyma CP755ND/AL 1.4"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/pdf/descarga.php?pdf=CP755NdAL.pdfSome interesting alu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Interesting Statement by Doron on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Matching audio to music: false in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
I am beginning to somewhat agree with this statement as I am always amazed how selective an audio system gets as it becomes a high-resolution one.Rock and pop never sounds good anymore (because the system just tells it like it is). However there is s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The true quality vs. superficial quality. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Matching audio to music: false in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
[quote user="Doron"] I am beginning to somewhat agree with this statement as I am always amazed how selective an audio system gets as it becomes a high-resolution one. Rock and pop never sounds good anymore (because the system just tells it like it i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: What's in a name? The LV in 'LVFrame' and Russo da Collinsoni's job a... by oxric on 2011-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
As with all our ventures in life, the measure of our success is in hindsight what would have I have done differently. Although it is fairly early days for me yet, at the moment, if I went back to the drawing board and had to start again, I would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Happy birthday Johann Sebastian! by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Happy birthday Johann Sebastian! in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
Probably there is no other name so celebrated in the history of Music then Johann Sebastian Bach and today I will be playing his music all day long. Actually I can easily do it do it without his birthday… Her is a wonderful picture of opening to pub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: American National Recording Registry by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: American National Recording Registry in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Recordings are listed by year of release: "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Emile Berliner. (ca. 1888) Emile Berliner, the inventor of the microphone and founder of the first disc record company, lived and worked in Washi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: BBC, Radio 3 in February and Tchaikovsky. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky’ Death in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
On the eve of an ambitious BBC retrospective, Adam Sweeting reports on the controversies that still surround the composer's death In summer 2005, the BBC launched a blitz of round-the-clock Beethoven on TV and radio in what was supp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TAD 1201 by malinowski on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Hi Greg,linkSearch the site and you'll find that Ulf has created a upper bass horn using the aforementioned TAD 1201's.I also own a pair still in boxes waiting for the weather to warm up enough for me to start some enclosures and horns for.My origina...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 5 or 10 speakers -10 000/30 000$- that intresting to listen at. by malinowski on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Jazz modulesoff the shelf for for  under 10k id look at these.$4k.. and very interesting. inconsistent with the "rules" Romy has set forth for us...but then if you really want to go the route of the cat you'll need to abandon commercial speakers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Don't feel dirty.... by samuel33 on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
[quote user="malinowski"]Jazz modulesoff the shelf for for  under 10k id look at these.$4k.. and very interesting. inconsistent with the "rules" Romy has set forth for us...but then if you really want to go the route of the cat you'll need to ab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Ah, the TAD PT-R9! by Romy the Cat 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 
Thanks Gregm. It is interesting that I completely forgot the TAD PT-R9. I was looking at it 5-6 years back and spoke with AudioKinesis ‘Duke, who reportedly knows them well. My reservations that time were the very same as now: with 97.5 dB/W sensitiv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some rambling by jamikl on 2010-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn length/expansion/group delay in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
This may not be the right place.  I am always emotionally involved with the music I listen to.  Sometimes there is a quality to it that makes tears stream down my face - not matter what gendre of music or whether it is sad or happy.This subject was d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: 2" drivers by be on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off from app. 15 kHz. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 2" drivers by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="be"]The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The TAD 1201 drivers can take you on a road by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="homebuilder"]...active EQ will be a part of this project, along with in room measurement. My friend will do the honors on that. I have not purchased an EQ yet. [/quote] You might eventually revise your view about the active EQ and pres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The slot drivers... by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Explain TAD ET-703 driver to me in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
  [quote user="Vasyachkin"] compression drivers are the way to go as far as i am concerned but obviously performance depends on the horn lens. my beef with ET-703 is that i don't understand its horn or whatever it is.  if not an explana...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Combine but not confuse by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn length/expansion/group delay in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="jamikl"] On most music I listen to my very average gear is OK but loses it as the complexity ofthe music increases. [/quote] It is not only with your gear. Most of audio systems fall apart with increase of musical complexity. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Do not forget the damping the cones with amplifier by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="be"] The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Observations and Thoughts from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Observations and Thoughts from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Observations and Thoughts from theRocky Mountain Audio FestBy Earl Geddes First I want to thanks all of the kind people who came by the GedLee room. I hope that we both learned something from these meetings. The Fest this year had about twice as ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Contributing factors of compressed sound. by malinowski on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I would have thanked you sooner but I had the day OFF of my day job today and had no time to post until now. *cracking up* I had a feeling there was no easy answer, wasn't sure if I was missing something, had scoured posts for a whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ocean Way Audio HR2 loudspeaker by Romy the Cat 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 
Thanks, ferenc. I went to Ocean Way Recording the Federated Mike mentioned but I did not see anything in there and I did not know that they have also an oceanwayaudio.com site. They call it the HR2 and it was built for them by Allen Sides, so ...
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