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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Servo? by Paul S 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 
Romy, it sounds like you've got your heart set on getting LF from your MF drivers in BR boxes.  But perhaps for this to happen you will have to crank up the LF power, anyway.  Maybe this calls for a separate, stuffed "LF" box-in-a-box ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: NXT type surrounds by maravedis on 2021-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Romy,Did you ever experiment with DML or BMR type drivers for ambience channels?https://www.tectonicaudiolabs.com/audio-components/bmr-speakers/https://uk.kef.com/products/t101-satellite-speakersThere is something quite wonderful about how they work ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: BD-Design Orelo speaker by manisandher on 2014-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BD-Design’s Orelino in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Well, I have just taken receipt of my Orelo speakers (pic attached) - the bigger version of the Orelino speakers, with 3x 15" bass drivers per channel as opposed to 3x 12" drivers.I realize that Romy doesn't regard the coaxial BMS mid/high compressio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The Wedgie by Paul S on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
But doesn't putting the drivers on an inward-firing arc more or less shoot all the sound into a point, like the opposite of the Big Bang?This seems like an invitation to phase problems in the real world, and it also seems like it could bugg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: S2 pandora's box 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 
truth is i took a risk.i bought the s2s on ebay,and have never heard them.i was motivated to experiment and explore the core of the mac/melq system.i have owned many horns and heard many more. one case in point;avantgarde duo,i have heard this speake...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Swimming the ocean at night? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I think this 2A3 must have a specific set-up to sound its best. You have not found it yet. To begin with and familiarize yourself with the sound of it, I suggest sticking with the topology that has been tested by amplifier design...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #211: Dog Eats Reviewer by Paul S on 2013-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Well, the Q5s were everywhere when I was trying to find big amps, and they really have no chance to move me.  Even to do what they might do would take maybe 500W SS, yet Harley thinks he hears them at their best with the ML2.2.  Then again, I suppose...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Dynamic sinking? by Paul S on 2007-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter how high you cross ov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: EnABL Pattern and Ribbed Cones by Bud on 2005-07-14 
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 
Brian,Microphone diaphrams, headphone diaphrams ,dome tweeters, all have to have the pattern applied with a technical pen i.e. Kohinoor or Mars. These are becomming a little difficult to find in all towns. A 50% mixture of Poly S and water should be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: DEQX on horns by Jorge on 2011-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
I tried a highly modded DEQX on my horns for some time, we did all the time alignment with it, we used 1st order and 4th order xovers and everything in between, we used LeCleach adjustment for bass and all the other drivers we had it sounding for som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Crossover Design: WHY? by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I know all the compromises involved with the EdgarHorns, I have heard them when I visited Bruce Edgar in Gardena, and they were pretty good compared to most of what is out there.  I realized that I would likely never be able...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: SOS (same old shit) Redux by Paul S on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
Petar, I might have just been tired, but I thought I saw a pair of "likely" 3.5" paper tweeters, and I played the hypnotized consumer and bought them, to start with my adaption education.  It might be a while before they get here, but in the meantime...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Sump by Paul S on 2011-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
Very interesting, N-set.  Of course we have been setting typical RC out at, say, 2 Hz for many years; but still I have puzzled over a sort of sonic "sump" and/or bungee effect that seems to increase as the sheer mass of parts begins to pile up.  On t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Silbatone by Stitch on 2012-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
Well, I didn't come so close to answer your question right.I saw a few from the German DIY scenery and for them it was like the return of Jesus, best sound on PlanetBut probably they are still deaf as usual, because the Frequency step ups are limited...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Variable Resistors by Paul S on 2017-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
BR, I have never used Romy's amp design, but I have used 6C33C SETs with Lowthers.  I do not use my Lowthers FR, for reasons that are fully explicated throughout this site, so I don't worry about LF from those drivers.  IMO, their best is MF up to tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Ideas by derik736 on 2018-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Just to share with you with my ideas about the Scepter 500 clones. I´m not sure if I will use the w3801 bass drivers. I felt in love with Altec 416 and quite frankly I very much doubt that Onkyo would sound better or equally good. It surely doesn´t s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Within Reason by Paul S on 2018-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klipsch Jubilee in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Gera, if you're going to be reasonable and settle for a low frequency of 50 Hz from this channel, this gives you a wider range of choices, and you might try your Klipsch, or you might try a number of older, "thin" paper cone, 15" drivers.  And if you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Pass Band by Paul S on 2019-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multicellular horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I was one of the people who bagged on the Altec 811 metal horn in the old thread. I also heard a version of this horn that was supposedly made of tar that had an Altec label on it, and a friend of mine built us a couple of tar copies of the next size...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Dynamism... by mats on 2021-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
...is a most admirable quality. As an elder who has found the quarantine couchexceedingly  pleasing, I honor your enthusiasm. However, much can be said for the wisdom of studying eluded to in the above responses. So, in your large horn you do not nee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The "Variables" by Paul S on 2018-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How difficult is it to achieve Vox Olympian sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
This thread has gotten Interesting.  Josh, what do you say to the fact that some of the best sounding drivers with "the same specs" sound different, one from the other?  It does seem to get down to how well versed in sound development one is in the f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: The Nature and "Quality" of Main Channels and Delay by Paul S on 2023-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Bill, sorry to hear a low followed the high, and I know what you mean about getting old, but you did not mention in this post that you use DSP to improve the "overall" sound quality and to produce specific room effects, but Romy  - as far as I know -...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #417: My midbass horns are pregnant. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
From the time of the insertion and setting the proper crossover my midbass is growing and growing, getting larger, deeper and better in all aspects. I am not kidding and now, when I have no ULF channels operational, it is very obvious. I can’t explai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The Sound of the Box by Paul S on 2011-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Mats, I must have missed something.  What do you see in the Audiotekne photo that you ask after the bass box?  My usual ADHD glance only took in a double-wall-with-double-cutouts front baffle(s), and the (small-ish) size of it; maybe some sort of BR ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: About the 375 by Jorge on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
One more thing about the JBL 375, I did play around with them enough, I aligned the diaphragms several times untill they sounded their best and were very listenable,  This was some time ago now, I didnt turn my horns then, so I tried them on the orig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Vitavox are 'Go!' And the 'democratisation' of horn loudspeakers. by oxric on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]In the few converstaions I've had with him, Mike seems totally sincere and, as I've mentioned before, I very much hope he will one day come through.jd*[/quote]Well Jessie, it looks like your wish has come true. The Vitavox...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: AK150 vs. 151, and the Voice of God by Paul S on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
I am out the door, just wanted to mention, it is my understanding that only one of these was meant for a horn; the other is a direct driver, like the original 515.I assume the celebrated "slotted" Vitavox horn is not the same as the one and only Vita...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Well, need to make peace with YOUR room by MINGSU on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I cannot say much for others but in my case, my listen room is fixed, either good or bad, larger or small.  There are only so many ways to fit all the audio stuffs into a space.  Of course, if the space is not an issue, time-aligned install...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Diviating From "Successful Formula" by Paul S on 2021-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
I hear you, Romy, too many other things going on to do this full time, like "the old days". To save time and effort, you could try to "repeat" the original Dannoy configuration (same gear and location) and hear if it is "repeatable". If not, you're d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: The Impossible Dream by Paul S on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
What kind of futzing would it take to work an attenuated T350 or something like that back in there, just to check it against massed strings and the other impossible-to-achieve standards that tell everything about the "mid HF" qualities?All that x...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #439: Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare by Paul S on 2013-06-02 
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, it is rare for Alinco magnets to drop a charge "just like that", although time and/or physical shocks can diminish the magnetism considerably.  If you happen to know how much charge your drivers started out with, then you already know more than...
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