Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
The site is back....!!!
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» SME M2-12 tonearm
» The foolishness of multi»
» Staxquiades project
» Tchaikovsky Symphony #4
» It was seventy years ago»
» Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia»
» Schroder Tonearms
» Like theese?
» The “Melquíades” d&»
» Sonic consequences of re»
» The Ralf Stegmueller’s h»
» TX-103s...
» John Luther Adams's Beco»
» My old Fi-Hi gear associ»
» Munich High End 2010
» SET amplifiers
» Mahler VI - Barbirolli w»
» Fostex tweeters, Lowther»
» MF on AF2, and (perhaps)»
» Vox Olympian secrets unv»
» Prokofiev Classical Symp»
» Monitors: Wishful thinki»
» How to evaluate playback»
» Trash your “full-rage”, »
» Goodbye to EMI?
» Getting more power from »
» The Evolution (or Anti-E»
» A horn workshop
» What is wrong with the A»
» Rachmaninoff Piano Conc»
» ESP Concert Grand SI Lou»
» Do curved corners help???
» Hildegard von Bingen on »
» "Master Quality Aut»
» What a trip 30 years bac»
» Lavardin discovery
» A “pocket version” of Br»
» Who inherit Mocondo or a»
Bookmarked are red
Pianist Yakov Kasman
MusicStack
Sound Tourism
Audio Database
Opera Collector Guide
Toccata Classics
MetManiac Opera Archive
VIP Records
StateWork Broadcast Reco»
Altec divers/horns
Exponential/Hyperbolic C»
Lockwood Audio
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 25, Posts: 731    Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...


          Tip: narrow down your search criteria or select a larger number of printed results per page.


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: 1808 Enclosure Details by NBC on 2007-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Hi Romy,1) What dimensions for 1808 baffle would you suggest? 2) Is floor-firing vs. front-facing cone useful or preferred?I believe you wrote LF channels should be placed in arc outside midbass channels. 3) Any *general tips...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Woofer cone materials and size -- some obseravations. by noviygera on 2010-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Woofer cone materials and size -- some obseravations. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Let's say we all have a midbass horn that plays down to 80Hz. I know some of us are special, so their midbass horn plays down to 40Hz. But still.What to do for the lower frequencies? Sealed or Infinite baffle (that's two good options). Now we need a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Apples and Oranges by Jorge on 2011-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
We should define some borders here; LF, when you have an UBH, should be from  around 100 hz down to 30 hz,  where the last fundamental tone of an instrument is played.  ULF should be under 25-20hz.I would say that a driver playing 25-30 hz should...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A vertical midbass horn and environment by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Jessie’s comments about my idea to position midbass straight horns from basement, upper- firing and his warning that the horn will get converted into a giant garbage can made me to think. I did not think about it but it is a reasonable concern.  Hypo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: CNC Snail Horn by Saturntube on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
This is a good example of a CNC horn.  This is the Carfrae I was talking about.  MDF Upperbass horns are made in sort of the same way, but you do have to cut the angles on the Lathe. (or leave the steps like a The thing is it is not really tridimensi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: On Purpose And Approach by Dresden on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
I'm not sure I understand what point you consider a priority, but I can explain the reason for my initial inquiry and what I intend to do.My initial inquiry was intended to acquire information on whether a horn with a target range of 40Hz to 400Hz co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #202: Digital crossover…. Wanted. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I had a Behringer DCX2496 that used for nothing and I think it got broken. I do not want to by another one. What I looking for is some kind cheap, no more than $100 solution that would allow be to have 4 order filters  and crossover point up to 250hz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #203: Listening different drives with midbass horn by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-29 
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"]Yes, they are Fane 24” bass driver with 24Hz primary resonance. I am waiting for the final sound check; the final is long time away. I will be testing today different back chamber size and different drivers. I have a few Al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Altec 210 by nl on 2008-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Of course i am referring only to the horn part of a 210-type enclosure. Below the horn cutoff, perhaps around 70hz for the 210, the remainder is filled in with a wooly bass-reflex peak, which gives these boxes their characteristic fluffy, indistinct,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Aesthetic similarities EVIDENT by NBC on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Hello Jeffrey,BUILDING UPON the inherent/latent Lloyd Wright-esque and Frank Gehry-esque aesthetic potentiality of your midbass horn design, and visually integrating the total horn package as a system within these aesthetic schools (or derivatives th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. by Wojtek on 2006-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Why can't you just stack them inserting new horn in between midbas and midhorn and keeping your original arrangement? Since your midbass sits on the floor, the tweeter still should be on resonable hight.I would transform your full range Melquiades fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: RE: here's what I built.. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] It seems that I do agree with you about the sound of compression driver midbass.. at least from what I have heard in my own room.. I have heard the big ALE drivers you mention on a bent steel horn similar to what ALE bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Twin S2s per channel... by cv on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Do you even need a horn to run it at 5kHz? The acoustic transformation's probably done by the time the wave reaches the throat. Or is this more just to shape the rolloff below 5kHz? I once tried a hornless S2 as a tweeter; it was quite lovely but did...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #178: Not so impressive. by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
I did not see, thanks for pointing it out. As I said before Cessaro is probably the most sensible company who makes horn loaded loudspeakers today and I have comment on this Gamma model. This is a smaller version of Cessaro with new bass horn. It i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #216: Might not look like a living room anymore... 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="msaudio"]Romy    I see were you are going With this horn worship for midbass. It is the correct thing to do "But you still will not be happy with the outcome because it does no go low enough. You will not be happy with 60hz. Then you wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An idea of “Rain Wake-Up Horn”? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An idea of “Rain Wake-Up Horn”? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I was waked up this nigh with very load sound of thunder and lighting. The rain was gashing and I went close the left opened deck doors from last evening. Suddenly, totally out of blue, and idea come to me – why do not use the idea of Carlson Enclosu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #147: The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-29 
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"] Ok, I do officially like this “Battle Road” hours. Upon many considerations (and there are 4 ways to implement the midbass horn in that room) I have inclined to my leading idea to do it elegant and with time alignment....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: It's a Klipschorn ,isn't it ? by Wojtek on 2010-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
I'd guess that the only difference compared to the modern version of  the K-Horn is a throat plate size of 6"x13" like in EV Georgian and use of ticker 3/4" plywood for enclosure. Myself, I settled on Klipschorn as a midbass solution 40hz  to 100-150...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Klipsch Jubilee by noviygera on 2018-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klipsch Jubilee in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
I've been thinking about trying the Klipsch Jubilee. The idea I have is to replace my bass channel (Aura 1808 in reflex box) together with midbass channel (Funktion One F115) with a single Klipsch Jubilee channel. Of course I'm talking about stereo p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox Corner Horn by jeff1225 on 2021-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Romy,When you say that the Vitavox 15" was the best midbass you heard, was it in a Vitavox corner horn? I'm think about acquiring or building a pair of Vitavox corner horns as I have a perfect room for them. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: ULF idea, possibly stupid. by noviygera on 2011-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
But efficient (in terms of space usage) and radical.put woofers in the sides of flare of your attic horns, sort of like Danley Synergy horn, not near the throat but towards the mouth area, using the attic as the infinite baffle.But will the pressuriz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: 25 hz at 6db? by Jorge on 2011-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
 I need to care just one octave at my 25Hz bump,I have tried the same solution in a big room, the thing is that we not only got output at 25 hz, but a lot also at 50 hz! There was no way surgically cut it to what we needed and the result was it messe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Genesis of UB115 and a beginner's guide to horn building by oxric on 2011-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ...this interesting point has no practical answer. First of all in the case of Rakesh horn what N-Set proposed is not necessary. Those 115Hz Hasqiun-style horns that Rakesh emulates are well dumped with own mass and own ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #172: Cessaro Gamma modification. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
There was some kind of hi-fi show in Gernany and it looks like Cessaro showed off a new version of Gamma. They look like change the frame. I really do not like what they look now. They look heavier with new frame and much less elegant. They looks lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: A serious Tapped ULF horn in Massachusetts? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
It kind of said the Massachusetts is very much not “horny” state and there is not a lot of enthusiasts of horn loading live in Massachusetts or in the entire New England. If we New Englanders have the saturation of horn interest as high as California...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Azura horn by Wojtek on 2008-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
KlausMartin  (Azura horn ) is making for me extension to 2.75" (BC 8p21)and 1.4" for 204 Hz (altec 288c) .He also developed 550 hz horn for S2 . He understands importance of smooth driver -throat transition . It would be ready to go solution for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Raising the roof by jessie.dazzle on 2009-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...the Jessie’s idea to use attic and ceiling for midbass entry is very lucrative but how the hell bring 9’ horn with 2.5M mouth to an attic  I have no idea..."You could do something like this :1) Have the horns built (either right there...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Got new mid/high horns. Now need suggestions for a lower range horn. by noviygera on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Got new mid/high horns. Now need suggestions for a lower ran... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Fist off, hello to everyone. This is my first post here.I have a DJ/listening system in my basement. Mostly, self made. Some pictures:http://picasaweb.google.com/noviygera/BasementSystem#Just recently i installed new Funktion-One RES1.5HS horns. Pict...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: I'll risk a guess by Wojtek on 2008-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
that since you already introduced sort of symetry with fundamental channel (covering much of midbass band)and it seems that you prefer simmetrical configurations (MTM)maybe you plan to go step further and add another 400Hz mid horn with S2. Just...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  4  
Total human visitors:  42,947,654  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 1 Cantos y Suspiros in»
AUG 1 Danish String Quarte»
AUG 2 Les Delices in Vario»
AUG 2 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 2 Boston Pops in Lenox»
AUG 3 Brahms & Dvorák: Son»
AUG 3 Boston Pops in Lenox»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
classical music news. augu»
opera goes on in salzburg,»
rhiannon giddens to lead s»
barenboim and elgar: a mus»
his name is joseph boulogn»
More Music News »»
Terradellas, Domènec »
Schumann, Clara (13 Septem»
Fitelberg, Jerzy (20 May 1»
Musatex’s Bidat Model "»
Stage Acompany SA8535 d»
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
Lamm ML-2 Single-Ended »
Vitavox AK-15/40 15" ba»
Micro Seiki RX-5000
Fane Studio 8 dual conc»
Lamm L2 Reference pream»
REL Precedent 646C tuner
Hillock TV-2 tube tester
Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201»
More Leftovers »»