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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Old new Vitavox S2 or new old Vitavox S2... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I had dinner with Mike Harvey from Octave this weekend. Mike acquired the intellectual rights, tooling, drawings and jigs needed to manufacture the S2's. I believe that newly manufactured S2's will be available very soon. M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Vitavox S2+S2 scenario. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
This is the project that I been thinking to undertake for years. I have motioned about in multiple times that Vitavox’s S2 lower region is very lucrative but unfortunately not exactly useable if the driver run all the way up, unless you are wiling to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Vitavox S2 field-coil: how about the original diaphragms? by cv on 2006-04-29 
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Romy, I presume this is with the new production diaphragms? Just wondering if the old ones might restore some of the youthfullness which was diminshed by the field coil?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Vitavox S2 inside. by cv on 2006-01-13 
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Thanks for the picture Romy. I couldn't unscrew the top threaded piece myself. Perhaps I was turning it the wrong way?! Any guidance you could give on dismantling the driver would be appreciated. Regarding the active flux modulation idea; I think yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Mystery of Vitavox S2 resolved! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
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Ah, such a beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful discovery! After all, after the years of dealing and fighting with it I come up with the observation that the Vitavox S2 driver could and actually should be used “as is”. The harshness that I was re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Further Vitavox S2 improvement? by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-29 
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I have posted this idea at the Peter’s Vitavox site a few month back but there is no activity at that site. It sucks that there are no advanced S2 users out there. I am planning to try it myself and in a month or so and will report the result.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Tweeter for Vitavox S2: silk dome? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I put a couple days ago a silk dome tweeter in the game.  I look in my storages to see what I had there among the traditional silk domes. I ended up pulling out my North Creek Music D25 driver. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/NorthD25.pdf I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another topic on vitavox s2 by Mazur on 2025-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another topic on vitavox s2 in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi, Romy and other visitorsI`m completely new to vitavox stuff because it was always out of my reach in terms of price, yet i have a lot of experience with other drivers - radian 950, B&C DCM 50, Faital HF series, JBL, AltecNow i have a set of re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Where to start: Vitavox S2 upper range by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"] The tweeter I thought could go below the MF. [/quote] Not going to work properly. The EV T350 is 120 by 60 degree tweeter met to work in vertical configuration. If I were you I would lower you MF until it edge along with upperba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: The Vitavox S2 vs. S3 geometry. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-24 
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I picked recently a pair of S3 drivers. Not that I need them but it was good deal – perhaps someone in UK have demolished an old movie theater and a large school of S3 drivers with original diaphragms hit the maket recently. Also, I always meant to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Vitavox S2 field-coil: the first 10 minutes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-28 
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Well, I screw-in today the S2 with filed-coil into my horn. I decided to drive it with 2.4A.  I used a regulated DC PS and did not employ my prepared for this tusk 4.2 Farad capacitor: the voltage is too high for my cap. The current gave me a ni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Re: Vitavox S2 field-coils and a realistic delta by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
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[quote user="cv"]I presume this is with the new production diaphragms? Just wondering if the old ones might restore some of the youthfullness which was diminshed by the field coil?[/quote]Yes, if was the new production diaphragms with plastic suspens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Tweeters for Vitavox S2: Heil’s Air Motion Transformers. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-31 
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The Heil AMT drivers are well known in audio. There is a cult of people who follow them and they swear that Heil drivers are like nothing else. The Heil drivers were made by ESS, by Scandinavian, by German’s pro audio and by Russians. The do use defe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: need exact spec's of the vitavox s2 driver by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-25 
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hi alli found a company in china wich can produce the compression drivers on my request. has anyone the exact specifications and drawings  of the vitavox s2 driver ? that's of course essencial to get them made. i will also send a email to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How to make it working with Vitavox S2? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
It is complicated. Any tweeter is different and the RAAL’s “Water Drop” tweeter is more different then others. Almond any other tweeters that I heard this tweeter has something absolutely unique- it has no annoying upper MF nose. When I asked Alex to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Some taking points regarding the new Vitavox S2 by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-27 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Not yet. I'll give him a call & put details of the reply here.[/quote]Guy, when you will be taking with Mike then here are some taking points for you if you wish: 1) What type of magnet Mike is planning to use in his new...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Redesign the Vitavox S2 back chamber’s cover. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I really would like the Vitavox users who use the bottom region of S2 driver to pay very serious attention to my post above. The redaction of compression in this driver and dropping the resonance frequencies does impacts the lower knee sound of the d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The Vitavox S2 back chamber stuffing. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-12 
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I did a lot of those experiments a few years back, stuffing the back chamber of S2 driver with all imaginable things. During that time I did not use a dedicated lower MF channels and was concerned only about the S2 top end. I did not detect any diffe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The fraudulent eBay actions with Vitavox S2 drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-08 
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I kind of fed up to receive those emails (I ordinary do not reply them) with questions and therefore I would a would make one atypical public statement and it will be it. I say “atypical” as I truly do not care about your purchasing habits, still sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #215: TAD Be vs Vitavox S2 by Amir on 2024-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Best case, a system will have both great tone and plenty of "headroom" to play the Music you want to hear the way you want to hear it. We've discussed before that AN systems are pretty responsive, with great tone, but they do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-01 
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So in an effort to learn something about the way the 288 and S2 sound the way they do, what do you suppose the mechanical differences in the construction of each driver that causes the differences in sound as they look so similar physically?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-02 
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I believe you use the laser to find out at what frequencies there are resonances and where they are at so youcan make the phase plug accordingly but like I said I know about as much as those lasers as I saw in the Tad brochure. A machinist told me on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wanted Vitavox S2 Original Hi Testing Diaphrams with Horns And Orig Xo... by vintageman on 2014-07-17 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Vitavox s2/amphorous core interaction/idiosyncracies by mark on 2008-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
well i never thought i would be opening such a pandora's box with this combination.firstly,the drivers have the plastic surrounds(whew,lucky!i know the diaphragms are potentially harder to source than the drivers)what indicators or criteria would mak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: LF for use with Vitavox S2 by i_should_coco on 2006-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
At Romy's suggestion I've created a new thread for this. I have been thinking about what sort of bass solution to use with the S2. I was hoping to be able to  get the S2  low enough (c. 300Hz) to make this a bit easier, but it seem that onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The new Vitavox S2 testing. Someone, perhaps… by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Peter Empson from United Kingdom, the guy who use to run Unofficial Vitavox site and Forum has open a High-Fi shop in Aylesbury with a sentimental name “Deco Audio”. He sells the new production of Vitavox parts: The S2 drivers, the 15” woofer and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Vitavox S2: notes to dairy… by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I thought that the folks who are interesting where I am going with my Macondo should know that am still working with Vitavox S2[/quote]OK, I think now I’ve learned whatever I need to learn about this driver. In order to und...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Re: More Vitavox S2 mysteries… by JLH on 2005-05-04 
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Romy,I have seen this a few times with JBL and Altec drivers. This phenomena occurs more often in Alnico magnets than any other type of magnet. When a magnet is recharged, it is blasted with a very strong magnetic field. There is really no way to “ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Re: More Vitavox S2 mysteries… by rdrysdale on 2005-05-06 
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Romy, I just got a Vitavox S2 into my shop today. I notice that it has a very heavy stainless screen on the front, do you leave the screen on when using the drivers? It looks like it restricts about 50% or more of the throat exit.Rich Drysdale...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-12 
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A few years ago playing with my favorite Vitavox S2 driver I was asking myself how it might sound if instead of the Alnico magnet the electromagnets would be used. As many other driver of the period the Vitavox did not utilized the only one magnet ty...
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