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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: “The melody range!" by dazzdax on 2005-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Primary Frequencies”. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
Romy, are you sure the unborn fetus is exposed to sounds in the 200-400 Hz range? I think it's more of 30-200 Hz (conducted sounds of mother's heartbeat and footsteps). I think babies are also sensitive to these range of sound: they sometimes fall in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: “The melody range!" by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Primary Frequencies”. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]Middle C is 256 Hz, high C is twice that -- hence we have what musicians call "the melody range", roughly 200-500 Hz. That ain't bass![/quote]Actually it is. It is what I call upper-bass. The upper bass and bass are totally...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Nohorn channel for the melody range by jamikl on 2011-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reflex enclosures used above point where port starts to cont... in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Hi again Romy.  This is the thread I referred to above.  It is in the Knowledge Tree section.  What do youdefine as the melody range?  You seemed to think the ported enclosure was OK in that thread and I aminterested in how I might implement the idea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Melody range and the other octaves by haralanov on 2011-02-28 
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It can be clearly seen the importance of the upperbass octave, which is very smartly called "melody range" :...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
In reference to: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1414 I had recently a guy in my listening room and he asked me if it would be possible to get the 300Hz range in the way how it sounds in my room but without using those larger uppe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: It is not well defined or relevant by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2490 mid-range driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
[quote user="AOK_Farmer"]Is that the same as the melody range? Defined per this discussion: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=1421#1421 Where is the fundamental range in relation to the melody range? Low C i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: 2) Set playback in-wide-phase to room or how to find AEZ by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Ok, how to start. First of all we have to understand that out subject of attention will be a region between approximately 80Hz and 500Hz or something that shape the fundamentals of the “melody range” within your playback. Search my site I have writte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Fundamental Channel by AOK_Farmer on 2011-01-01 
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Is that the same as the melody range? Defined per this discussion:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=1421#1421Where is the fundamental range in relation to the melody range? Low C is 128 Hz. and it seems to me low C is in the me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Show me your midbass and I will understand your system… by rowuk on 2021-12-28 
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I really notice the absence of any discussion of the melody range. Tannoy tweeter and red midbass seem to be getting all of the attention. I wonder if the reds problem with loud, may be located in the melody range. The problem is something I would pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
In reference to: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1414 I had recently a guy in my listening room and he asked me if it would be possible to get the 300Hz range in the way how it sounds in my room but without using those larger uppe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: “The melody range!" by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Primary Frequencies”. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]Middle C is 256 Hz, high C is twice that -- hence we have what musicians call "the melody range", roughly 200-500 Hz. That ain't bass![/quote]Actually it is. It is what I call upper-bass. The upper bass and bass are totally...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Why? by Romy the Cat on 2021-12-31 
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[quote user="rowuk"]I really notice the absence of any discussion of the melody range. Tannoy tweeter and red midbass seem to be getting all of the attention. I wonder if the reds problem with loud, may be located in the melody range. The problem ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: how's this for coaxial by Dominic on 2007-02-16 
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Here's a threeway with the BMS coax like in your orpheans nested in what i think is a 80hz horn which is driven by 2x15"sI'm not sure how well the time alignment works. I think the woofers are a bit too far back.in any case:[url]http://www.codaaudio....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Looks may be deceiving, but then again by Gregm on 2007-02-16 
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[quote user="Dominic"]Here's a threeway with the BMS coax like in your orpheans nested in what i think is a 80hz horn which is driven by 2x15"sI'm not sure how well the time alignment works. I think the woofers are a bit too far back.in any case: [/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Hands on by Jorge on 2013-06-23 
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Charlus,As you expressed here this would be an End of life speaker project, and I am sure you will not fancy any other speaker once you start with this,  even Vox Olympian etc.  Yes it will take a lot of money and a lot of time, but you will have fun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Part of the Process by rowuk on 2012-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Burn any single-driver speaker in hell. in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
I think that single speakers are a good start, not the means to an end.Romy, you are very adamant about the PROCESS. Gain experience, make changes based on what you learn. Is it not sensible to start with ONE DRIVER and learn its strengths and weakne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Eugenie’s installation: some lessons. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I see that Eugenie’s installation did not create in people to think about it, I think it is unfortunate. Here are some important points of Eugenie’s installation: 1)      Use instead of good drivers a large amount of mediocre drivers. By do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: The “Primary Frequencies”. by clarkjohnsen on 2005-09-08 
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Romy wrote: Within my site I many times stressed the importance of upper bass region for sound reproduction. I always said that with the improperly sounding 200Hz -400Hz any further "fidelity" of Sound becomes imposable.While I do not disagree with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Melody range and the other octaves by haralanov on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Primary Frequencies”. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
It can be clearly seen the importance of the upperbass octave, which is very smartly called "melody range" :...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: “Easy come, easy go” sound... by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"]Fourth - What DCMB has achieved ?  a) simplicity  b) speed   c) no frequency discrimination  d) wider frequency range  e) suppression of the PSU noises ( I owe this claim to a Canadian fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The long and winding road by rowuk on 2013-06-23 
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de Charlus,I don't think that you are taking the posts the way that they were meant.Your initial post started with a collection of what you consider to be the finest drivers for specific tasks. That is just fine and you may well be correct.The real j...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Nohorn channel for the melody range by jamikl on 2011-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reflex enclosures used above point where port starts to cont... in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Hi again Romy.  This is the thread I referred to above.  It is in the Knowledge Tree section.  What do youdefine as the melody range?  You seemed to think the ported enclosure was OK in that thread and I aminterested in how I might implement the idea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Some attempts to reach the MFH by mats on 2005-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Trying to explore the upper bass channel reaching up to a Victor Sierra 360 Hz horn with an Altec 804 with a 4 uF oilcap, I first used my OB Supravox 215, then a B&C 8" woofer in a large BR originally used with EV 15"  (the latter not good) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Thinking about the sound at that show. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Serge"] The SIlbatone room was very large. They played an Edith Piaf record on a mono WE16B (or A, not sure). They played it very loud which I don't like, ever. I felt the system was made to show dynamics and it did it. The dynamic r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The mildness of the tilting… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Paul, you are missing the point. When I said about “tilted” response it is still a "flat response". If your 10kHz-2 octaves has minus 1-2dB over your 30Hz +2 octaves then it is VERY flat, way flatter than normal deviation of most playbacks out there....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Ok, let take a short ride across the Anima Loudspeakers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
The first and the bigger thing that I like about them is that Anima is trying to use the vertical-horizontal configuration where the bell of the vertical horn serves as frame for horizontal channels. I love this idea and had a number of my own th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Again and again: the upper bass channel. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="CO"] Ive conducted some test with the smaller drivers because i wanted to know if i could build a compact high quality setup to replace my current fairly large speakers. It doesnt look possible though, mainly because (as you say )the Upp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Zener drop for G2 by rowuk on 2014-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Pentode to go? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I have tried the 307A in triode connection in the "standard" no feedback moron 12Axx (in my case 12 AT7) easy configuration with a coupling capacitor and it was "nice". Critical listening was almost impossible, I kept zapping around to find more "imp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Prokofiev and Brahms at their Best by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
Cellist Natalia Gutman and the Boston Philharmonic: Prokofiev and Brahms at their Best by Elizabeth Perten Under the baton of Benjamin Zander, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presented two masterpieces: Prokofiev’s Symphony-Conce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: HMMMMM by rowuk on 2020-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dpols? in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
I must be missing something - or not be ready for this yet. Here are my understanding problems:1) he starts with the "left" speaker and searches for the best bass. I would think that one should search individually with the left and right and pick the...
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