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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A typical first order speaker... by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A nice Vandersteen interview in Audio News  3 Replies 
[quote user="Newtohorn"] ……It does not sound like a typical first order speaker…. [/quote]  I have no idea how a “typical first order speaker” should sound. The Vandersteen insisting of using first order is a very good thing. I am a very stron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The wonderful opportunity of the first order and... by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
... and nothing as a result. After testing, measuring and the most important listening the new Water Drop integrated with the rest Macondo I summized that I would need to go still for a second order on my tweeter. It is kind of not what I hoped. I di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Yes first order passive. by coops on 2007-07-21 
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Yes first order passive .Drop him an email, http://www.cessaro-horn-acoustics.com/kontakt.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: First or second order for 1" driver. by tuga on 2009-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: mid-range horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am not sure what you are asking. If you willing to get 400Hz horn into 1” tractrix then it might not be any controversy about the horn’s length, it is already given and the folks from lab.de will know it and will do the r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: First order filtration and design methods. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First order filtration and design methods. in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
It was a conversation a few days back at one of UK forum:  http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=113989#113989 The unfortunates from the forum did not get the me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Semantics: a first order on the bass units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I spoke this morning with Yoshi and he made a phenomenal comment. He was complaining something about his bass. He uses a pair of big 15’ JBL in a box with an active second order crossover. So, when I asked him to describe what he feels is wrong Yoshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Free first order crossover by anthony on 2017-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I realised this morning that I have done a "not-so-standard" thing in using leftover fibreglass batts for stuffing the tubes.  The batts that I have on hand are high density batts, not the low density type of fibreglass that is usually used for stuff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: First order experience by mats on 2018-01-31 
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Thanks for posting the Vandersteen interview.It inspired me to try once more to tame my TAD 1601sthat reside in sealed 3cuft boxes. It worked, but the numbersare slightly shocking. 12mH translates to 100Hz, and 25 uFon 4 Ohm Altec 290’s in 260 Hz hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-20 
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[quote user="Merlin"] I have … yet to hear a bass unit that can provide the low end quality whilst still allowing a first order slope. Unless we are happy to accept copious quantities of 2nd Harmonic of course. I would love to know of one.[/quote] F...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: First vs. second order crossover and alignment by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-25 
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[quote user="noviygera"] I want to listen to both 12db/octave and 6db/octave passive versions and see which one sounds better. And keep the one that sounds better. [/quote]Herman, It depends what you would like to listen. If you would like to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The first order on the bass units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-20 
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I do not want to go on tangent in this Cessaro Gammas thread, still what Merlin said deserves very much to be accented. I juts mention it once in here. The first order on the bass units is NOT an “unacceptable compromise”. If your bass section, the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The “distributed” half-order crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-21 
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[quote user="stuck.wilson"] having seen the benefits of first orders in my own application tonally AND dynamically[/quote] It's never was my experience. A never seen any tonal distinction between first and second order and I don't think that I exper...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] I have … yet to hear a bass unit that can provide the low end quality whilst still allowing a first order slope. Unless we are happy to accept copious quantities of 2nd Harmonic of course. I would love to know of one.[/quote] F...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Ist order passive by coops on 2007-07-20 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not want to go on tangent in this Cessaro Gammas thread, still what Merlin said deserves very much to be accented. I juts mention it once in here. The first order on the bass units is NOT an “unacceptable compromise...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 1.5 order how to? by stuck.wilson on 2007-07-20 
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hm..lots of interesting information to chew on, and by and large, i've had similar experiences with first order crossovers on bass drivers .. this being my experience with a full range amp, and a two way system-- which is a far different critter than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The poster that I hang in my office. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-21 
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Stuck, You can NOT stack coils in series to get a “distributed half order crossover”. To make it “distributed” the first and the second first-order filters should be decupled. For instance the first filter might be at line-level and the second at th...

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 
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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 #50: The wonderful opportunity of the first order and... by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
... and nothing as a result. After testing, measuring and the most important listening the new Water Drop integrated with the rest Macondo I summized that I would need to go still for a second order on my tweeter. It is kind of not what I hoped. I di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Tweeter h-105 by panwitz on 2018-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Coral x-viii in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Ahm, I thought, that the midrange horn loses its directivity after 7000 and thats there I need the h-105. By the way its the only ring radiator from Coral. How can I add at the same time a first order 10k and 5k to the same driver? I always thought t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The first order on the bass units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
I do not want to go on tangent in this Cessaro Gammas thread, still what Merlin said deserves very much to be accented. I juts mention it once in here. The first order on the bass units is NOT an “unacceptable compromise”. If your bass section, the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single Ended Triode distortions.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Triode distortions.... in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The load lines are horrible. I can't imagine it gives a very accurate representation of what is fed into it. Maybe that's not what you are after.[/quote]It is not that I completely agree (or completely understand) the Eduar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Order of the filters in Macondo-like configuration. by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: For one day only in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
[quote user="amdismal"]The crossovers were fourth order, which is what I use on my horns.  Second order, I have found, can give a better blending, but reduced the delicacy and transparency in my system.  But it's very complicated, and further exacerb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Product to the Public by zztop7 on 2013-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another horn manufacturer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Public - now that is broad.   The Public wants easy; not perfect.   I would offer a simple two way: 12" paper cones LF with first order low pass [not a horn].   Iwata or Yuichi  radial hyperbolic [MF & HF] horn above with first order medium-high ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Yes first order passive. by coops on 2007-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
Yes first order passive .Drop him an email, http://www.cessaro-horn-acoustics.com/kontakt.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A typical first order speaker... by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A nice Vandersteen interview in Audio News  3 Replies 
[quote user="Newtohorn"] ……It does not sound like a typical first order speaker…. [/quote]  I have no idea how a “typical first order speaker” should sound. The Vandersteen insisting of using first order is a very good thing. I am a very stron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Water drop by anthony on 2022-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 2.0? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Romy,Interesting video.  The first thing that came to my mind when you were talking about HF colours and the "clean" RAAL Waterdrop tweeter, is perhaps adding colour to the RAAL.  Instead of blanding out the midrange S2 and injecting HF colour with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Sure, you can do it. by Romy the Cat on 2012-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]Hi Romy, I imagine the coupling cap in the full range melq acts as a first order high pass filter: is there any reason why one could not lower its value to raise the cutoff to a level one would otherwise redundantly need a speake...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: First order experience by mats on 2018-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A nice Vandersteen interview in Audio News  3 Replies 
Thanks for posting the Vandersteen interview.It inspired me to try once more to tame my TAD 1601sthat reside in sealed 3cuft boxes. It worked, but the numbersare slightly shocking. 12mH translates to 100Hz, and 25 uFon 4 Ohm Altec 290’s in 260 Hz hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A second opinion needed. Interesting, I recently found a very-very well performing setting for my EV T350 tweeter. I changed the source for HF channel form amplifier’s output to the MF channel and now I source the HF channel AFTER the MF high-pass f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #391: The final Midbass by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Got the ultra low DCR toroids coil and pit them in use. Yes, it was very right move and they a bit trimmed the midbass tail. Playing with inductance and listening how the midbass decays (measurements are worthless in this case) I ended up with 4.8mH ...
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