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[quote user="decoud"]…. but nonetheless it *is* a set of horns and driver without which it is impossible to give body to the ideas that you talk about. Someone who has not heard the S2, for example, in the way in which you suggest one uses it, would ...
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Yesterday a local audio guy came over and I played to him my Altec 19 in the finally cleared fireplace room. While he enjoyed his frumpy music I paid attention to how unintelligent sound was. I do not know if it was Altec 19 or the electronics that d...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]A few days back I unpacked my last moving box, which was good. Today for a first day in the new room when I have my playback system back, namely I time-aligned Macondo. Sine I find the right listing position there was no re...
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I cannot imagine that I started to work on Macondo over 20 years ago. How are all this time the Macondo axioms coupled with Milq DSET proved to be quite accurate and constantly delivered quite good predictable results. Yes, it is a pain in ...
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de Charlus, I still do not think that there is such a thing as “ the only a theoretical starting point”. Perhaps you were inspired by Jeffrey’s recommendation that has more experience in it then you. Still, the compression drivers loaded into giv...
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I set two multicells with LF-enabled S3 drivers. I set them on the outer side of Macondo MF. Playing with crossover, volume and towing of the multicells I was able to a degree to get the effect that would like to get. The pointing the multicell...
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[quote user="KS"]Thats the kind of stuff I was hoping for. I appreciate the help with this, there seems to be a scarcity of horn related discussion on the web and its proving hard to learn the ropes.One other unrelated question that could save me a l...
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Ok, I have both channels up and running and it looks like it is almost it. It left only re-measure everything , properly calibrate and tune up the port. So, how is it?
The project is success, it sound very pleasant and not anion for non-critical lig...
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[quote user="rickmcinnis"]I learned of the union from the posts sent to my email box. Sorry to have to admit I have been lackadaisical about checking in. You had not been posting much the months previous and now I understand why.Wrote a note to...
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I intentionally do not play MiniMe for visitors but not because I not willing to divulge the Doliath’s David status. I know what attracted you in MiniMe and I do agree that for whatever it is the MiniMe an interesting speaker. Well I like it and...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Without mentioning the reasons here are a few pointers:
1) There is no proper tone 2) Horizontal imaging is less refined then I would like it to be. 3) Sound is not wet enough. 4) At high volume...
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I wrote about it before and I was/am afraid this effect too. I discovered it a few years back when suddenly my bass picked some odd harmonics. After a few days I realized that the harmonics came from an acoustic guitar that was sitting in my list...
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user="martinshorn"] I expected your disappointed resonance already.
What you write completes the impression of the evening. I didn't go that far
not to blow up the mini article unnecessarily. But be honest, you knew it all
before. And so i...
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OK, the new Macondo frame is over as well. Eventually after 6 years of learning how to make the damn horn speaker to sound good, after numerous incremental successes and failures, stupidity and brightness, moves to wrong direction and mistaken assess...
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Well, I was thinking about that “Resonating Oops” for a while. I made quite a number of experiments. I some cases I was able to get interesting results but the “Resonating Oops” is very illusive. I do know that many readers of my site have wrong perc...
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Hm, this is interesting.
I have my 2 shitty temporary monitors in Hamster position sublimated with a par of LF sections from MiniMe. They are not perfectly set up but quite listenable in it’s ad-hoc configuration driver by consumer PP SS amp. Here ...
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Ok, I do not know what it was: was it DHT, was it 300B, was it some other specifics of this given amp or whatever… but those two aspects that I named: intentional density of colors and randomness of pace are something that I would like to exercise in...
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I would like to pass some summarizing observations and some generalizations regarding the entire “Water Drop” project.
THE IDEA
The idea of trying to find a tweeter to compliment Macondo was a good idea. Many of you know that I was proudly declari...
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After looking at the different solution I desired to use under the bottom of Macondo the regular felt sliders. This give the best slide and firmness and it will look attractive and I am not wild about the even very small wheels. The point is that the...
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I know it is a difficult subject but as it has to do less with audio but more with life priorities. Still, the practice indicates that the short-wall installations for acoustic systems of the topology that Steve is trying to make will never work. Sur...
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Considering the conclusions of my recent experiences that I described in the following thread:
http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6876
I would like to share some of my observation that the people who would go multi-way horns might fi...
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Last few years my interest in audio “out there” got subsided and nowadays I seldom exposed to new amps, speakers and other product that the industry offers. It only partially might be explained by the fact that I got worn out on the primitive s...
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Back in the thread “Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo” (linked) I was bitching that t make accommodations for the new Multicell in the Macondo frame will be too difficult. However, I had a revelation two days ago. I spoke with my machinist...
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[quote user="noviygera"] Question, Romy:Why do you suggest to add the extension on the back, not the front, as B. Edgar suggested. He specifically commented that the MOUTH area is too small and said the throat size was OK?[/quote] Herman, the mouth a...
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I need to say that for whatever reasons the midbass horns acts as a phenomenal tranquilizing sedative to listen some older recordings. The midbass horns make bad sound much more palatable and make attention to be much less distracted to quality of ...
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While a listener moves let say a few inches closer to an acoustic system like Jessie’s or mine then sh/e does not move closer to ALL drivers. Macondo is vertically piled up multiple drivers and when a listener head move closer to speaker then it most...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Yes. I’m exiting to see how the new horn I shaping up. Still I do not think that it is about second orders. Obviously in context of 5 channels system, the more channels one gets then less room between them. I still feel...
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It was an audio eventful year and I have experimented and discovered many fascinating things. Here is a brief summary of the 2007 audio-events and a short look what my audio happening will might take please in 2008.
1) In the very ...
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This weekend I will eventually setup the playback back to the operational state. It has been for 2 weeks and I am not playing my Bruckner on the big system and I kind of missing it. I am still not at ease with the new speaker positioning. Amy wants t...
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I did finish setup the room back to the sate it was before, minus the Injection Channels. It sounds OK but not as thrilling as I would like it to be and I remember. In my estimation it is due to the fact that I positioned Macondo too close to the bac...
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