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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: A wonderful write up about ribbons. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Continuing to harass the readers of my site and myself with the good news about the performance of my SA8535 driver I would like to post a very educational article about the subject. As I told before, being familiar with sound of ribbons then never i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The almost perfect Lowther diaphragm? by be on 2008-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Hey Lowther boys!Anybody who heard these: http://cgi.ebay.de/Lowther-Reconing-Stamm-Membran_W0QQitemZ200209061041QQihZ010QQcategoryZ23323QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #379: Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-12 
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="jessie.dazzle"]… I do not fully understand the relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control; also I don't know what you mean by "negative impedance". Your mid-bass drivers have 15 Ohm coils; from what you write, I assume y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Larger diaphragm area vs. inductance increase by haralanov on 2012-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, if the Ultimate MF Compression Driver is used from 1000-1500Hz then why shall it be able to play 500Hz? The answer is: he harmonic reserve – the driver that will be suited for 500Hz will have larger cone and softer sust...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Dual diaphragm by el`Ol on 2012-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
Looked at the JBL driver again. Seems that the two diaphragms are identical. A funny way to get around the BMS patent....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Paper diaphragm by Kerry Brown on 2013-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Hi Paul,The Cogent diaphragm I have seen pictures of was woven carbon fiber with a leather outer surround. I have never listened to a Cogent 1428 but they must sound very good, at least Bill Woods and Bruce Edgar say so.Besides their overall ultra cl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: X-Over Point in 250 Hz Horn; Diaphragm composition by boiklox on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
@Mats -- Thank you! This has already been the best sounding system I have built and designed, but hearing how good it sounds, lets me know how good it can be in the future. Thank you for the info on the JBL 2482. I've considered swapping the diaphrag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #118: S2 Diaphragm Types by anthony on 2015-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Thanks Romy.Just for anyone else reading this, Mike Harvey (vitavoxhifi) has given me the following information...There are two types of S2 diaphragms: pre May 1972 (aluminium type with paper former - fitted standard up to serial 4940 and for about t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Pretend you are a diaphragm. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Pretend a driver diaphragm, any driver. From front diaphragm "sees" the horn throat and the mass of air in the horn that diaphragm needs to "push". This creates let call front spring.  If a driver has a front chamber than let discard it for now. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Dumping that diaphragm… by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Regarding what effects the larger horn will have: my gut feeling is that the larger air mass will provide more damping anyway. It may be that there's an optimal bug screen "density" that varies with the air loading?[/quote]This is ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Ratio of diaphragm area to throat by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Hello guy, Regarding your question : "...What ratio of diaphragm area to throat area did you arrive at (for the large horn) & how did you choose it?..." The ratio I used for the 45Hz horn is about 65% of the ø of the diaphragm LESS THE SUSPENS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #373: Why elephants don't jump rope by jessie.dazzle on 2010-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...In regular audio we accustom that any loud midbass tone get converted to sort of speed bump. You run a high speed, hit the bump and have your “point of no return”, what you fly in air and you have a generic expectations that the landin...

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 #20: Meow #48403 by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"] I mean that with a horn loaded compression driver, a strong motor, and a very light diaphragm, the attack and transients are more life like. Because the diaphragm can more precisely follow the recorded signal, the reproductio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Pretend you are a diaphragm. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Pretend a driver diaphragm, any driver. From front diaphragm "sees" the horn throat and the mass of air in the horn that diaphragm needs to "push". This creates let call front spring.  If a driver has a front chamber than let discard it for now. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some Horns propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Horns propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
This is an article from Thomas Dunker's site (available in my Links Section) and presumably written by him. Although I slightly disagree with some of the statements he made about the horns “imaging”  and some others but generally it is very good...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: The Rich’s driver by rdrysdale on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Romy,     Our bass driver has a 12v field coil motor, it developes just over 20 kilogauss flux density using a low carbon steel pole piece. The exit diameter is 4 inches at the moment. The diaphragm is 6 inches in diameter and mad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Air by audiofilofine on 2010-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I agree that it is the diaphragm or the glue to soften with heat, I think maybe it's the hot air that the diaphragm has before changing qualcosa.possibile? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: A microscopic pneumatic valve? The field-coil… diaphragm damping? by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
What I think I would need is microscopic pneumatic valve that I would be able to stick into my back chamber and that would have a little-bolt that would allow adjusting the diameter of the leaking “port”... Sure, it would be fun to have the valve to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage JBL products lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage JBL products lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
CATEGORIES:               2100 - Mid and mid-bass cone transducers               2200 - Low frequency transduc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: YL1250 - very interesting! by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Thanks, Eduardo, very interesting. The YL 75000 has no phase plug and 70Hz with 1” trout. It look to me like a conventional diver.  Which beds a question: if to reduce compression with our classic drivers, loose plug off and reduce power then can we ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Not unequivocal evil. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Hm,… yes and no. Inductance is not necessary an evil. Well, it is an evil for open-top-end drivers but you need to look at the life of compression driver all around and then you understand that inductance is not limiting evil. Sure with grow of diame...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #379: Relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-12 
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="jessie.dazzle"]… I do not fully understand the relationship between output impedance and diaphragm control; also I don't know what you mean by "negative impedance". Your mid-bass drivers have 15 Ohm coils; from what you write, I assume y...

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 #19: Re: Some lyric about midbass and the ways to go there… by rdrysdale on 2005-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Romy,     You have a most different and refreshing way of understanding and explaining audio, sometimes I have trouble following your discussions, but I find your ideas most intriguing.      By fast bass, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #378: Bumps & springs & exciting things by jessie.dazzle on 2010-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy wrote:"... from the perspective of “reading the back side of the midbass speed bump” I would argue that it has nothing to do with horn loading. Look at the notion widely. I would propose the following...""...An abstract ultimate playback system ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Great Vintage Loudspeakers drivers by Nagrapex on 2009-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another electromagnet driver: Great Vintage Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
These are clearly JBL pots and back covers (which have been milled flat). The refinishing job is quite nice, but the origins are clear. Also, the phenolic diaphragm is clearly for the 2482/2485 (and looks like a JBL part), which has a slightly wider ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Speed and details are 1st priority by Murataltuev on 2015-10-09 
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="mats"]My humble guess is that the titanium diaphragm won't ever give you the feeling you seek.JBL 2482 with its phenolic diaphragm may not be the quickest or most detailed, but has a truly wonderful tone that I never tire of.[/quote]I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The drivers’ zone of comfort. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Pierre, yes, I understand it. It kind or irrelevant what they destined for and yes, in domestic applications in context of low power we can use it lower. What I am saying is that as we do use it at extreme low range we deal with slightly overdamped d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Mystery of Vitavox S2 resolved! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Ah, such a beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful discovery! After all, after the years of dealing and fighting with it I come up with the observation that the Vitavox S2 driver could and actually should be used “as is”. The harshness that I was re...
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