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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: A good driver is a fragile driver… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-08 
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Jessie, I do not know why I stuck with the Aura NRT18-8. The Aura NRT18-8 and Aura 1808 are very deferens drivers and I do not think I even mentioned the NRT18-8 as something that worth attention, and particularly in the “Exceptional Drivers” thread....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: A vicinity where I would just start…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-11 
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Thanks, msaudio, for sharing your experience with Aura and Hartley. I do not have Hartleyes. I heard them I think twice but person the people did not try to get out of their playback anything that I care, so it is hard to say anything. In contrary I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet by msaudio on 2010-05-11 
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Back in the 90's i bought a pair of Aura 1808 woofers and made a set of 24 cubic foot corner enclosures 1 1/2 thick, crossover at 100hz, close to 300 pounds, way over built enclosure with a baffle on the face of the enclosure that i could remove. I T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Are original Aura Sound 1808 sound ULF solution for sealed enclosure? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil.  It was the only 18-inch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: The boxes for Aura 1808? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-11 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] You might be able to get away with a bit less; if I remember correctly, my calculations at the time (based on the above driver) yielded a theoretical ideal volume of something like 23 cubic feet (sealed), so still not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: aura of art by yoshi on 2006-12-27 
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Rene Magritte is a famous surealism painter. His images are reproduced in many publications, books of his works, museum catalogs, even used in some advertisements. I suppose most of you are familiar with at least a couple of his works. http://www.mag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Aura 1808 and Wilsons by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-07 
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[quote user="Knightcrawler"]The 1808 in a vented box produces some of the best bass I've ever heard. I know some have a beef with vented enclosures but when designed right the sound can be brilliant. I've heard plenty of sealed, vented, bandpass and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: My old box with Aura, hm…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-12 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I just ran the calculations again and came up with a figure of 13.8 cu ft (for a QTC favoring transient response, not lowest F3). Then I measured the boxes and they do in fact come out to just under 14 cu ft, once wall thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Some special magic aura…. by Romy the Cat on 2019-12-17 
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The quoted subject of this post describes the sound of this beast very well. Some commentary about your post.   If you do have good stations in your region worth listening then you can do better than simple 167cm straight one. Better antenna, pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #118: Aura by msaudio on 2010-05-11 
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Paul you are correct about romy's room, my comment was not based for his use in his room. My room at that time was 10X16, and used about 109 db max for that space playing jazz and or classical. In my space the hartleys drivers were the better of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers: 18-inchers by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-13 
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Let start from the largest drivers and go down. There are larger then 18” drivers (23” and 30”) but looking at this magnet structures I do not find them serious. I addition to make the 23” cone stiff enough requires a lot of diaphragm’s mass or to us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Enclosure volume LB channel by jessie.dazzle on 2010-05-11 
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Romy wrote:"...Jessie went for 23 cub feet, shall I go larger?..."For the McCauley 6174, I incorrectly remembered the ideal volume to have been around 23 cu ft, and that I had been forced to make a compromise; I was incorrect on both counts.I just ra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Are original Aura Sound 1808 sound ULF solution for sealed enclosure? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil.  It was the only 18-inch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet by msaudio on 2010-05-11 
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Back in the 90's i bought a pair of Aura 1808 woofers and made a set of 24 cubic foot corner enclosures 1 1/2 thick, crossover at 100hz, close to 300 pounds, way over built enclosure with a baffle on the face of the enclosure that i could remove. I T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Magico horn bass modules by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-11 
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I was pitching before that to make a loudspeaker with integrated LF module you have no ethical right to charge more then let say $20K retail.  If you charge more then you have no mechanism to deliver anything for the money people pay. However, if you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #118: Aura by msaudio on 2010-05-11 
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Paul you are correct about romy's room, my comment was not based for his use in his room. My room at that time was 10X16, and used about 109 db max for that space playing jazz and or classical. In my space the hartleys drivers were the better of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: In the real world of the 18-inchers... by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-07 
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Hm, the 18mm out of 50mm in “fully in-gap mode” for Aura? It sounds too bad.  The last time I touched this subject it was 6 years ago and I remember I had better impression in term of the numbers. I just looked at the Aura page: http://www.au...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox S2 driver made in china by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-20 
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hy romyas i dont find a second aura 1808, i was looking as a alternative to buy a aura nrt18-8. aura is producing them in china, madisound price is 939us dollars. wholesale price from hongkong ( minimum order is 11 pcs ) is us$288,00 !!! i know there...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Corrections & thoughts on drivers perception by jessie.dazzle on 2007-04-07 
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I was thinking about what I previously wrote while driving today... thinking about the way people "see" the function of a driver... and about resonant properties of various materials used for speaker cones... I think it is more interesting than compa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: So I took your advice by noviygera on 2012-02-22 
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Romy,I thought I'd let you know that I ordered four of those Aura subs. Thanks for the advice, if I receive them (I hope so), I will install them into my new listening room. This will take a while because I still have a few months away from completin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: What drivers are we talking by shannon on 2015-03-05 
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when talking ulf are we talking array of aura 18(the old ones not new junk), or something else...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: DPOLS for tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-26 
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Bud, perhaps it does makes sense to try the “dotizm” one again. I quite severely review my view on the way in wish I use tweeter. I still am trying to make T350 to work, let see what I end up with. Nowadays my T350 sitting in 3rd order crossover, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: My old box with Aura, hm…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-12 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I just ran the calculations again and came up with a figure of 13.8 cu ft (for a QTC favoring transient response, not lowest F3). Then I measured the boxes and they do in fact come out to just under 14 cu ft, once wall thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: It's just one system by Scott L on 2016-12-15 
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[quote user="skushino"]ScottL,It looks like the two pics you posted are of different systems, the first being slot loaded PP, and the second (full-system) showing a "traditional" IB.  You also seem to be confirming my intuitive hunch of potential sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #144: It is exactly what I would like to avoid. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-26 
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[quote user="Paul S"]In the Christmas Spirit, a couple of notes in passing:1) These units might need a LOT of power to make ULF in those cases...B) "Conventions in Vegas" re: pro speakers = "Little  Old Lady From Pasadena" re: used cars.[/quote] What...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: I guess I did not get this memo by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-13 
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[quote user="msaudio"]Your Typical Acoustical Suspension-type Loudspeaker enclosure witch has less then 90 db at 1 watt does not belong with a horn system that starts at 110db at 1 watt, even when you ad more then 1 driver, it is still way to far...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: I do not have an opinion yet. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-09 
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Rakesh, I moved your post to this thread as I feel it is more relevant here, I hope you do not mind. You ask yours the very same question that I ask myself. I do not have definitive answers to them: [quote user="oxric"] I am presently consider...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: A little excursion... by jessie.dazzle on 2007-04-07 
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I completely agree that in a home setting, even if you love "Drum & Bass" and Hip-Hop, you will never ever use anywhere near 2" of cone excursion. Romy wrote : "...what the companies always “forget” to mention is what percentage of their excursi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Infinite baffle by Jorge on 2011-10-24 
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That is what I thought you were going for in the first place:You have the basement right under your listening room, and those wonderful Aura 18" woofers...You can place them sideways (very important) on some kind of vent that shoots into the room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: An easy ULF solution for someone. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-25 
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I am usually not a big fun of somebody refer to eBay Items and I myself do it very seldom. Still, here I am as I think it is an interesting deal for someone. There is a guy out there that is damping a few of Aura RS-8.1 bass modules. htt...
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