Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
It looks like something is broken and posts do not make thru. I will fix.
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» Single-stage Melquiades »
» Gas voltage reference 0A»
» Belcea Quartet
» Puccini: Tosca
» Best streaming service 2»
» Verify that you sources »
» What you folks got for B»
» About the life-expectanc»
» Wilson Audio and the Moo»
» Esther Kim. What did you»
» The Trout - Perlman, Ba»
» Ah Mravinsky !
» Someone is DSETing, it s»
» How many Bits needed for»
» What is wrong there and »
» Six years of continuing(»
» Like theese?
» Attempt of a playback sy»
» The new CEC TL1 transpor»
» What is it all about? De»
» 23Hz mono horn project.
» Copland/BSO/Copland
» EdgarHorn Speaker Project
» Playlists and patience
» Why GOTO do not care abo»
» Audio Covid and some hom»
» Tube outputted CDP's and»
» I think it is the end.
» GoodSoundClub – one year»
» Why I hate computer play»
» For one day only
» The best 20 hz bass horn
» Barn Conversion - James'»
» Pacific Microsonics Mode»
» Tube GU-29
» Suggestion on my introdu»
» James Levine takes a gre»
» My beloved Contraltos: k»
Bookmarked are red
Marston Records
Norman Lebrecht's blog
DaVinciAudio Labs
WHRB Radio Station
Plasma Tweeters Site
Hi-Fi Speakers Design
Appian Publications & Re»
Silent Running Audio
Nornan Lebrecht's blog
Higherfi.com
Pristine Audio Direct
Classic Artc Showcase
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 2, Posts: 46    Pages: 1 2 


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: plasma tweeter? by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Sure I did. May I ask you: why did you find them attractive? The Cat...

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 #5: Acapella Plasma Tweeter by AOK_Farmer on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
I was captivated by the extraordinary Acapella tweeter at CES this year in their Violon III speaker demo...I think I had heard a version of this tweeter before in a different acapella speaker, and never noticed it as being wonderful...but t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Acapella 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 SteveThe beauty of Plasma Tweeters are that they can reproduce 5k onwards to (I was told) 60kHz. I have a pair of the Coronas which I run in a tri amp set-up with independant remote volume control.My main speakers are full range S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Acapella Plasma Tweeter by AOK_Farmer on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Yep KIS.  I dont use tweeters at all...just run a pair of Fostex 4" per channel in a sealed box from 250 Hz to where they will go. There is a little upward tilt which Romy rightly complains about to all the gods that wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro. The tweeter is the TAD ET-703. The HK owner has a gold-coloured horn for the tweeter, but there's no plasma driver. I'm pretty sure the horn on the Lansche plasma tweeter is a good bit la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Plasma Tweeter made in Poland by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Plasma Tweeter made in Poland in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Well, I do not think anything needs to be commented - the author explains the things himself. http://spk.if.uj.edu.pl/ConsciousFlesh/pspeaker/PSPEAKER_en.html The caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Plasma tweeter by jzagaja on 2010-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Plasma Tweeter made in Poland in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Most plasma tweeters rely on Klein ionophone. More interesting is reversible (act as microphone too) Ostroumov ionophone that unlike Klein does not produce RF noise. It uses 10kV polarisation voltage for electrodes and 100V for musical signal on ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #112: You're confusing this with your TV ... by Markus on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro. The tweeter is the TAD ET-703. The HK owner has a gold-coloured horn for the tweeter, but there's no plasma driver. I'm pretty sure the horn on the Lansche plasma tweeter is a good bit larger than the horn on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: One comment about electrostatics and plasma... by AOK_Farmer on 2005-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
KIS,I have owned the Martin Logan CLS's so I have some long term experience with electrostatics. To me it seems that the Acapella plasma tweeter (which I have heard for a total of less than 30 minutes!) had a SIMILAR quality of sound and yet a&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Acapella from Germany by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Audio News  80 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] A interesting company is Acapella from Germany. When you have the chance for a demo, try to visit.[/quote] The Acapella from Germany is an interesting company but they have MF driver challenge that they did not resolve for year ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro. The tweeter is the TAD ET-703. The HK owner has a gold-coloured horn for the tweeter, but there's no plasma driver. I'm pretty sure the horn on the Lansche plasma tweeter is a good bit la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Did somebody mention my name?!?! by morricab on 2007-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
Hi Romy,I see now you are throwing around the term "absolute tone" in a relative manner again :) .  Why would you want to neutralize absolute tone and with a metal tweeter no less!! You are talking about a tweeter "absolute tone" offsetting a po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A rant about plasma tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Well, I am not a big fan of plasma tweeters. First, of all they generate a health hazardous gas while they operate. All contemporary plasma drivers have catalytic converters that presumably convert this gas into something neutral. The process of con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Tweeterize yourself. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Well, Steve, usually I find this situation of “instantaneous awe” is not necessary a good thing. You did acknowledge the “benefits” of the tweeters in Acapella and this is undeniable evidence that the tweeter did not perform well in context of the gi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Canadian Speaker Proposal by de charlus on 2013-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Dear All,I wish to commence gathering the components and finding the craftsmen necessary for my DIY speaker project, but wished to bring my proposal before this forum in order to establish whether it's intrinsically worthy, and whether any simple imp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Why? by Wojtek on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Looking at Vox as a glorified 2-way Altec speaker with tweeter and supertwiter with all " not optimal" choices ,folded 70's PA thunderbolt mid bass cab time misaligned  crap ( Romy's opinion ) bi-radial Vitavox midrange suitable for derby races and d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The RAAL “Water Drop” – follow up a year later by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I have been asked by a number people who monitored my progress with RAAL’s “Water Drop” tweeter: “Romy was it worth it?” Well, I think after a year of leaving with tweeter, learning and satisfying it’s little habits I might pass some generalizing obs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
It looks like the Cogent boys came up with a new design. It is good that they are keep looking, even thogh they unfortunately are restricted with their desire to stretch the use of their drivers over too wide bandwidth…. The new Cogent setup lo...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
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 #15: Hands on by Jorge on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
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 #2: Re: Problems with horns: tweeters. 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 CatThe best tweeters that I have ever heard is a plasma tweeter. It is not 3 x 3, but man they are 1000 times better than the previous best ribbon tweeters found in expensive Maggies.Have you seen or heard one?Cheers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: New by Purite Audio on 2013-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Audio News  80 Replies 
I heard the new or at least new to me Accapellas in the Marriott, ( the DeLuxe show which is a spin off) I thought they were pretty good, plasma tweeter,cone driver and mid horn and a passive bass which was sealed?I think they used to use active bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: No experience with the big Lansche by el`Ol on 2009-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
Unfortunately I did´t hear the big Lansche. But if the integration of the plasma tweeter is as good as in the smaller one plus better dynamics below and the possibility to use small amps it could be mighty interesting....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Speaker Proposal by de charlus on 2013-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
I am not "working backwards" from a tweeter. I presently use Harbeth M40.1s, but having recently heard the Living Voice Vox Olympian and an Audio Tekne horn implementation of Ale Acoustics drivers, the experiences opened up new vistas of what is poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Tweeters frustrations... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
The EV 350 cones are still available form many sources, they are $25 per cone. There are some other phenolic domes for 1” driver, or smaller. I do not know anyone who does 3”-4” phenolic domes that would make them suitable for MF drivers. As far as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: More scattered points by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]  I gather the Acapella plasma tweeters have a catalyst so you don't get the nasty oxides/ozone etc. Got some old ionofanes on the way so will know soon how well they freshen up the room... They are self-amplified so efficiency ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: No tweeter is a good tweeter... by AOK_Farmer on 2005-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Romy,Now that I am home for a couple weeks after the CES extravaganza I am listening to my system and wondering why I thought I needed a tweeter at all. For me, the problem with experimenting with the e-bay $200 plasma tweeters is the health iss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
The recent events in my playback made me to think about he new prospective duty of tweeters. Since the Super Melquiades was enlisted for duty the Vitavox S2 got it’s own dedicated amplifier channel and stopped to “see” the coil of upper bass driver. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: It was not just Cogent/Electronluv problems but …. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electronluv systems questions and perhaps answers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
… it is a sad reality of any professional demonstration. [quote user="Nick"] …The highs literally hurt my ears.  I had to leave the room…  [/quote] I do not know – I was not there but I do see very well how what you complain about as some...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2025
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  0  
Total human visitors:  46,544,384  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Chamber Music in Bru»
AUG 2 Elim Chan, conductor»
AUG 3 Fiddlers Four in Gre»
AUG 3 Chamber Music in Woo»
AUG 3 Gryphon Trio in Rock»
AUG 3 Chamber Music in Bru»
AUG 4 Chamber Music in Bru»
AUG 4 TMC Orchestra in Len»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
More Music News »»
Vieuxtemps, Henri (17 Febr»
Stainer, Sir John (6 June »
Khachaturian, Aram Ilyich »
Lilburn, Douglas Gordon (2»
Persichetti, Vincent (6 Ju»
Nigg, Serge (6 June 1924- »
Andriessen, Louis (6 June »
Wright, Mary C. (6 June 19»
Ortofon Mono CG 25 Di c»
Altec 515B bass drivers
Sansui TU-X1 Tuner
Micro-Seiki MAX-282 To»
Conscience of audio rev»
ESS AMT-1A Heil Air Mot»
Vitavox S2 Compression »
Micro Seiki RX-5000
LF Transformer for 6C33C
Lamm Industries M1.1 Mo»
Purist Audio Design Pro»
More Leftovers »»