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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Too much at one time by rowuk on 2019-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Push pull compound compression driver?? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I guess the first step is to determine the audibility of K2 at the frequencies being reproduced. Then comes the trick pony if the audibility hurts or benefits playback. Is K2 even a problem?What will inevitably come up is that you will have to engine...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Short midbass horns by noviygera on 2019-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
I used to have Edgar 80hz straight horns and this was my only experience with short midbass horns. I did not like them in my system and sold them. Lately, I have been wondering about these designs in general and is there such a thing as a good soundi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: The first interesting arrangement by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
I find an interring house that I like. Ironically it is very much not what I was looking audio-wise. It has a lot of real-estate lucidness and I feel it has a lot of very interesting audio opportunities. The listening room is small, 2 times small...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: More goto... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello again Romy and cats... sorry so slow in replying to this thread... the recent posts generated an automatic email reminder... :^)so a few things... one, there is a pair of Goto 370 on eBay and pictures of insides... the newer ones are made the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: I absolutely disagree. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Winnie"]In talking with Shelly Katz a few days ago, I brought up the topic of how sound is perceived in the context of layered sound or indeed oops. He is a very busy man and we did not have long to develop the conversation, but this is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Goto-san as a dean of Jerry Falwell University. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-23 
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"]As you pointed out, there is no simple answer but manufacture recommendation should be the 1st to try.[/quote] Well, I have no idea why you stress the manufacture recommendations. I do not think it was the subject at all, not to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: It might be not what you think. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-24 
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="Kcct82"] Hey guys, I bought the Goto 505TT with S150 horn brand new over 2 years ago. Guess what? I'd still be in sonic shit if I followed the 200-1000hz "recommendation". The 505TT does not perform well below 400hz and when I final...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: First vs. second order crossover and alignment by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] I want to listen to both 12db/octave and 6db/octave passive versions and see which one sounds better. And keep the one that sounds better. [/quote]Herman, It depends what you would like to listen. If you would like to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Time alignment of TH by kodomo on 2015-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
I don't think you can align the tapped horn. My tapped horn has a total length around 5 metres. To time align that with my other drivers, its got to be around 5 metres closer than others. The only other solution is delaying the rest of the channels.....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The path of simplification (a horn system) by noviygera on 2017-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The path of simplification (a horn system) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Now that the preliminary excitement of my ingenious idea wore off, I'm ready to share it and accept the harsh reality of any shortcomings... but seriously. For a while now, I've been been working on optimally integrating my 3 channel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: AV by scooter on 2016-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Glad to hear your bigger family is doing well and that you are making good progress on the room.Why not try a quick test. Try connecting your laptop to the big system, put the laptop a few feet in front of you and watch a movie or a concert? That wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: GREAT post! by stuck.wilson on 2006-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the tweeters phase alignment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
now THAT is the kind of instruction in critical listening that gives you some real guideposts for making your system sound right!  romy, i believe you have honestly set a new standard... i have a 2 way system, so i can't use the exact instr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Passive line level crossover advantages by drdna on 2009-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you’re multiamping then use passive-line lever crossoveri... in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The line-level crossovers work against fixed impedance and therefore the crossover point and the time alignment does not fluctuate along with reactance of the drivers.[/quote]Okay, maybe this is a dumb question, but why wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Measuring distance in decibels. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Well, what can I say, there is no surprise but the more and more I went into anal-retentiveness of time-aliment the more interesting result I got. Unfortunately with my the frame of my Macondo I was not able to go at the 1/12dB precision, I was able ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Practical horn alignment by drdna on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Well, I do not see anything wrong with what anyone has said so far and I do not see the cause of disagreement or the angry "dog-barking" for this forum.  I hope that we can compose ourselves and retain some decorum, not stooping to AA levels her...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The existence of Santa Claus according to GOTO by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-21 
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="Jeffrey Jackson"] Ming would like to provide this custom basshorn service to his customers in the US market.. Goto Japan has nothing to do with this... [/quote] Very cool, the more “hornier” the better as far as I concern. [quote user...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Odeon horns : Further ramblings by jessie.dazzle on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Regarding vertical convergence : I have often wondered about the effects of arranging horns vertically, such that their output converges relative to each other, toward a single point at a given height above the floor. I have seen Wilson Audio do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Inside of Left bass vaccuum hose? by RonyWeissman on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
What is sitting on floor inside of left bass radaitor? Looks like two bullet tweeters? I assume he is just putting them there for storage as there is nothing inside right channel.He must be getting a lot of sound out of the back of those woofers righ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: This is my expereince also with DPOLS by drdna on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Maybe I don't know what DPOLS is, as suggested by others in this forum.  All I know is that I can spend a lot of time fiddling with the exact location of the speakers, the sepcific 3 dimensional alignment of the two sets of drivers, and there is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Recordings by Bill on 2021-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Paul: for two channel recordings:For Romy's method to work perfectly, there should be no ambiance in the recording so that he can fill in the room ambiance with his stored reflections program. I don't think how many mikes used would make a difference...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A picture would help. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn placements - horns occluding each other a problem? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
KS, I am not following what is your problem is. The “big bass box” is unknown height. Let say that it is it 36” then it will have MF sitting about it. The lower midrange horn with 800hz crossover pint is sitting above MF. So, everything is fine as fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Bob Fulton by Paul S on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
Ha! You're either old or you read too much. There was also Arnie Nudell.  Back to Bob Fulton, he never made 2 "statement" speakers alike! I actually owned E modulars from him. They were +/-  the same as the Js, but with smaller subs. Ironically (cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Horns and digital crossovers. by cv on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Nice posts Romy and Jan, agree almost 100%. I've heard the Behringer in an originally crummy system and it butchered things completely. The input levels were low, which as you point out, won't have helped at all.On a vaguely related note: I dunno if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Idea for Ming by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Ming, did you consider to hang your upper bass horn that screws everything up at the very top of the room and then nicely position the MF channels according to the rules of time alignment instead of the rules of warehouse storage? You might also cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A loss of axial symmetry by drdna 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 
Romy,I was really shocked when I saw this idea of yours.  It is a trade off of course with improved control over narrower frequncy bands being traded for axial symmetry.  Yet because the position of the drivers is so very important, I am so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: If you’re multiamping then use passive-line lever crossovering by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you’re multiamping then use passive-line lever crossoveri... in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"]  Integrating multiple amplifier sections and drivers is always a challenge. Doing it with different topologies and OPTs adds some additional complexity due to the difference in response characteristics. Crossover design...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: DPOLS for tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Bud, perhaps it does makes sense to try the “dotizm” one again. I quite severely review my view on the way in wish I use tweeter. I still am trying to make T350 to work, let see what I end up with. Nowadays my T350 sitting in 3rd order crossover, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Using modules for time alignment 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"]Here is pretty much the idea that I had – a very tall line array with min footprint and with more of less corrected timing error by angling the front baffle. At the picture below the curvature of positioning of Macondo chan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Had to read it twice by Antonio J. on 2005-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
but I get the point. The remaining question is then, how can one tweak, modulate, control, or shape the response of the system or the speakers to really become more accurate to the original "meaningful music"? For my own experience I know w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #222: DSP is too intrusive and defeats the purpose. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"]But, i see the hardcore analogue teams are having a hard time with room modes and time alignment I wonder what it takes to admit one day that you can’t neglect DSP anymore, and just having so much easier life.[/quote] ...
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