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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Are original Aura Sound 1808 sound ULF solution for sealed enclosure? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil.  It was the only 18-inch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Sealed subs by manisandher on 2022-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Subs - sealed or Infinite baffled by CO on 2007-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Thanks for your further thoughts and explanations Robert, Romy and others.It looks like the full room enlargement will be my choise. Dont know i want to block the windows though. Maybe i can solve this by making a glass window behind the screen.. I w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Sealed bass arrays below 110 horn by kodomo on 2015-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
I am using sealed bass arrays of 3 per side. I have six 10" scanspeak woofers in total. I aim to operate them from 38hz to 160hz with qtc 0.707I also have a tapped horn that I am using with my current horn system. It is 244cm's high and 125kg's compl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Sealed vs traped by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-29 
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[quote user="kodomo"]I am using sealed bass arrays of 3 per side. I have six 10" scanspeak woofers in total. I aim to operate them from 38hz to 160hz with qtc 0.707I also have a tapped horn that I am using with my current horn system. It is 244cm's h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Sealed bass array again ? by Murataltuev on 2015-08-29 
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="kodomo"]I am using sealed bass arrays of 3 per side. I have six 10" scanspeak woofers in total. I aim to operate them from 38hz to 160hz with qtc 0.707I also have a tapped horn that I am using with my current horn system. It is 244cm's h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Sealed Vs... by Paul S on 2016-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Yes, for practical reasons, one side of an IB driver is usually "wrapped and sealed" to deliver lower frequencies from the other side, since it is generally impractical to actually make a baffle large enough to prevent sonic shorts.  However, at high...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Altec 416 sealed by el`Ol on 2010-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass impedance bumps -- why and what to do? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
I wonder whether an Altec 416 in a sealed enclosure plus transconductance amplifier would be the better solution for most people/circumstances....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bass Horn vs. Sealed Enclosures. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Actually it is very interesting question and I almost feel you pain for decision you will be making. I do not think that anyone would be able to express any arbitral opinion about the subject, as least an opinion that worth to follow. You see, buildi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Port vs. Not Sealed by Paul S on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I agree that the right 15" is a nice size for mid-upper bass.  I suppose yours are the 15" Vitavoxes that were made to go in boxes?  Of course, the usual reason for ports is to "extend" LF, and most modern LF drivers are used in something like this, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Your LF arrays are sealed, right? by Paul S on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
If LF are sealed, I would suspect that the strong SS/hybrid would be better able to keep the drivers "off the air cushion".  When the drivers get to that point I hear something I would describe like this:  Take your fingernail and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Oy, do not delude yourself. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"]The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bass Horn vs. Sealed Enclosures. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Actually it is very interesting question and I almost feel you pain for decision you will be making. I do not think that anyone would be able to express any arbitral opinion about the subject, as least an opinion that worth to follow. You see, buildi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Yes and no... by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"]It is indeed an interesting subject; I am instinctively drawn to it due to the fact that the majority of orchestral instruments - the majority of my listening is orchestral/chamber/classical soloists - produce their own sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The virtue of the experiment. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Are you suggesting : 1) Running the upper bass horn from a second ML2 ? 2) Running the lower bass enclosures (sealed boxes) from a second ML2 ? 3) Running both the upper bass horn and lower bass enclosures (sealed boxes) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: IIILZ box insufficiency by Chirag on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Hey Cat...long time no claw,Wrong?  My dog, if I can list my musical machine mistakes...The original boxes I got with my 10" and 15" reds were respectively the little IIILZ sealed and big ported boxes.  The IIILZ box with the little reds wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: 295 mV, of course; sorry readers (hope no one blew anything up...) by Paul S on 2007-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Romy, at some point you did mention lowering current and shortly thereafter, if not in the same post, you added something to the effect of raising voltage.  You even mentioned values you have tried, and I printed it out.  But since I am usu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Your LF arrays are sealed, right? by Paul S on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
If LF are sealed, I would suspect that the strong SS/hybrid would be better able to keep the drivers "off the air cushion".  When the drivers get to that point I hear something I would describe like this:  Take your fingernail and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Sealed bass array again ? by Murataltuev on 2015-08-29 
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="kodomo"]I am using sealed bass arrays of 3 per side. I have six 10" scanspeak woofers in total. I aim to operate them from 38hz to 160hz with qtc 0.707I also have a tapped horn that I am using with my current horn system. It is 244cm's h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Tapped Horn buzz word. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
It is not the thread to talk about Tapped Horn but listening to what you Tapped Horn users saying I do understand my suspicions about the concept. I can’t objectively judge sound from Tapped Horn as I did not hear any properly made, calibrated and in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Wine Barrel woofers... by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Arsenic bacteria & Goodsoundclub in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I needed 20Hz - 50 Hz in a large 7 meter x 6 meter x 15 meter room, and I wanted a sealed design. I have wine barrels laying around and fortunately the internal 4 cu ft of a wine barrel is perfect for 2 x 15 inch woofers in a sealed system. The barre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Tannoy monitors and MF drivers by Chirag on 2006-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Hi Cat,The more and more I listen to reproduced music, the more I realize dynamics and tonal respect are key to start any reasonable installation.  This kind of crosses over into some driver discussions so bear with me...My Tannoy 10" ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Tapped Horn Sound by Jorge on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Actually a Tapped Horn would be bigger than a sealed enclosure,  here is one of my first TH tests.  The sound is very different than the sound coming form a Sealed encolsure.  My first impression was that the bass was gone!  There was no bass sensati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Bi-amping & multi-tapping by jessie.dazzle on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Quotes from Romy in blue :"...If you are not in very large room and your bass section are not 90dB sensitive then take one of yours left ML2.0, bring it to right channel and drive with it the right’s channel bass system instead of M1.1. It will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Tweeter ? by Scott L on 2014-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]Actually a Tapped Horn would be bigger than a sealed enclosure,  here is one of my first TH tests.  The sound is very different than the sound coming form a Sealed encolsure.  My first impression was that the bass was gone!  There...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TAD 1201 by malinowski on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Hi Greg,linkSearch the site and you'll find that Ulf has created a upper bass horn using the aforementioned TAD 1201's.I also own a pair still in boxes waiting for the weather to warm up enough for me to start some enclosures and horns for.My origina...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Basshorn vs. non-Basshorn, further talk. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
In the linked there above “Barn Conversion - James' Project” I have expressed my attitude toward low frequency bass. I certainly not “against” bass horn it but have “concerns”. The “open bottom” concept that I invented for myself is always make me to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Thickness Of Horn Shin by msaudio on 2010-07-22 
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   If you would thank about what you are building and what it does, you would grasp the concept of my thanking. You have a 7inch hole on your bafflle with your woofer on the back side of it in a sealed box. The only presure that this device h...
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