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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Alexandria XLF, why not? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A primer on high-end marketing: Wilson XLF in Audio News  8 Replies 
Why not? Wilson for many years each 2-3 years updates own flagman. They had Grand Slamm’s number of revisions where they constantly change tweeters, other driver and resistors in crossovers, introducing new rounds of opportunities for the custome...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: Proper lows.... by slowmotion on 2005-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Hi [quote user="Romy the Cat"] ...this relationship between the “fussiness” of HF and the presents of ULF is very characteristic. [/quote] Certainly the HF is very important to portray LF... [quote] When you get tout out of playback it’s LF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: That all need to be though out. by Romy the Cat on 2016-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Shaking from ULF is another matter. [/quote]    I think if such a woofer “ignites” shaking within the attic then all bets are off and it need to be avoided by all cost. To do “right” thing I would put pneumatic decompiled be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #778: Use of Multiple PurePower units. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Last week PurePower send me back my “upgraded” PP2000 unit that eventual get right sound. I did test it running my entire playback from it and found it usable.  I found that there was VERY minor difference in sound between them, so minor that I w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll ... by Romy the Cat on 2016-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
What the most intriguing me in the new room is where the LF will roll off. It would be wonderful of LF will run all the way down I was in my Boston listening room but I see very little chance of it. Most likely it will be a shortage of gain or pow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Hm, it works but I am not thrilled. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Ok, I loaded the S3 driver into the new multicells, use my extra of bas sections as a pedestal for multicell, connected 2 extra bass channels to ULF amp and the multicells to full range amps with no crossovers. Yes, I got a VERY good width and th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #378: Bumps & springs & exciting things by jessie.dazzle on 2010-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy wrote:"... from the perspective of “reading the back side of the midbass speed bump” I would argue that it has nothing to do with horn loading. Look at the notion widely. I would propose the following...""...An abstract ultimate playback system ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: 10" array; how low? & SMS-1 distortion by jessie.dazzle on 2010-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Regarding combined driver diaphragm area for ULF:   Romy wrote:   "...I disagree that using a bunch of 10" drivers is some kind of compromised in way. The six 10” drivers give me a surface of 2.3 18” drivers..."  I recognize the relative and impo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
The lower bass configuration in my room is a bit interesting below is the bass diagram (under 50Hz) As you can see the allocation of hot bass sports is superbly favorable in the room. There is pretty much no bass anywhere in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The RAAL's tweeter and Sound (#2) by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Another very interesting aspect of the Water Dropping of Macondo is a dramatization of silences and influence of LF decay. Macondo has no own noise and the Super Milqs are dead quiet. However, the perceptions of silence with the Water Drop tweeter an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #592: OK, the triple PP2000 are up and running. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Spend a few hour last night and have all the things connected and laid out in the way how I think would be “properly”. It turned out to be noise and elegant. I changed the location of the components to make the shorter paths for power cables and for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #861: The main question left to be answered about use of multiple PP2000. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I separated my two of my PP2000 in my rack with 3 feet space and run everything from one PP2000 and both Milq power amps from another PP2000. I also routed the incoming power cords that that are far from each other and far from outcoming power co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Two "diseases" by tuga on 2010-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  unicon wrote: el 0l if you could understand the basics about how audio waves especially bass range acts in closed space you wouldnt even bring the name Bass EQit just cures the sound pressure in a single spot(listener)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Looks good. by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-21 
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 
Xandcg, I did not see this thread below. I would not comment on 5x10x14 vs. 4x8x12 rooms, the answer is obvious, What I will comment that the scenario you propose is very close to ultimate configuration for Macondo-like acoustic system. A few this...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: DHT in the DSET by anthony on 2015-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Make the full-range and then you will see where you are. Still, I feel that for MF channels it is beneficial for do with a good DHT output stage instead of 6C33C and perhaps it is a good idea to use DHT driver as well. S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Midbass with plug: History by ulf on 2006-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Let me tell you a bit about how an why we designed the midbass horns the way we did.A few years ago we discovered the tractrix horn for MF use. It was really the most important improvement so far. No more honking exponential horn sound.The improvemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Idea of Midbass in new room and time-aligment by Romy the Cat on 2016-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Wify was asking me about my ideas about midbass horns at one nice property that we looked. Her innocent question made me to think. I do look at my prospective listening room from point of view of introducing midbass horns. I am not planning to mak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #604: The groundless skepticism and unwarranted cynicism. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Many of the expensive power cleaners and regenerators claim that they do not limit current.  None the less, many of these devices do seem to go into a swoon as current demands increase.  We all remember the days when these d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The people who do not know do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]  As I write this, WFMT is playing The Planets,  Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Phil, and it is rather amazing.Complex passages resolved as I would expect were I using my Goldmund transport.I prefer the digital out, 24/48 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Romy's new listening room, hopefully the last one. by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
tarted to mount the open baffle for ULF channels at my attic.  The system is fully operational, not time aligned yet to the degree that I would like it to be but I'm going to tell you: that Tannoy Red 10 is something that makes everything so sweet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TM-1201 midbass by malinowski on 2007-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Ulf, are you still around? I would be interested in an update on this project.. are you listening to this setup a year later? I have a pair of these same drivers (TAD tm-1201) sitting new in boxes and trying to determine what horn profile, tractr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: An easy ULF solution for someone. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I am usually not a big fun of somebody refer to eBay Items and I myself do it very seldom. Still, here I am as I think it is an interesting deal for someone. There is a guy out there that is damping a few of Aura RS-8.1 bass modules. htt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #118: The compartmentalized bass by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
A few days back a local audio guy come to my place, heard some music and I played and said something that did not expect from his level of audio intelligence. (I wonder if it was the same guy who advised me to write a handbook “How to make friend...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: It is not only about volume displacement. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Romy, I do agree with all your comments. It is true that the magnitude of the rubber taste very much depends on the crossover frequency. I used them below 64Hz, but with first order filter, implemented before the amp that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I feel a driver needs to be somewhat hard-mounted to the enclosure. Cork gives the right sort of balance between hard-mounting and floating, while still sealing, however it would be a pain to cut that many gaskets from cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Trading cable elevators for spare space. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
A week it trashing audio. I finished with my client with wish I worked for a while, the contract with a new client kicks in 2 weeks and this week I do not work.  Well sort of. This week is a big project on my aim – to reconcile the value of my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: It is very nice. by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
It is ended a very nice. Today I have calibrated the playback, fine the right phasing for the channels and figure out how to integrate them. The direct radiator midbass runs remarkably flat to the rest in the system. Juts 2 15 Vitavox drivers load...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #198: Thank you, I might need to look into it. by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Thanks, martinshorn. I very much not claims the I heard all SS amps out there and in my particular case I used Yamaha's V-FET. It is direct coupled amp and from a sensible practice is should not be able to have good bass, nothing direct coupled do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: A LF solution for a new room by Romy the Cat on 2016-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Well, I kind of begin to think what kind LF solution I might have in the new room. The ULF might be fun to load on the ceiling in the way how I described above. For the midbass I most likely will go for the line-arrays with my beloved Scan Speak 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Keep the eyes on the ball. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, I have seen a guy at DIYAudio who built an amp around GU-48. I sent his meals but he did not replay. I have seen a few (very view) people in Russia spoke about GU-48 and some of them built something. I do not know what result is. It is ...
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