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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Aged Tobacco by de charlus on 2013-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
Aging cigars changes the playing field entirely, and I couldn't agree with you more about their subtle complexities. There's a bar I frequent in London - The Lanesborough Library Bar - where they have a humidor stocked with aged cigars, some pre-war,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: “A” sound from “B” system? by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “A” sound from “B” system? in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me and sub-90dB sensitive speakers and not SET amplifiers! I would rather raise money for Bush/Chaney campaign or to merry a Fidelity Investment business annalist.! However, it is what I am currently listening. A couple wee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Violating the virginity of OPT’s secondary. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]Ah, think of it this way.  Imagine floating the input to your ET step-ups.  Don't ground it.  Let the primary and phono cartridge float.  This is a similar situation but far far more sensitive.  It's a m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Deep boxes and long ports.. by haralanov on 2008-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Romy,Regarding your first illustration:Some time ago I intentionally made two different boxes for my ScanSpeak drivers to see what will happen, because I do not believe in theories and trust only to my ears. The boxes had exactly the same internal vo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Let return in this thread to 5-channel Milq... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] There may be better drivers out there, but with my level of experience, I doubt my abilities to recognize them. So though it may resemble laziness on my part (remember, this is the same person that will be constructing a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: There are probably better things to spend time on... by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Funny, I was just thinking about battery powering of amps... I know you have identified that the problem is more with the sources, but it would be interesting and quite feasible with the Melquiades and other components... wouldn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: I truly hate Accutons. by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="el`Ol"]A $$$ solution for a bass array that comes into my mind are the sandwich cone drivers from Accuton.Monstrous neodymium magnet, underhung voice coil (for low flux modulation).Very low Fs.Relatively low QMS for use in sealed enclosu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: ULF experience: Drivers & power considerations cont'd by jessie.dazzle on 2010-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...I do not know anything about your LF section. What do you use and where does it crossed?..."I have 2 ULF "boxes"; each has an 18" McCauley 6174.The enclosures are sealed and each measures 14 cubic feet. They are made from 70mm thick co...

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 #140: Pretend you are a diaphragm. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Pretend a driver diaphragm, any driver. From front diaphragm "sees" the horn throat and the mass of air in the horn that diaphragm needs to "push". This creates let call front spring.  If a driver has a front chamber than let discard it for now. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: sub horn configurations by minim on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
In one idealistic configuration I envisaged for myself, for a situation where cost and practicality no object, the basic room shape was pentagonal, with the facets ot the pentagon curved inwards to eliminate parallel reflecting surfaces and simultane...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The Injection Channel - very simple. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Yes, the "Injection Channel" consists of a pair of Tannoy Reds, used as direct radiators, in sealed enclosures. I would not say that they overly specifically optimized. I did many optimizations equalizing them, filtering them but I never was able to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: There are lowest bass horns and there are not lowest bass horns by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Re-reading, I realise you stated your preference for a sealed bass array only in relation to Dreyer's bass horn, not to bass horns in general.[/quote]Markus, it is not only about the Dreyer's bass horn. It is about lower bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Dima’s Amp: the first blood. by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “A” sound from “B” system? in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Alex, I do not remember already the volume of those boxes, what is the deference? Thos drivers have an average sealed Qs and Fs I believe 19Hz, you might easy to circulate any volume you want. I slightly overdamped them, as usually, form where they s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Monitors: eventually! by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Well, it took almost two month and much more money then I thought but I was eventually able to get very decent sound out of monitors.  The SL600 sitting on my “fundamental channel’s” tripods did not do well as I told before and I was forced to s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Ok, we are getting somewhere… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Thanks, LBJ, I ma slowly getting into where I would to be in term of understanding, at least it is what I think I do. You are perfectly identified what I am shooting for: "its not a musical instrument but it won't piss me off", it is exactly what I w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My Super Melquiades modifications: 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
My project to add 3 one-stages channels to Super Melquiades look like progressing (it means I will have the new 15,5:1output transformers very soon) and in  context of upcoming changes and, after long consideration and  some tests, I desire...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Classy and sophisticated Romy. by oxric on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is all because you are a primitive person with very simplistic and amateurish understanding of many things. You need to learn from much more sophisticated people, of cause I mean myself.  Take a look: I do not run like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Audiotekne Bass Module impressions? by mats on 2011-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Thanks for sharing these images Serge.I would like to learn more about the Audiotekne bass solution.What size driver is that, is it a sealed cabinet, what is the baffle,and what frequency range is demanded from this box?Ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: L-9=>Closed box by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wouldn't call it an "open baf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Agree to disagree by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
C, I very much agree about the benefits of spherical needle, partially on the older records and out of condition records, and this is one of the reasons why people have multiple arms on TTs. Yes, in many cases the spherical stylus “tracks better” 9mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Of the vaguest specifications but, of course, the best intentions... by nycparamedic on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]Hi all.We are small company, dedicated to creation of highest quality audio products. Analog and Digital. We have auditioned many music servers on the market.[/quote]Wait! Let me guess. You're gonna tell me the way it *should* be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro. The tweeter is the TAD ET-703. The HK owner has a gold-coloured horn for the tweeter, but there's no plasma driver. I'm pretty sure the horn on the Lansche plasma tweeter is a good bit la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Being more specific by i_should_coco on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi Romy,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Pete, I do not think that it makes a sense to searched for “LF for use with Vitavox S2”. Do you think that there are good LF to use with Vitavox S2 and there are good LF to use with other drivers? I do not think so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Going there.... by Romy the Cat on 2016-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I did finish today the 2-driver extension for bass towers. I did not mount them to the default location – waiting for a “friend” to come to help me to do it. As I finish it will be exactly the same configuration that I had 7 years back in Boston. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: How to offset the “almost match” by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jp"] I assume a simple hole sealed with silicone would not suffice given the amount of pressure build up in the rear chamber? [/quote] The pressure that builds up in right rear chamber is truly enormous. [quote user="jessie.dazzle"]… a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Many thanks by anthony on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Output transformer. Here is what the thing become complicated. Of you drive ultra-low impedance with step down transformer then your secondary turns will decrease. They primary will have whatever they have for all case b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Miab, I have very limited knowledge in construction techniques, moist prevention and how all of it might affect a big horn. My very uneducated production suggests me that it is not truly a bid deal, but of cause if go this route then I certainly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The vintage tubes paranoia and a custom bass transformer by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I have been surprised that you have not already pursued the Zarathustra for your multi-driver, sealed LF.  From your early descriptions of both, this seemed like a natural pairing and the most likely way to go, to keep the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Different players in the auditable game by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="be"] Instead of defining the ULF range from the reproduced instruments, it is much smarter to do it based on the first resonance frequency of the listening room, because the frequency response of a closed room has a 12dB/oct rise in ...
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