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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: A BS transmission line with an oversized port vs a Horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"] ….other people had tried to make sense of your construction and pointed out that your interpretation is wrong.[/quote]  I do not think that it is an honest argument. The “other people” is never an argument as it immediately brin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #133: ULF from the SledgeHammer by oxric on 2011-10-27 
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I have also a fondness for this design which may well suit your room with the line sunk in your basement. It is interesting that this design makes use of two woofers in push-pull configuration as well as making use of a transmission line. The only tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Have you heard a word “discovery”? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]HAHAHAHAHA!!!Torsion fields are worth, at least, a nobel. Are you aware of that?Please do nor make 100% IDIOTS of yourselves invoking Einstein-Cartan theoryin audio!!! HAHAHAHAHA IDIOTS!!! Better spot 1st, 2nd or 4327483256rd orde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #948: Some thoughts about dedicated lines. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
This subject is interesting but unfortunately there are more options then time in life to experiment with all of them. The idea to use fatter cable is right atop of surface. It is not about current caring but the lower impedance of the cable. Remembe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: It is not about rightsizing from extreme systems but .... by Thorsten on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]....obtaining the same extreme results by the different means, although I do not know yet if it is possible….[/quote]My point exactly.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Also, that 9.5" woofer to do well 3000Kx and to do well 40H...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: Why not really use the basement by Bud on 2011-10-27 
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I think you should investigate a transmission line subterranean woofer system. One tuned for 8 Hz and turned off at 28 Hz. That way you could use your beloved lite weight drivers where they are most useful and a super woofer with XBL magnet structure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Ideal ULF/Midbass integration by oxric on 2011-03-12 
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Hi Roberts, Romy and others,Before this thread vanishes in undeserved obscurity, I have a question or two for you. I understand that the issue is a complex one and should be addressed with more care and paying attention to detail than I am do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Running Bose SoundDeck on-line. by Romy the Cat on 2014-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another (outdoorsy) sweat spot? in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Well, what I have learned after a few experiments and some education is that Bluetooth, regardless quality of implementation is garbage, FM transmission is fine but to do it at more or less acceptable level it will be costly. So, I decided to take ad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Serious Coax? Where? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] rowuk wrote:I see a problem with any „coaxial“ attempt in one horn. The length of the horn is correct for one band, but not both HF and MF. If the horn is optimized for MF, if is too long for HF and works like a transmission ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The air-caps as an ultimate cap. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Paul, in my view the air-caps as an ultimate cap, the ultimate by own intrinsic topology. It is particularly the case for the 834P- like application as in there the cap is not biased by high voltage DC and gets constantly re-polarized. You see the pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: Finito by N-set on 2011-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  A cap in put AC has no biased dielectric and as a result all dielectrics are vibrating (they are dielectrics but they are partially chargeable) and smear the termination of transmission line. [/quote]Hm...If taken outside...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: The stupid 5uF cap on AC side by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-02 
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[quote user="N-set"](feel free to re/move this post to the electricity thread)As the power supply I'd regard everything from the power generator in the power plant down to the actual load.Why the power transformer should be the cutting line? I do hea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How do you time align the tweeter? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Back-loaded TL speakers by Vasyachkin on 2008-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I see some kind of so called “transmission line” that is fractured from multiple labyrinths where each of section acts as different resonant chamber… then I do not want to hear about “energy releasing and the rest crap.[/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: What about ported speakers? by Bud on 2005-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Antonio,Works just fine with ported, unported or open baffle. The process works on the boundary layer of the cone. This is the very thin area between cone material and air. The actual mechanism just disallows energy trapped in this zone from reflecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I've also heard the word "crackpotism" by N-set on 2011-06-28 
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Unlike transmission line reflections which are a REAL effects, torsion gravity has beena nice theoretical concept, existing on paper, but not a proven  reality, mind you.This is a huge difference and I guess you are one of those rare people who shoul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #139: Non annoying monitors by serenechaos on 2009-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Good luck getting midrange from F120A for non annoying monitors.  Seems reasonable to expect, many people have been very happy with these drivers...  I haven't tried this specific driver, but have spent some time trying to get a simila...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Arum Cantus, big ribbons, and tweeter arrays by Paul S on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
It is my understanding that the only reason to make a ribbon bigger is to get it to go lower in frequency.  I don't know how Arum Cantus configures their G1, and I have not heard it so I cannot say if it is their "best" pure HF driver rather tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Midrange clarification by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Thanks for your quick reply. I have been to assistance audio`s website, however was unable to find such model, but is possible they just disassembled the tweeter or whatever.This is really interesting news, about their violin reproduction, me too wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Simple and brilliant jamming of horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Today a brilliant and insultingly simple idea come to me. I was thinking about the way jointing my sections. The horn probably will be made by 2-3 sections, plus the transition please. So, the section jointing flanges are usually made. I probably go ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: A BS transmission line with an oversized port vs a Horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"] ….other people had tried to make sense of your construction and pointed out that your interpretation is wrong.[/quote]  I do not think that it is an honest argument. The “other people” is never an argument as it immediately brin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Diminishing returns? by Jorge on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
The other day I was listening to a friend´s system with nice Avalon speakers, only one 10" seemed to be enough, of course it seemed we were playing house when listening to music, everything was small and very nice and pretty...Now when matc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Delay on tweeter by noviygera on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]I see a problem with any „coaxial“ attempt in one horn. The length of the horn is correct for one band, but not both HF and MF. If the horn is optimized for MF, if is too long for HF and works like a transmission line at those fre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The front-end entrance optimization. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna Cable Connection in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Strange but I have found that my reception is significantly better if I don't use any connector between my antenna cable(radio shack RG whatever going up to rooftoop antenna) and my tuner but instead just strip off a bit of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #278: Online we can claim a lot... by rowuk on 2022-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  302 Replies 
[quote user="Edgar="]Not Amplitude. It's the rock solid phase linearity. It feels like a brick wall all the way up and down. I haven't looked at any graphs and haven't measured anything but that is my guess. There is no question of the great tone of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: I do not subscribe it all. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]After all some people proclaim there is no difference with different wires; clearly not true. BUT, it is a difference that is important to only some people. Is it possible Romy cannot hear the sonic problems that are solved by the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Uncoherent thoughts about IDEAL horn systems... by MochaMike on 2005-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
You have identified the tricky parts -the transistion between the front and back horn as well as the throat  of the front tractrix horn.  A one to one throat with the front horn works best with my coaxials and a short 1.25" straight 'ring' ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: ...they shall not be limited by preamp’s output impedance. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] Having said that, the 15 Commandments above look like a fine solution-based pre-amp...and the title reminds me of Mel Brooks as Moses. [/quote]   Yes, it was exactly my point of reference.   [quote user="Lbjefferies7"] A p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Mazel Tov Koshka by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
2011 will be a busy audio year for me. I will have a nice large space 28 feet x 20 feet x 11 feet which I am free to modify for audio. The walls are 150 years old irregular stone the floor is cement and the ceiling is composed of structural...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About audio Crashes. by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-20 
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I think it was Wagner who first incorporated in his composition the concept of masking. He felt that during loud sounds people are losing ability to recognize the instrumental complexity. Later on during the stupid mp3 times or digital compression, o...
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