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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: All of the shelf owners have this problem, not just single driver by zanon on 2010-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
Oh please Romy:What advantage does multichannel B&W owner have over off the shelf single driver (like Druid or whatever)??The multichannel B&W owner cannot alter level of each channel by 1db. He cannot slide the crossover up or down 20 Hz, no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Trash your “full-rage”, single-driver acoustic systems. by Romy the Cat on 2017-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trash your “full-rage”, single-driver acoustic systems. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
The full-rage single-driver acoustic systems is probably the most hated playback topology by me. It is irrelevant if you use $200 Fostex or you use a family reserved edition of AER driver for $64.000. The result you have the same: a horrible dynamic ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Single-driver fantasies, in particularly back-loaded. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Arno, I am glad that you take my comment with right attitude; this is indication that you are not dead, despite the fact that you are building a back-loaded horn.  I do not think that you find a lot of useful horns information for yourself at this si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The single driver set by Paul S on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Maybe no other hi-fi group has thought more about the cabinet's contribution to sound than the single-driver crowd.  Many of them like the "immediacy", "integrity"  and "purity" of the single driver sound so much that they endlessly hu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Burn any single-driver speaker in hell. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Burn any single-driver speaker in hell. in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
Sure, it is not a big deal to listen a single-driver speaker. However, if we presume that by means of audio means we are able to make any difference in auditable experiences, and if to capitalize on this difference is you objective (of the object...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A single yellow driver. by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="HookEm"]The reproduction does not seem natural... too far away from what I would hear at a live event (e.g., female vocalist).  Sort of bright and fatiguing at times. I may not be using the proper terminology to describe it, but I do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single Driver speakers by Flm on 2021-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Driver speakers in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Hi guys and gals! Glad to have found this site!My question is do you believe in single driver speakers like Cube Audio? I don't need ultimate low end extension but accurate mids and highs. Thanks ??...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Single driver and color by unicon on 2011-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]  Romy the Cat wrote:One more thing. In my mind the injection that I use is more preferable solution then to use truly rich driver as you presumably use. The resosn is that using one good driver you have no control ove...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Not-so-wide-range single-driver by tuga on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Joe, Since this topic is about a particular single driver speaker, but still a monodrive, let me ask you a question. One of the fundamental shortcomings of the not-so-wide-range single-driver class is, as you know, a not so wide frequency range...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Please, not another back-loaded single driver! by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Teodor, if you read my site then you know that I am not a big supporter of the acoustic system topology that you describe. It is not matter of driver but many other aspects. So, I do not think, or frankly speaking do not care about back-loaded single...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
First of all, the people who read this thread need to understand that I use the metaphor “idiots owners” purely in pedagogical sense. There is nothing idiotic to run neither single driver speakers, to have very bad speakers or not to have speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
First of all, the people who read this thread need to understand that I use the metaphor “idiots owners” purely in pedagogical sense. There is nothing idiotic to run neither single driver speakers, to have very bad speakers or not to have speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The prison of language and the lie in the symbol by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I would agree that the Lowther is not hard to beat but the question is where and in whose mind does this competition exist? Is the Lowther, Manger, or other full range single driver in competition with different multi-driver approaches, other single ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: GOTO SG505TT + S150 horn continue... by MINGSU on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
    The SG505TT driver can be used with S150 and  S200 horn.  The crossover frequency suggested by GOTO for each horn is as follow:S150 - 200Hz and S200 - 270Hz. Of course, one can use the single SG505TT driver to pair up wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 'A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth' - Thomas Man... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Joe, I think I would battle it. I would not be so certain. Mostly the SUV sized bass horns are notoriously bad sounding despite of the assurances of the system owners overwhelmed with so common in audio endowment effect. Not to mention that the Stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Flying under radars… by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="HookEm"]OK, would you say the weak link would then be:1) Just the topology of Lamhorn (single driver with back-loaded horn appendix)2) Any single driver back-loaded loudspeaker in general3) Or any single driver loudspeaker in generalOr p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Lamm 2.0 & Horns by HookEm on 2013-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
OK, would you say the weak link would then be:1) Just the topology of Lamhorn (single driver with back-loaded horn appendix)2) Any single driver back-loaded loudspeaker in general3) Or any single driver loudspeaker in generalOr perhaps a better quest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Another contestant to win a Handicap Olympics? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Joe, A few comments I need to make. First, about the WE.  I think it is a bit cheap, to bring to the table with me the arguments of the level that the “editor of the biggest and most influential magazine in the world, Stereo Sound, who can get...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Listening to specific case is precisely my point, typology be damned by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Cat:First off, the Silbatone Aporia is $30k/pr not 100k. You could do 6 speaker surround with Aporia for well under $100k. Hope you feel better now."So what," I say. $30k is already too much for my pocket. I am on a fellowship this year and cheapskat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: All of the shelf owners have this problem, not just single driver by zanon on 2010-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
Oh please Romy:What advantage does multichannel B&W owner have over off the shelf single driver (like Druid or whatever)??The multichannel B&W owner cannot alter level of each channel by 1db. He cannot slide the crossover up or down 20 Hz, no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sorry by Teodor on 2011-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Thanks for the response. And please excuse me for not having read such basic threads of yours as "About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners.", "Burn any single-driver speaker in hell."Maybe I'm wrong but a simple search through forum's top...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Single-driver fantasies, in particularly back-loaded. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Arno, I am glad that you take my comment with right attitude; this is indication that you are not dead, despite the fact that you are building a back-loaded horn.  I do not think that you find a lot of useful horns information for yourself at this si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My DHT experiment: Observations by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] There were some educational for myself observations made, in some way saying something about this specific DHT, in some way saying something about Melquiades’ single stage version and the Melquiades’ full-range two-stages ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: GOTO SG505TT + S150 horn by MINGSU on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
    SG505TT + S150 horn crossover at 180 Hz is not recommended by GOTO.  The SG505TT driver is not recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.  Double SG505TT driver is recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.&nb...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
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 #1: Vintage JBL products lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage JBL products lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
CATEGORIES:               2100 - Mid and mid-bass cone transducers               2200 - Low frequency transduc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Goto - continue education... by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"]    SG505TT + S150 horn crossover at 180 Hz is not recommended by GOTO.  The SG505TT driver is not recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.  Double SG505TT driver is recommended to use with single...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: The kindergarten audio? by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Tuga,I do not know what JMLC had written in that paper – I can’t read French but from looking at the pictures I might only presume that he was trying to prove or disprove the Point Source idea by looking at the souses live sound vs. recorded-and-then...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Point/no point by Joe Roberts on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
First off, I will point out that neither Silbatone nor I claim or agree that the Aporia horn is a point source, because clearly it is not. The sound comes from two "areas" but even that is not a particularly useful notion.Although some do make that c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: The misery of peripheral frequencies by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-24 
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Tuga, I do not think we spoke about the specific problem of the single-driver class and one of the reason why I never brought it up was because I presume that every person with sane knows them and those problems are not even arguable. However I wou...
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