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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Looking from multiple angles... by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Some time ago I also thought my upper bass channel is flawlessly integrated, but when I added another, symmetrically arranged UB driver (over my WR driver), I quickly understood the new configuration is MUCH more expressive a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Evolution or revolution? Tradition or... by twogoodears on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Keith and congratulations for your new babies... I'm truly jealous of your room size.Me too, as I previously wrote, assembled a VERY similar rig, vastly inferior to you welded supports, any, using the same approach: S-150, S-3000 and S-400, respec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Toeing in of horns by tuga on 2008-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Twogoodears, What you are experimentation now has yet nothing to do with DPoLS. You deal with the relatively rudimental ceremony of speaker positioning. It is not even close to the subject of DPoLS but it is also greatly ne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Macondo and not only Macondo positioning by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]I'm curious about how you set up your horns in the room.From photos it looks as if they are fairly close together, compared to the wide setting you suggested I try, while our room dimensions are fairly similar?When I started push...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #409: Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
This is a very important question as since very beginning of the projects it was questionable if I would be able to get away with the back/top firing position of my midbass horn. So, as now, when the midbass horn project is over and horns fully i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Vertical spacing between channels of Le Horn by oxric on 2011-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Considering the conclusions of my recent experiences that I described in the following thread:http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6876I would like to share some of my observation that the people who would g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Generalizations vs. specifics. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"] Hello Romy, Could you elaborate a bit on your experience with the toeing in of horns subject. My square mouth horns are probably even trickier than round horns to fine tune as the higher frequencies seems to radiate in a flowery (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: You use wrong criteria. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 45Hz Bass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Jessie, Unfortunately it is in my view it is absolutely imposable to predict anything juts based upon the CAD modeling. The entire criteria that you for founding the right positioning of your instantiation are wrong, at least in my view. You use the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tapped Horn Noob by Kcct82 on 2009-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Hello Romy,The tapped horns were easy to construct so I made them while I was working on the midbass channel. I can't really comment on how good tapped horns are because I have never heard other 20-35hz capable systems... it does provide amazing SPL'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: My stupid wet dreams. How little a man need…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Yep, if I do it then I will do it right: with a single driver, with full length, with proper mouth, with slow profile and if it had curve then it will be properly linearly expending curve, not with the resonant chambers or with steps. The problem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Erratum ( or errata if you insist) by oxric on 2011-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"]  RF at Ona wrote:Now the same issues and analysis applies to your woofer towers and with the new placement of the towers some of these effects may have become exposed.If these effects are significant than your new wider spaced UL...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Comparison between the radiating areas. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]Come ooon, comparison between the radiating area of direct radiator vs. the area of horn’s mouth is too amateurish even for some diyaudio.com level simpletons… It is as naïve as saying Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is simply 100 grams ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: It’s getting more warmer… by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Ok, Andrew, this is allergy something. I would highly advise you in future before you post any discrete updates, questions, and ideas about what you to inform about the holistic objective of your project, sort of a view from 50.000 feet. That what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Impressive project by oxric on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Anthony,I am amazed by the work you have accomplished so far and love your stands and horns stacks.Two comments though in term of overall esthetics although I realise that having spent so much time on this it may be too late to make changes.I woul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: Not too late by anthony on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"]Hi Anthony,I am amazed by the work you have accomplished so far and love your stands and horns stacks.Two comments though in term of overall esthetics although I realise that having spent so much time on this it may be too late to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Horns are like fishing art…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="twogoodears"]Hi Keith and congratulations for your new babies... I'm truly jealous of your room size. Me too, as I previously wrote, assembled a VERY similar rig, vastly inferior to you welded supports, any, using the same approach: S-1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Musicality and details: a quest for a friendly audio experience by twogoodears on 2008-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy:as I don't consider the thread as emptied, yet, I'd wish to add some thoughts after more days of listening to my system.I re-read an half-page chapter in French from Jean Hiraga's "Les Hautparleur" essay, concerning time-alignement and p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Variable profile horn system by decoud on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
One of the problems with horns is the inflexibility of frequency cut-off: you are limited to a discrete number equal to the number of horns you have. This makes experimentation difficult without having an absurdly large array of different hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Just a variation of the unity horn by JLH on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"] One of the problems with horns is the inflexibility of frequency cut-off: you are limited to a discrete number equal to the number of horns you have. This makes experimentation difficult without having an absurdly large array of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Sorry, I do not follow your. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Yes, but you are familiar with the compression driver and horns. How could somebody control the size of the audio window, formed by his midrange channel, using horns? If I remember correctly, you chose your Vitavox S2 driver ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Do not glue Sound to the walls. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]I guess you cannot say you listened to a horn system if you dont have an upper bass horn. [/quote]Yes, I can very much concur with it. The upperbass and MF horns set the frame of the sound, sort of sonic skeleton upon which everyt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Another one... by Romy the Cat on 2024-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Avantgarde Trio G3 Loudspeaker with iTron in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Got a link today to an interview with a guy who has the G3 Trio.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCF0cguGyM&t=755sAgain, a completely lucid person being interviewed by some kind of wona be an audio journalist zombie. Another moron who is su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: How would I play with Odeons…the murky water. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Yes, Gregm is right we have no idea what is behind the bottom “bulge” and therefore any speculation and accusation are “correct”. Nevertheless, from what I have tried, if I “design” this horn and had a desire for whatever reasons to preserve the “bul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: Genie Superlift SLC-24? by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-27 
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"]OK, I need your guys to participate in brain storm and come up with an idea how the hell we might lift those horns up. They needed to be lifted 10-11 feet up and then very precisely, almost surgically slide 13-15 feet into ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Latest setup by Bill on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  302 Replies 
 My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Another working hypnosis by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="be"]I have a two horns covering from around 150Hz and up, with a crossover frequency around 700Hz, So my system is probably less sensitive than yours with the many chanels and higher crossover frequencies. But I have changed my mind and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #392: Official end of the midbass project… 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 
I changed the new flash at my site to “Ok, the midbass horn project is successfully over. Over 3 months, over 400 posts, over 180 pictures… all publicly available…” The project started physically on July 16, 2010, ended on October 28, 2010. The prepa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bass" by skushino on 2016-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
I'm of the opinion that listening room aesthetics play a big role in enjoying music at home.  This is self-evident, but over the many years playing with audio, my listening room has become incrementally cluttered with "audio detritus".  It's ugly and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: The commentaries about the Upper-bass sweep. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Similar to the famous sexist tail that women can be only ether pretty or smart the midbass horns unfortunately behave in the very same way: they can be only nicely placed in a room or they can sound good. You want the horn to place in a specific ...
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