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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: House Sound by Paul S on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
The only reason I have brought this up is because it is interesting to me when someone with experience, manufacturing capabilities and capital tries to make the best speakers he can, and I have heard and noted the best he can do over many years.  And...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Again… by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Again, moving the speakers last night I felt that I really would like to move the speakers closer to the mid of the room – the further the speakers from the back wall the more interesting sound. There is another “again” in what I felt last night. I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Speakers for $10-30K by morricab on 2007-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hi Samuel, I see that quite a few replies without much in the way of suggestions.  Romy will not give you what you want, ie. a shopping list of speakers to audition, but I will give you one or two recommendations that I think sound quite good in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal by Paul S on 2024-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) in Playback Listening  51 Replies 
Amir, I suppose there are audio products I have not heard that do a good job, especially when we're talking about someone else's idea of a "good job". Speaking for myself, I would not be loooking for power and range from 2-way speakers, because my ex...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Very Elegant, and so Reasonable by Paul S on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
Things look to be in good proportion. Perhaps you have already tried the speakers off the walls?  I ask because that's how I've always gotten the best sound field/imaging, and generally the best overall sound quality; I move things around until I get...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some nice horns from Greece! by ulf on 2008-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some nice horns from Greece! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
A friend in Greece started a company manufacturing and selling nice horns.He makes a serious attempt to use the best materials and highest quality finishing. Take a look!http://www.sonusaeterna.com/speakers.htmlBest Regards: Ulf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: "Theater" amp/speakers by Paul S on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
I think some of the best horns I ever heard were reconstructed "theater" speakers that had their amps wired directly to the voice coils, just as you describe, above.   This was my first notion of the term "dedicated amp", because of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The path that refreshes by Paul S on 2006-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
As you can imagine, the ML2s simply surprised me.  I thought only of optimizing my speakers, what might drive them to their best, to see what they could do with fewer amp-induced limitations.  And the ML2s have done much of what I want...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Not really H HF by Paul S on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Like I said before, I found the silk domes best below the highest frequencies, just like your Vitavox, so it's another case of pick your poison.  And I'm not sure about matching dissimilar driver types/efficiencies to mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: This information need update, and is prejudicial in my opinion. by mjloudspeaker on 2009-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Class “D” – the industry does it again. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
[quote user="mjloudspeaker"] Romy the Cat wrote:A could years ago here and there begun to pop up small SS class “D” amplifiers made with high-end pretence. They all sounded like shit but by the efforts of a number of typically deaf and stupid or just...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: tunnel vision - the way forward? by guy sergeant on 2005-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The EdgarHorns: the new old business plan in Audio News  17 Replies 
Surely one of the objectives of this site is to allow people to be guided towards good sound by discussing the issues involved in getting there. Whether that entails discussing the merits of different recordings or performances or whether it entails ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some Magico history. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Magico started very fast from unknown brand to a very well known brand. They must have investors that they can afford the marketing (I guess). Family business manufacturers can not afford that, no matter how good their products a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: IMO the Berning sounds like nice PP with some well done feedback by Paul S on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
And I do not mean this as a criticism.I had for some time an "original" Music Reference RM9, which was made by another well-educated genius, Roger Modjeski.  The RM9 was AB PP with adjustable bias and feedback/gain, with 6DJ8 drivers and a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: No question, ML2 is more capable than my speakers (and everything else... by Paul S on 2006-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
ML2 is also making me hear my modified AI M3A pre-amp, not to mention I guess I could now benefit from all shielded cables.  All this stuff was fine with the Wright 2A3s. Speakers:  I built a version of Dick Olsher's 3-way Diamond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: plasma tweeter? by KIS on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Dear CatThey do not shout or go hard when pushed.Metallic sounds such as cymbals and percussion instruments are the most life like.It also brings immediacy to the sound of speakers.Like you have said in another thread how speakers are the worst link,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: ... following from previous post... by twogoodears on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
... my only experience with newer, expensive Berillium diaphragm Goto drivers, has been a mix between "Wow, I'm listening to a +35K euros speakers system" and... "Gosh, music do not sound this way"... this of course was due to some crossovers tuning ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Latest setup by Bill on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  302 Replies 
 My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Low frequency vibration is not so easy to deal with by anthony on 2017-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Anthony, I'm sure you realize that air springs and bearings can only isolate from the structure born vibrations. Placing the tubes so close to the speakers you give them a great chance to catch strong airborne vibrations. Or will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: These speakers are capable of great things. by brad on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
symbiotic diaphragms were never used in the 19's.  this may be part of the "bad sound" that this guy was experiencing.they used the 802-8g driver with ultra light epoxy and aluminum diaphragm that allowed hf response up to 22,000 cycles when pairedwi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think you misuse my terminology by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="Rewind"]Hi, I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. [/quote] OK, but it is not how I feel about the service of injection...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: ribbons, ribbons, ribbons. Ribbons? by Paul S on 2006-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I believe that the Arum Cantus is typical of most ribbons in mirroring one of the principal failings of MC cartridges, a rising top end (over 20k), although I have not actually heard this - at all - with my own small Arum Cantus, and I just go n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The sound of dust settling by Paul S on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
It took some work, but I finally got a new phono stage (K&K) and a Bent TAP (transformer-based volume control) installed, along with some new cartridge clips (ugh!), and I put the "new system" through its paces Saturday and Sunday.  I a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Welcome. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Jacky, so, you are the person who did that presentation at the video was posted by xandcg a few days back and who presumably found the company, welcome. Is the same internet forum account used by multiple people then it is hard to differentiat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Other Time by Paul S on 2012-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sauna and Audio in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Perhaps the best use of Sauna excludes hi-fi, and any Music would be of the Other sort?  If speakers, why not a TV, or a soft drink dispenser, or a computer terminal??Best regards,Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Replies by Bill on 2021-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Will try to answer all questions here.Romy: I understand why you do not wish to use the term “surround sound”, but it is the accepted term for what we are discussing. You may add other terminology, but it only muddies the debate until others accept i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Up again, and messing with V/A by Paul S on 2007-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever get the new listening room checked out electrically and the new system ground installed, etc., but I finished this work yesterday, including a soldered-rather-than-clamped ground wire-to-rod connection. ...

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 #18: Re: … and the Feastrex is the example. by drdna on 2006-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]No one questions that shaping the magnetic circuits “might” be a prospective direction but would it be possible to learn about it from an industry participants?[/quote]The concept of the shaped magnetic current is intuitive...
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