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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Just played the BSO Ordinal files. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I got the new BSO 88/24 files them briefly listened a few fragments. Generally I do like them and they are nothing like the 320kbps multi-channel WMA that BSO marketed before. My fear that the files might have issues with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Do not buy Fane, buy AK47. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Jorge, if you have 120hz horn with a 4" throat and 10" driver then Fane 8M would be a good candidate in my view. If I were you then I would try. The SG146LG is you had would be very interesting to try as well. Not to try it stupidly as most of Go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: How to drive a long cable. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-21 
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="Romy the Cat"]If I succeed to make my midbass horn at attic then I will face another problem that I do not know how to address at this point. The horns will be powered from Melquiades bass channels – it means it will use a good 70 feet s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #227: They are very simplistic and primitive things but... by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-01 
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="jessie.dazzle"] Romy wrote:"...Let pretend that you play a normal some kind of horn with a lot of air in it. The air drives the driver impedance down..."I'd like to understand this; correct me if I'm wrong:As soon as the membrane of a ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: One note devise. by Romy the Cat on 2012-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Brass instruments function much differently than audio horns. First of all they are built extremely resonant by mismatching length and horn taper. The taper of the bell is there not for horn type efficiency, rather to change the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Live recordings by Jorge on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
We have tested live recordings against live sound, a recording of a jazz singer was done on Reel tape on an Ampex ATR modded machine with Fluxmagnetics heads etc.  The microphone used was the legendary Telefunken stereo tube mic. no post producti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: About the Soundmirror comments. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Mark Donahue"]Mani, Yes, the files were created using the HDCD Model 1 AD converter and you will actually get improved audio if your DA converter properly decodes the HDCD (Even at 88.2 kHz /24 bit!) There is information about the filter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Geometry by jackydai on 2019-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I’m glad you talk about geometry, but to respond to this I have to refer to other brands. I will only talk about facts and hope it’s not offending anybody.My basic point is: the flare rate has to be coherent right from the entrance of phase plugs. In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The hard-reading vs. soft-reading by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zanden 2500S CD player + some general attitude comments. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"] Don't you think that this “soft reading” players with no rythm syndrome could have mainly to do with dynamic compression, which is as much a feature of many "analog sounding" CD players as high frequency roll off?[/quote] I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Well.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Anthony, it is not the subject of this thread but I am replying you since you raised a question. Is there are a lot of conspiracies about Tannoy vintage crossovers. They did many different versions and all of them well known. If somebody need I can h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A datacenter at home and … "sound". by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A datacenter at home and … "sound". in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
With thinking about organist ion of my needs in new home I am was complaining about organization of my Internet needs. After evaluation of multiple ISP and options they offer I pick one that would give me the bandwidth I want. One of the long-aim...

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 #214: A possible Midbass horn? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I was thinking about the throat of my hypothetic midbass horn. This is complex, controversial and it has pretty much no answer, at least in the formeat I ask it. I will share my thoughts with you. Let pretend that I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: More goto... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2007-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello again, Romy... friends.. cats... I am sorry for my delinquence in replying... but the good news is that in the past weeks I have managed to get a beginning Goto system together... more on that in a minute.. first, basshorns... the bassh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: More on GOTO / Experience Music horns... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello again, Romy.. let me see if I can clear some of this up.... first, you are indeed correct on your horn thoughts.. but some clarification is in order... Ming Su is the importer of GOTO to the USA... Goto Japan only ships horns from flar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL 2490 mid-range driver by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2490 mid-range driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
A few months ago a reader of my site contacted me and informed about that he found a very interesting driver, that his is using and he is very excited about it. The driver is JBL 2490. http://www.jblpro.com/pub/components/2490.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The state of High-Efficiency: drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The state of High-Efficiency Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Well, whatever you do with your loudspeakers of with you whole playback system is kind of irrelevant if your drivers are not right. In my view the drivers are the very much heart of playback but in case of High-Efficiency and particularly horn-loaded...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Somebody "KCCT82"  from Devil Audio site posted information about own installation. Channels: TAD ET-703 compression driver <12k-20k> (107db 8 ohms)TAD TD-4002 compression driver on 400hz tractrix <1.9k-12k> (110db 16 ohms)GOTO...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Contributing factors of compressed sound. by malinowski on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I would have thanked you sooner but I had the day OFF of my day job today and had no time to post until now. *cracking up* I had a feeling there was no easy answer, wasn't sure if I was missing something, had scoured posts for a whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Acquired Taste by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Acquired Taste in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
Here is a good article, not that I agree with everything that the author say but the direction is very good.  http://guthrytrojan.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html An Acquired Taste by Guthry Trojan from March 28, 2006 It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: I dont know how, but it works by be on 2012-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Hi rowuk.Shark skin decreases the formation of vortexes in fluid flows over surfaces and thereby reduces drag.Shark skin resembles fine sand paper and has actually been used as such.Of cource there is a difference between a stady flow around a shark ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Horn loaded until what frequencies by Jorge on 2013-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
No system ever resembles live music.  imho.  But you can get pretty close.Can you describe or share a pic of the horrid horns systems you have listened to?I also hate most badly designed "horn" systems too.Usually most "Horn" systems have a 15" woofe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Ok, good for you… by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
[quote user="ShuffleSk8Ter"]there is one system that resembles what live music sounds like and its not a horn! To be honest I really have no idea of what topology these horns were setup like... all i have evaluated is there soundI like to go into som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. by Rewind on 2013-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
My work to make the Fane S 8m work, continues amd I have yet to hear my midbasshorn built perferctly according to Romy-specifications. I will continue because in early trials there was something I did like. I guess I will just end up with a measly €...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Upper Bass Compression driver by Jorge on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Just a quick note.I tired a JBL 3" compression driver 2490h model with original Titanium diaphragms on a 120 hz  Tacrix horn.  I got a response down to 200 hz. How did it sound?   It sounded good clear and transparent but it lacked a little tone imho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: For real instruments louder is a color by rowuk on 2018-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback can’t play loud. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Practically, a modern orchestra plays more "safely" for a recording. This most certainly limits the tonal palette from any or all of the instruments. There is less for audio to reconstruct.If we are talking about more "vintage" recordings with a gain...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Shelter 90X gone flat by marknoir on 2010-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Hello RomyI like Shelters as well, so I finally scrubbed-up enough money and began to search. I was always happy with 901, but there were none around. Last night I got a 90X, with (supposedly) around 100 hrs on it, within driving distance. So today I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The artificial nature of the soundstage by drdna on 2008-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
Well, correct me if I am wrong, but I would say that imaging relaies heavily on the differences in timing and amplitude between the two sides and with secondary reflections.  This leads to a perception of sound wherein we are able to localize in...

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...
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