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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Comparison between the radiating areas. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]Come ooon, comparison between the radiating area of direct radiator vs. the area of horn’s mouth is too amateurish even for some diyaudio.com level simpletons… It is as naïve as saying Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is simply 100 grams ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: JBL 2490 mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-sale items in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I also am selling my JBL 2490 mid-range drivers and perhaps a collection of my original Aura 1808 drivers. The 2490 drivers are new and Auras are some old and some new. I just do not see myself to develop any inspiration to use them......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Interesting, the Fane is back by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
The old Fane had no money to comeback, apparently someone took them over, I wonder who. The new Fane drivers? I know nothing about them. I did not know the old Fane drivers. I have only 24” woofers, 5M and 8M. The CRESCENDO series was available with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: How to renovate 2440? by Dominik on 2010-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL2440 on a round 300Hz tractrix horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Hi,Finally, I have time to build some horn speakers and learn what is it,  bought JBL 2440 drivers and before my frame will by finish (next week) and horns will arrive I want to renovate those drivers. My question is:Can I take off that "grainy" topc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Same as free-air resonance? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Horn Savant"] I think it's about the same as free-air resonance - backwave to entire basement. Precedent: pre-war theatre horns(open rear like Shearer/ERPI)(unlike post-war reflex tuned designs like Altec A4)(I don't like reflex boxes - ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Too simple mistake to make. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klangfilm: actual knowledge is better then fetish imaginatio... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]If you look at the picture second from the the top, you will see 2 woofers mounted in front on the baffle, notice a 2 piece horn from the baffle. Klangfilm never had such a horn, they would start at the baffle and curve out. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cessaro Horn Acoustics drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
I wonder if anyone recognizes the drivers of the Cessaro Horn Acoustics? I thought that I know all of them but looking at Cessaro’s compression driver I have no idea what it is and I feel that my ego severally hurts. The pictures on the Cessaro site ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Not TAD anymore… by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]I think they could could make the sound more pleasant with an overkill of second harmonic distortion. But for people who prefer that kind of sound a relax-horn like Anima would be better anyway. No real solution. Maybe they should...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Indeed by Markus on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The sound compromises of high efficiency direct radiators. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I have recently been thinking about efficiency. Apart from enabling you to use low power amps, is there really any reason why high efficiency is better than low or medium efficiency, all else being equal (and I know perfectly well it never is, but le...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: "The drivers from home listening", period or multiple dots? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="twogoodears"] Horns drivers from home listening are, must be differently built from industrial/P.A. drivers, period. [/quote] Yes and no. Yes, they might be, or even must be different, but can you elaborate on this idea in context of GOT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My direction is 2x4" + 12" + 2x15" + 4x23" by haralanov on 2011-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Romy, I do agree with all your comments. It is true that the magnitude of the rubber taste very much depends on the crossover frequency. I used them below 64Hz, but with first order filter, implemented before the amp that drives them. With that kind ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The Macondo’s Axioms and the Tilting Excursion by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Since the “no tilting rule” is one of the Macondo’s Axioms: (#2 - “All channels shell have strictly parallel axis”) then I would like to defend it. [quote user="be"] The time alignment will depend on the geometrics of horn set up and listening posit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Drivers wanted by jessie.dazzle on 2008-06-02 
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 
Romy wrote :"...Years ago when I researched the subject of the drivers for my UpperBass horns and when I was trying many alternatives..."And in the Warfdale thread : "... I had in past a few Goodman drivers but I was looking very different thin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I had no lack with AMT by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different type of upper MF compression driver. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
I do not like the AMT Heil drivers at all. I have no idea what 5 times higher transient response they claimed but to my ears all AMT drivers I heard sounded like their upper notes are covered with 2 inch deep saliva. The Heil drivers are in my view t...

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 #4: Eugenie’s installation: some lessons. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I see that Eugenie’s installation did not create in people to think about it, I think it is unfortunate. Here are some important points of Eugenie’s installation: 1)      Use instead of good drivers a large amount of mediocre drivers. By do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: 130 volt FC drivers by vinylithicum on 2011-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Hi audiofilofine.Nice drivers, although the picture is a bit fuzzy. Can you tell more about your drivers?Maurice....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "Beautiful” but themselves. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Paull, the horns might be “beautiful” but only themselves. When they are jointed with the rest Macondo spherical chennals then I do not like how it all looks together.  Regarding the drivers, I do have a few options, I might slowly exercise them and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Speaker Building: do not worry. by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speaker Building in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Alex, contrary to the numerous speculation that many people more or less reasonably spread about the subject, my experience indicates that there are no such a things as “preferable crossover frequencies". The chosen optimum crossover frequencies are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: 10" Bass drivers dairy note. by cv on 2005-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Romy,I make 6 drivers = 95.8 db/W. You get 3db / doubling of the number of drivers ie 88 + 10log10(6 drivers).That's why I'm going with a bunch of Lambda TD15S (which are sort of a cross between the Altecs cone - paper, curved, foam surroun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: About the RCA enthusiasts that I have witnessed. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Which RCA driver you use? RCA had a few drivers the pre and after war. I am familiar with a few after war drivers that I tried in my 330Hz horn and I was not impressed. Reportedly the pre-war MI-1428B shall be the one to play with; I did not have thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Why care about the specifications as Goto understands it! by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"] Since they are very old pair of driver, I will recommend you to send them to GOTO Japan to make sure the driver are up to the spec. so you can be sure …. [/quote] Ok, but then they need to send them to me then in order I inform ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Feigning the 8M by jessie.dazzle on 2009-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Decoud,Though I have a pair of 8Ms, I did some searching around for alternatives just to make sure I couldn't find something "better".Its not really a kosher approach, but my research was centered on vintage alnico drivers, origin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
LOW FREQUENCY DIRECT RADIATOR DRIVERS 411A –18Hz, 93dB, sealed box414A - 99dB, 30Hz, Alnico, cloth416B – Alnico, 97dB, 25Hz, cloth416C – 16” version of above with Ferrite416Z - 12" version417C – 100dB, 69Hz, Alnico, 1.3T, 12”418B – 100dB, 55Hz, Alni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Le Cleach, ferrite and neodymium... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="CO"] May i ask if you have ever played with the Le Cleach flares and how you find them?They were created to reduce reflections directly back into the horn. Only problem is they are very large because of this.... [/quote] Nope. I never h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Stacking LF drivers for indoor results? [Re: Macondo alteration: first... by Ronnie on 2006-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I'm moving my two finished LF boxes (connected as 1 channel) around the room, trying to set them up to play more frequency-flat than I've been able to make them with only one box per channel.Putting one in the ceiling and the other on the floor, both...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The myth of demagnetization. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Listening the argument of the field-coil’s people I note that they constantly stress the demagnetization subject of the driver’s magnet, advocating that with electromagnet “the field coil will always produce the same strength now and 100 years in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I have writhen about it before somewhere..... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver Alignment, and Where to Draw the Line in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
It is very easy to figure out acoustically. Feed the drivers and their crossover with a reference tone of fixed amplitude and fixed frequency, roughly in the middle of crossover point. Disconnect one of the drivers and measure the acoustic pressure e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The JBL one-inchers are no better then BMS crap. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]Anyhow, what are the 2" comp drivers that ARE any good and are available comercially? I didnt go with any JBLs because I had a very bad time with the 2427 1" version, could never get any music out of it. [/quote] I would be surpri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: "Such precision audio transducer"? by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="MINGSU"] The waiting list is always 2- 3 month back log because there is no short cut to mass production of such precision audio transducer. [/quote] Ming, I disagree with this sentiment. Any manufacturing is mass production; the ques...
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