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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: The smart reasons for my stupid hope. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-08 
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="unicon"] If I were you I would set up all things so that when the mid bass is in his place i can reconfigure the baffle tightness by using a huge DIY made screwdriver from the opening mouth...or wherever it can be reachable then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Decisions decisions by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Thanks guys for all the suggestions.Klaus wrote :"...there are a lot of questions, but if one thinks to much, then he will end up like this lynn olson, pages and pages of endless talk and no horns..."Very true, I need to get cracking, but I'm&nb...

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 #10: Ronnie's horns by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Ronnie, Very nice, though I do not know where you would like me to move the thread.  (It looks like it’s OK where it is). There are some comments that I might to pass. You decided to go for a large MF driver. This is fine if you like it but I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The very specific space of house, where art thou? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Assuming one will not get anything under 50Hz (usable) from a 40Hz horn, I interpret the mission of lower-bass channels in the context of a horn system as follows….[/quote] Hm, this is a bit tricky with bass. A pla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] If you are really interested in moronizing your room, GTT Audio & Video are selling some Kharma Class-D's on audiogon.http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ddampstran&1237509628&demo&3&4&Looks like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Please educate me, perhaps I am missing something. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] Now, as for your drawing of the exaggerated port flaires, it is excessive.  A port is not a horn and, from an engineering standpoint, I treat them very differently.  A port is a resonator.  [/quote] Oh, sur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: How to teach the port do not sound like a port by haralanov on 2008-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Principally there are many many theories and papers about ports and how they must be calculated/constructed/placed/used. But none of these theories explains the relation of port design to the SOUND.  That’s the reason why so many engineers get s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The the same family of sound? by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Robert, G10 has no special damping properties that I detected. In fact it is some kind of plastic feeling material. It is “filament glass cloth material with an epoxy resin binder”. http://www.polymerplastics.com/composite_g10.shtml I do not fine i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Different players in the auditable game by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="be"] Instead of defining the ULF range from the reproduced instruments, it is much smarter to do it based on the first resonance frequency of the listening room, because the frequency response of a closed room has a 12dB/oct rise in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Romy don't get so worked up dude by Kerry Brown on 2011-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Hi Romy,Always nice to correspond with you, thanks for your comments.I used the term 'sophisticated' literally: so - phis - ti - cat - ed Adjective: 1. ( of a machine, system, or technique ) Developed to a high degree of complexity.As do you, I prefe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The infinite baffle project is underway. by Romy the Cat on 2018-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
My contractors who built for me the 40Hz midbass horn in my former listening room is doing currently my infinite baffle manifold. The deals was changed, it is not what depicted above and there is no compression chamber in there anymore. It make wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: ribbons, ribbons, ribbons. Ribbons? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Yes, Paul, I know this company. It is always slightly annoyed me that it is Chinese company as Chinese manufactures very rarely, if ever, do any audio products with extreme or demanding performing characteristics. They rather do inexpensive mass-mark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: One person's trash is another's treasure... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Collin, there is one more tip for you how you might bult a very inexpensive but very good performing MF channel, thought it might be slightly time-consuming… It is not well-know but some, primary Japanese companies like JVC, Yamaha, Hitachi, Denon ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Harshness 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 
Yeah, they are my own experiments so I am the only one that need to care. They are based on your earlier work, so I felt like writing and tell you what I am doing with your ideas. The drivers we use may be superior or inferior. As long as mine are t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Trying second time.... :-) by Romy the Cat on 2019-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
Hm, it looks like I misread you post initially, now I got it. What type of crossover you use at 110Hz? You know that you will eventually will end up 3 more bass sections per side, juts give yourself time… I personally never had success with bass s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! by HifiOrDie on 2021-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
   First off, let me say Hello to all fellow Audiophiles!   I'm an audio-obsessed 29 year old currently living in the United States (Minnesota), and have spent years perfecting HIFI systems in vehicles, and over...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #225: Bass for Dannoys cont. by N-set on 2022-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
After fantasizing about an infinite baffle, I calculated what kind of structure I'd have to build (in lieu of an attic/crawlspace) and this is an obvious no-go. A more practical idea is a sealed box with two parallel ScanSpeaks per channel. This ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Holy cow!!!! by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Ended, holy cow!!!! I just install the Vitavox 15” into the Remedies bass, internally, in the way how it was originally designed, and it sound just spectacular. It is possible that at LF the rim at the baffle is not as auditable. It is possible th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Enough is enough by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Yes, I was contemplating this idea and the back panel is removable, but I will not do it. There is no need to do it as it must be just another speaker made. The next version will be with external mount and revered bevel back to center of the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Addictive quality by N-set on 2021-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Thank you very much Romy for your attempt on comparing the two. Although it is obviously just a sketch,  I enjoyed it and actually my curiosity about Dannoy/SIT has even grown. Might be you've hit one of a "singular point" of audio. You mentioned...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Romy's new listening room, hopefully the last one. by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
tarted to mount the open baffle for ULF channels at my attic.  The system is fully operational, not time aligned yet to the degree that I would like it to be but I'm going to tell you: that Tannoy Red 10 is something that makes everything so sweet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: A good guide. A few things I would like to expend on. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
The “best midrange comes from compression drivers”. I see somebody like Haralanov would be very much opposed to this comment. The irony is that I would be opposed as well to this comment.  I would say that the best midrange at over 107dB sensitiv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox S2 vs. the World by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="jweiss"] When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Chinese upperbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
I’ve been harassing my horn-maker for quite a while with an idea to go for straight, no-cheating 45-50Hx horn. We discussed it countless times and sometime probably we would go for this, and particularly if I figure out how to resolve the delays prob...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Engineers are very cautious types, just like me when I design power tr... by Bud on 2005-07-13 
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 
Please, have some fun. First download the white paper to see what the patent artists came up with. It is essentially correct but not to scale. Note that it requires 18 offset sets of blocks around the periphery of a cone. About two degrees of space ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The inflatable speakers dumping and no only. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The inflatable speakers dumping and no only. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Fllowing my experiments with Injection Channel http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=4473 I have discovered recently that I was a greedy fool who should know better. The new Injection Channel does OK as a independent single channel bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I feel a driver needs to be somewhat hard-mounted to the enclosure. Cork gives the right sort of balance between hard-mounting and floating, while still sealing, however it would be a pain to cut that many gaskets from cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: About me, MiniMe, love and anything else. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Well, the points you bring up are valid but as anything else it all highlight problems with people not with equipment. I am not sure that I am glad with my decisiveness and sanity in MiniMe projects. I was trying to rationalize the MiniMe idea in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
In reference to: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1414 I had recently a guy in my listening room and he asked me if it would be possible to get the 300Hz range in the way how it sounds in my room but without using those larger uppe...
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