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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My horn speakers system. (from Thailand) by touch on 2008-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My horn speakers system. (from Thailand) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Hello all (from Thailand)!I found this very intersting horn society here by accident and would like to show and share my first experience with horn speakers system.It's consist of 4 way system .[IMG]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/krairerk/hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The methods of back chamber’s control must be available by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Ming, thank you very much for resonance information, it explains a lot about the SG145LD4’s suspension. Still, my primary interest was not how folks out there build 20Hz of 24Hz horns but about ability to use the SG145LD4 properly for smaller horns...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Alpha is not EV by Reno on 2009-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Engaging the David Haigner’s ideas in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
Hi Romy,as distributor of David Haigners products to Austria and Germany I think I should make some comments on your...hm...review of a speaker you have never heard.I will not comment on the theory of CD horns here. It should only be noted that the A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Color does mean the things in this case. by Romy the Cat 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"] Color or opacity of the material in itself means nothing; it could very well be white, pink or have leopard spots (I'm betting you'd like that!), all independent of its physical characteristics. [/quote] Of cause the colo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Goto horngogoto horn by audiofilofine on 2010-08-30 
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"]  audiofilofine wrote: Horn Savant wrote:Final exit ~ 1M x 2M crn loaded (yielding 1/4 given mouth cut-off frequency)With 416's bass can be devastatingly spectacular !The general public have no concept of the efficacy of la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Horn suggestions for 300Hz-1000Hz channel by Rewind on 2013-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
It is a shame that I keep finding threads about a 300Hz compression driver channel, that ends abruptly. I have been trying with a not-so-exact Goto S-150 replica (~1.7m deep, 75cm diameter mouth), and I know of another fellow in Sweden who tried the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Goto S150 with what? by Rewind on 2013-07-03 
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 
I kind of got stuck in selecting an upper midrange driver, above 2kHz. If a driver is going to screech in your ears it is going to be in these frequencies. I was never really satisfied with the range of 1" compression drivers I tried. That is wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some other audio ... by xandcg on 2016-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hello,Can you give me some ideas for a good room? Also, audio related ideas are always welcome too.The initial plan is a room with 5m H x 10m W x 14m D (about 16,5ft H x 33ft W x 46ft D). Solid floor, probably porcelain tile (chess floor style), and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Have you heard a word “discovery”? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]HAHAHAHAHA!!!Torsion fields are worth, at least, a nobel. Are you aware of that?Please do nor make 100% IDIOTS of yourselves invoking Einstein-Cartan theoryin audio!!! HAHAHAHAHA IDIOTS!!! Better spot 1st, 2nd or 4327483256rd orde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: The lower power handling by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Paul, Ok, I would agree with this. The power handling is the factor that I forgot to mention. The Japanese home drivers are rated for a few watts vs. the pro driver are rated for hundreds watts.  BTW, some of older pro drivers (like my Vitavox) wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: What is perfectly time aligned? by MINGSU on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Romy!Put on an engineer hat! Time-aligned is an impossible task from my point of view.  How can one perfectly time align different drivers?  Align to what precision? mm, inch, cm or ft?  5%, 10%, 30% time align? Align to the tip of the cone or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Goto unknowns... by serenechaos on 2009-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Ok; there's a mis-print somewhere, or a manufacturing change...  The web site linked listed SG-370 as 23,000 gauss, and SG-370DX as 24,000 gauss.  The goto brochure lists SG-370 as 24,000 gauss.  And was discussed yesterday w/ someone, one doesn't re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: the magico ultimo are not the best i heard by angeloitacare-idiot on 2007-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns / BMS drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
hi Dominic i made myself the same question regarding the high frequencies in the orphean horn. the reason is probably because this horn has no compression, and the horn length is not so deep, and the exit diameter is 2 inch, quit big. If you read my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The SG146 Measures by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
With that Moscow guy it is not the question of his reliability but his sanity. I hope you understand that response he gets is rather a measuring of his horn then measuring his driver. He unfortunately neither intellectually (audio-wise) not psychol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Hi, Jeffrey, and welcome. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] so, my straight horns... I like them very much.. I built mine similar in style to what Greg B linked, but obviously much smaller.. mine are just under eight feet long (length of a sheet of plywood) and have a mouth roug...

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 #51: I'll miss the cats by jessie.dazzle on 2007-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Hello friends,Romy wrote (in the context of the MingSu/Jackson/Goto upper-mid bass horn thread):"...Yep, I would hang the midbass above and as you said put an upperbass on a floor to anchor the center image. Something similar to what Jessie is doing....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Big horn in house not easy by Horn Savant 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="audiofilofine"]  Horn Savant wrote:Final exit ~ 1M x 2M crn loaded (yielding 1/4 given mouth cut-off frequency)With 416's bass can be devastatingly spectacular !The general public have no concept of the efficacy of large bass hornsthan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Just guessing what is going on in your case. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. Let also presume that when ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: RTA and aural experiences by twogoodears on 2010-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Thanks for the wise, simple instructions, Roman, also useful to others, I believe... that's what I actually do since I - 'twas ONLY 15 months ago... - became conscious of the limits of my tuning-by-ear and got my IVIE IE-30 with Class A measurement m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Drums & fifes by twogoodears 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 Josh... of course... for evaluation and pleasure-reasons I had my own 24 bit/192 khz live recordings of Lou Harrison's music, performed by a percussion ensemble with harp and assorted cymbals and drums, any size and flute and female, soprano voice...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #236: Those bass drivers .... by Romy the Cat on 2016-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
 [quote user="xandcg"]Now I got why exactly midbass horns are reported to be so complicated to be properly made. [/quote]     Well, I do not think you did as I promise your that the complexity is much more then you know, or at least then wh...

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 #5: The KCCT82’s midbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 8" Goto Woofer for 60Hz Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Kcct82"]Thanks Romy, your comment above cleared some of the questions I had regarding 50/60hz midbass horns. I found some info on the driver after digging through Japanese sites. I don't know if these info will help interpret with...

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 #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 #117: Please no T/S talk again. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"] Actually you might get some TS parameters for Gotos if you find right people to ask. I do not have them but I am sure there is somebody out there who do. The problem is that those parameters are very much irrel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: No DSP for sure by Murataltuev on 2015-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Murat, that's a lot to ask from one driver. [/quote]1000-12 000 is 3.5 octaves.300-3000 is a bit less.[quote]In any case, if you do get useful results with the paper driver, you will have to turn right around and integrate it bac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY bass by atilsley169 on 2012-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Hi Romy…and fellow audio nutters.   I’ve bitten the bullet, and shifted from BLH to front-loaded. Yes, I was an idiot, a moron for not doing this sooner.   My project is ‘humble’ by Romy’s standard…but I feel it meets the following objectives I h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: No one knows anything…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Haralanov, I do not think that the “information” that you found is indicative of anything. If they changed coils and diaphragms on their LOMO drivers (and I presume that if they change the diaphragms then they did not keep the LOMO original suspensio...
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