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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #337: About the foam by el`Ol on 2010-10-02 
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, I think you have neither a system with back chamber now (because the foam is closed pore), nor a "true compression driver" (because the foam is not rigid). Probably you mainly have a second vibrating system coupled to the cone that enhances mec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: It is about magnet and SS type. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Gordan, I think you are missing the accent of what I meant to say. The Class A or not is not important for compression drivers and the S3 in particularly. I mean it is important and it much be ONLY class A but I do not see any SS amps switching in cl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: I read before the bed.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Take a look at the video: [/quote]I am not sure why you keep bringing the Vengerov’s video again and again. It is quite banal things and those infomercials of Vengerov educating in front of camera the sentimental girls ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Wave lenght and xover by Jorge on 2011-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Haralanov,  I guess you mean to say disconnect the tweeter on one side of your playback?  not the whole left side of the playback...When you use compression drivers it is very important to design the horn taking care of the high frequency response.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #149: Fostex F120A – the fucking disaster! by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I was running the F120A for a whole day and now I can’t stress more than I did it in the subject of this post this - driver is ultimate nightmare. In full range it was just too brutal to list it and it sounded sometimes like mechanically distorted. S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: What is your reasoning? by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]p.s from my experience of having a 500 sq. ft. listening room with 7 ft. ceiling and having two 18" woofers in a infinite baffle configuration, it is not enough to pressurize the room. I am talking about low and medium listeni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Some more questions by haralanov on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am not familiar with those types of drivers and with the results they are able to show. [/quote] Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Reply by electronluv on 2007-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electronluv systems questions and perhaps answers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
thanks I have a few questions to ask if you do not mind: 1)     Did you experiment with surface of the horns and a negative contribution of smooth surface to Sound?Smooth surface are fine don't waste my time on a trival matters. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Vitavox as an autistic obsession. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-27 
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="oxric"]Mike duly explained to me that he would not vouch for the work of anyone not qualified and experienced with Vitavox drivers, given both the complexity of the work and the number of parts that go into making these drivers. I as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: 80Hz compression driver. by Romy the Cat on 2016-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Nope, I never heard about those drivers. For sure a compression driver that goes down to 80Hz might be interesting. A few concerns I would have however.   The people who make such a driver would not come from nowhere but they rather would b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some thoughts about EV-T350 and the tweeters generally by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A lot of people ask me about those drivers and I’ll try to compile my vision about them. I did try most of the possible tweeters: dome tweeters with cloth cones, varies type of hard metal domes, compression drivers with aluminum, titanium, phenolic a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dream Hi-Eff Speakers for an “inmate”. by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dream Hi-Eff Speakers for an “inmate”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
The Morons™ at AA’s between selling to each other what they did not like and topping each other on their shoulders came up with a subject what horn installation would be if price would be no object. The question is semi-foolish as price is never ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Another example of use of a Fundamentals Channel. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I do not remember whose inhalation it was, also unfortunately those audio people flash each other with pictures, exchanging with audiopornography, but do not share their reason, thoughts of objectives. In the given example the system designer obvi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Active filtering by devo_yan on 2018-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Thank you for your answer.If I understand well, In purpose to do something realistic and good sounding. I should use at least 2 amplifiers (one for high frequencies and the GM-100 amp for low frequencies) with a tubes active filter at the inputs of e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Center your drivers, boys. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An ultimate horn profile? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]This is but one reason why I'm asking Martin Seddon to make me a pair of 160Hz horns...[/quote]Another problem…. Chris, be carefully with those large 160Hz horn and S2. The guys who make then have no instruments to center the mounti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #143: Compression driver and cockroaches. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Thanks, Paul I have seen your comment about the TAD bug screens at AA. The bug screens are a touchy subject – with some driver removing them works fine with some made sound worse. I did not experiment with TAD’s bug screens… Generally the bug scree...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The lower MF channels by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] To that I would only add the following: Start saving up now for a second pair of S2s.[/quote] Yes and no. I used the second S2 for lower MF range but it is not only way to go. I would propose that any driver with large a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Adjustable rear chamber (Photos) by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Ronnie wrote (and posted the following image): "...I was thinking the same. But perhaps rubber rings can be used to seal the back chamber to make it instantly tune-able (without the hard foam)..."Romy wrote a thread called the "Practical Guide t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The “wide bandwidth” drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another electromagnet driver: Great Vintage Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
I do not look for beryllium diaphragms, I just was wondering if someone has succeeded to manufacture them in “basement conditions”. As I understand it shall be VERY difficult. Well, your driver might be interesting. If I was able to accommodat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. by gordan on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
well, i believe that the popularity of the better fostex tweeters comes from their typical, off-shelf sound which is soft and easy on ear in comparison with super-resolunt Ti or Be diaphragm equipped competition. they very much suit any sharpness com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Size might be an issue by martinshorn on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
hi Romy! Good thought with the current on the damping... I had another thought. High excusion might create lots of distortion in a compression chamber. No surprise. But in my oppinion the sizes are often not in proportion. Lets calculate......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The Last driver is never a first one. by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Also you say: "In reality the driver is the key"So let me ask for advice on suitable driver(s). This be my next step. Need I select a size? Or driver with certain spec? For example lets say driver "x" is good for this rang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A horn arc by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct radiation in the Macondo midrange horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Yes, Anthony, any horn by nature has what I call horn arc. At the bottom of the range the channel boost output, then the gain slowly decay and become almost like a direct radiator and then the output begin to roll off at HF by horn until the driver r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Thank you Romy very well put. by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
 I would like to thank you for taking the time to give me a very satisfying answer and explain in detail your views on the whole subject and give a little more insight in to how you do things. Yes I suppose I really knew all along it was coming and w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Horns do what they do by rowuk on 2012-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Anything wrong with wide bandwidth horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Novigera, let's ignore any issues of sound quality first. A horn loads its drivers and increases efficiency only at certain frequencies. The frequencies that are more efficient are based on length, taper and size of the mouth. That means that it does...

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 #21: Cogent 2007, True-to-Life Horn Loudspeaker - the criticism by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
The AudioFederation guy posted pictures from RMAF show with Cogent room. (The images are courtesy to http://www.audiofederation.com) I was wrong in my previous post, as Cogent did demonstrate their loudspeakers with Ionovac ion tweeter. Yester...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I did not do the “rigid search” yet. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  30 Replies 
[quote user="CO"]If you havent already, why not explore the Infinite baffle concept? Or a long terminated back chamber for that matter. Current drive should also be very good on the lower registers.[/quote] I did it. Any situation where sealing of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 45Hz Bass Horn by jessie.dazzle on 2006-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 45Hz Bass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Hello Romy and everyone here, Thanks again for your thoughts on the large horns. It seems best to start a new thread, as previous threads dealing with the "10-Footer" originally began as discussions of other subjects. Romy, you may want to move previ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Some thoughts about my New Macondo's Absolute Tone by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
After the painstaking setting up of the new Macondo, measuring all distance, paralleling the horns and time-aligning everything, after the setting up a correct level of the new channel’s attenuation (it turned out -2dB was necessary) I spent some tim...
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