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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The benefit of compression or the good compression. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-18 
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[quote user="hagtech"] Aw crap.  Does that mean I'm responsible for everything Bush does? [/quote] From historic perspective, yes we Americans are more responsible for what Bush does then Mozambiqueans for instance. A hundred years from now peo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-13 
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If you know how in some optical systems imagery get destroyed when an aperture getting closed to F64 or even smaller, then you understand what happens in compression driver when frequency get higher and spaces smaller. Yes, the proximity of wavelengt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: OK, let look at horn upperbass drivers sincerely by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
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="be"] "another big selling point to me was the 505 being a low resonance compression driver.. there just aren't many drivers with a resonance in the 80 to 100 Hz range like this driver... I have just begun my playing, but am already quite...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Compression, not just amplitude by Andy Simpson on 2009-04-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Let do not forget that acoustic space also have own compression… not to mention that the performing intend itself has own “compression”.[/quote]The question of 'self-compression', where the performer moderates their perf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-12 
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We, the horn people, know what the compression drivers could do. The controlled dispersion, low distortions, low mechanical dependency, low magnetic anomalies, high efficiency, higher maximum dynamics and many-many more advance are well known. The te...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]One of the emails that I receive is very interesting. The author warns:   “...when experimenting with throaths I found that if the compression is big, near 2 or higher you get some big, smooth, unfocused aqualung sound. You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Solid state class A & compression drivers and horns by twogoodears on 2010-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Hi Roman, hi all... intriguing post and interesting questions, as I've been for about 20 years a triode and, before, a tube user and a glowing-in-the-dark maniac.My experience...I purchased - years ago - an Hiraga 20W which I used as a bass enclosure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: rear tubes on compression drivers by slowmotion on 2004-11-20 
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Hi all I have experimented a bit with rear tubes on compression drivers. Chucked the back covers in a lathe and made a suitable hole for the rear tube, matching the area behind the diaphragm. Got "better" results to my ears with wool filled tub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Compression drivers ...... by slowmotion on 2005-04-17 
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Hi all..... [quote user="Romy the Cat"] I just wish somewhere would show up a manufacturer that would be able to produces compression drivers (or any drivers!!!) with sonic objectives… The caT[/quote] Unfortunately that will never happen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Violent "compression"? by Paul S on 2007-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
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 mean that the compres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Compression tweeters by noviygera on 2018-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
TAD TD-2002:I have been evaluating these without horns. Essentially, listening to them without the horns, but also with original horns. No difference, as I will describe what I am hearing in both configurations (applies to their high frequency reprod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Robert , if you wish to build compression drivers... by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
... and would like to discuss it at this site the I would propose you to start a new thread. I see no problems with neither field coil not with any materials. It is all about what you are trying to accomplish and how... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
We, the horn people, know what the compression drivers could do. The controlled dispersion, low distortions, low mechanical dependency, low magnetic anomalies, high efficiency, higher maximum dynamics and many-many more advance are well known. The te...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Electricity and different compression drivers’ diaphragms. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musique Concrete horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]The electricity comment is interesting as today I put on some jazz music and the HF is very snappy, excellent! I feel like posting on AA to ask people's opinons if it's the electricity or if my concrete horns are going thro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dukane 5A540 Compression Drivers by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-22 
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A six year ago or so when I played with different compression drivers I bought a pair of Dukane 5A540 and at that time I was not able to find any information about them. Nowadays I was pointed out that an eBay sealer “ bayleafs” actions a pair of Duk...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The bogusness of the coaxial compression drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The bogusness of the coaxial compression drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I have written in past about my lack of love to the BMS drivers. The crazy, as far as I concerned “annoyingly wiling” angeloitacare brought this subject to this forum while he was galloping across Web, “picking from graves” about his new dB-Design’s ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Compression bandages by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-22 
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While my attempts at this stage are very crude by comparison (injection channel experimentation is not yet a main priority), I have from time to time listened more with a very crude sort of injection channel plugged into the system. With this devi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good Compression: Low Level Extension by Pacific? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-27 
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I have to admit that I was experimenting last night with Pacific’s Low Level Extension and it was not bad at all. It would not be my last words as I would need the whole system up and running to see what is going on – the region where the Low Level E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: It is not about compression but about how to do deal with it. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-15 
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Let do not forget that acoustic space also have own compression… not to mention that the performing intend itself has own “compression”. Anyhow, I kind of view noondays the whole subject of compression slightly different then I use to do it be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: It is not about compression but about how to do deal with it. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
Let do not forget that acoustic space also have own compression… not to mention that the performing intend itself has own “compression”. Anyhow, I kind of view noondays the whole subject of compression slightly different then I use to do it be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Compression experiment by drdna on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I propose that soundstage is a derivative property of compression. Stripping compression destroys soundstage, increasing of compression makes soundstage more tangible. [/quote] Yes, I have no argument with anything you have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Electricity, compression and soundstage by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
A few days back a guy who began recently to use a power regenerators that eliminates a great deal of compression out of sound was reported that soundstage the he did not like did despair. In this thread I was advocated that “soundstage” as a surrogat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: I think lately about POSITIVE benefits of SOME compression. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-09 
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I do and it is not as black and while subject as it might appear…The caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: 80Hz compression driver. by Romy the Cat on 2016-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Nope, I never heard about those drivers. For sure a compression driver that goes down to 80Hz might be interesting. A few concerns I would have however.   The people who make such a driver would not come from nowhere but they rather would b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Push pull compound compression driver?? by martinshorn on 2017-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Push pull compound compression driver?? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Hi thereFor some time its bugging me that compression drivers got a very heavy but odd load of air coupling on the membrane. I saw a scatch here to put ideally 2 Horns on each side of the driveway to balance it. That's obviously not so economically :...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #213: Compression vs. Tone by Paul S on 2024-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
Best case, a system will have both great tone and plenty of "headroom" to play the Music you want to hear the way you want to hear it. We've discussed before that AN systems are pretty responsive, with great tone, but they do not have the power of, s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Klipsch Jubilee compression driver by hifista on 2024-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klipsch Jubilee horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Klipsch Jubilee using Celestion Axi2050 compression driver. https://celestion.com/product/axi2050/ On the page you have video showing construction of the driver, claiming unique cone and waveguide shape, and no need for using crossover. Do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Compression tuning by ArmAlex on 2012-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Dear Romy,My speakers are semi active-I can turn of above 250 Hz- Do you think it's possible to just turn on bass, position them according to compression?Then fine tune by playing full range?Best regards, Armen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression driver phase plug types by AJ on 2012-07-02 
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Hello,This is my first post to this site, which I have been absorbing for over a year.A horn project that I have been considering would include either a 1 inch or 1.5 inch throat compression driver into a Tractrix profile horn of which I have not yet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The African compression electromagnet drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
I know very little about this company. http://www.kilimanjaro-series.com It called after an African mountain but the guy sells his drivers out of French ebay. http://shop.ebay.fr/merchant/chlorophyllin So, I presu...
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