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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: Goto Horn System by green heron on 2025-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chicago Horn Loudspeaker Guys in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Thanks for taking the time to share you thoughts on my system, Romy. My upcoming move will take me to the West Coast where, unfortunately, I won't have the space for these horns. So, I'm looking to find a new home for them. I posted details on US Aud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Experiement by gac800 on 2025-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  73 Replies 
So the voltage drop from the cable just noticeably compresses the dynamics and LF?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Why not a seperate box by gac800 on 2025-05-08 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] What I would like to see, from a perspective of ultimate organization, is the very same filters but sitting right at the Stephano’s power amp imputes, or even preferably in the power amps. There are absolutely no needs ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Why filter at amp by gac800 on 2025-05-08 
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Why does it make a difference if the passive filter is in the amp, or is in a seperate box and runs through a couple feet of cable?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: High Pass Inductors by gac800 on 2024-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Pass Inductors in Melquiades Amplifier  1 Replies 
Hi Romy,I am studying your amp build. I see that for your 3 high pass RL circuits you have:Lundahl LL1531 Transformer. How did you connect this transformer so that it could be used as a 9.3H inductor? It appears to have 7 terminals 1H - what did you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The inevitable by Gargoyle on 2024-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Richard Wetz and Martin Scherber, composers influenced by Br... in Musical Discussions  19 Replies 
end associating with you miserable pompous assholes. The irony is completely lost on you fools. Where does it say its the richard wetz website. This asshole in particular is free to discuss the sound of fuses an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Is there by Gargoyle on 2024-08-27 
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[quote user="steverino"]Well you are not off topic so much as in an alternate universe. Are you unable to start your own threads of whatever you want to talk about?[/quote]something you would like to add to the conversation?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Eductor horn by Gargoyle on 2024-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sounds of Science in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I have been considering ventilation of the horn surface, as counter-intuitive as that is. If you have ever seen an "eductor" nozzle in a fish tank you will know what I mean. Consulting GPT and pushing past the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Full quarter by Gargoyle on 2024-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Garg wants more horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Functionally speaking I think the printer will be OK for this size of horn. I would thicken up the walls a little bit like the smaller horns, this will make the exterior flare not quite as steep, so that I can print the parts ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mini A7 by Gargoyle on 2024-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mini A7 in Audio News  0 Replies 
Come on, what's the matter with you This looks like a great winter project. I will absolutely make a pair of these for desktop use. Any guess on the size of these? I think 1" tweeter with 5" woofer you'd have a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Zip ties by Gargoyle on 2024-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Garg wants more horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
are an option for assembly. Aside from the obvious ease of use, I was considering the joint behaviour, really just looking for problems. It occurred to me the potential advantage of having a less-than-mechanically tight joint. Zip ties and a some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Back to smooth for now by Gargoyle on 2024-08-23 
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I ran into some stability issues the other night, it failed about 80% through due to stability issues. I knew it was quite a risk but I generally like to avoid  support so I keep that in mind when designing and orienting the print. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Theories by Gargoyle on 2024-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sounds of Science in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
revolve around things like gas bubbles through lava, wind noise acoustically filtered through water. Hydrothermal vents plating like pipe organs is an interesting thought. Pure sounds are preferred, ones that have the golden mean ratios and lack ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Good by Gargoyle on 2024-08-23 
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examples of cymatics in nature are hard to find. I searched for and found a video from the CBC that had some good examples in it, but the fuckin communist say it's not available in my area. (Nazi is too kind of word) I'm a canadi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ayemtrical response by Gargoyle on 2024-08-22 
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if I compare the air to the hot molten plastic in a glue gun. A glue gun one can pressurize easily in one direction but cannot retract in the other direction. The reason being there is no fixed plunger, like a syringe would have. In the case o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Sounds of Science by Gargoyle on 2024-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sounds of Science in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
A junk drawer to keep a collection of potentially useful yet spammy thoughts confined to one space. Something about this part of the video resonates with me [url]https://youtu.be/rYrdiQckGhw?si=mDbgjCyFJknNLJid&t=149[/url] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Sometimes by Gargoyle on 2024-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Garg wants more horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
I wish I could rename this thread. Who is this third person who applies a nick name to their own avatar. It sounds fuckin retarded. However to rename it now it would lose it's original fidelity, like some cringey and irrelevant 90s gas statio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: It is not an objective by Gargoyle on 2024-08-21 
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it implies the mandatory imperfection of playback and the laws of diminishing return. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Maybe by Gargoyle on 2024-08-21 
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part of the problem is not separating audio from the amplifier. We could all conceivably occupy the same theatre that would not be personal, how you choose to get to the theatre is personal. I would like my hif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Beethoven's last symphony finished with the help of artificial int... by Gargoyle on 2024-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Richard Wetz and Martin Scherber, composers influenced by Br... in Musical Discussions  19 Replies 
This is a reasonable result, although still coached. A good example of what "AI" is. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTuK4iqQtPI[/url] EDIT: I acknowledge perhaps I am too far of topic, my apologies ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Here by Gargoyle on 2024-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: WE15a plans in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[img]https://i.imgur.com/XSUMXVT.jpg[/img]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: That is an interesting thought. by Gargoyle on 2024-08-19 
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Is AI capable of "creation"? Would it rather be a "simulation"? If we look at the utility of recalling and applying textual information to comparative under educated individual like me, it looks one way. If I was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Plans by gac800 on 2024-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: WE15a plans in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Dieter,Were you able to find the plans to the we15a?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Found it! by Gargoyle on 2024-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Best streaming service 2024 in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
That Dylan album is called "Together through life" and is on Apple. I had the name wrong, you need exact title/spelling to search Apple. While I am doing this edit, I will mention that apple also has their own l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: HiFi it is then by Gargoyle on 2024-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) in Playback Listening  56 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Accuracy vs. Musicality is a purely artifactually constructed problem by the people who SELL audio. The concept of Accuracy in audio is very artificial, and it is just a byproduct of sales pimps as the  terms and mean...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Best streaming service 2024 by Gargoyle on 2024-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Best streaming service 2024 in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
The TL,DW; [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRpYTpxLtkU[/url] 1st - Apple 2nd - Amazon and Deezer 3rd - Qobuz 4th - Tidal 5th - YouTube 6th ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: There is definitely truth to that by Gargoyle on 2024-08-17 
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Music is heavily influenced by the technology in which is listened to and produced on. The tubed amplifiers started to compete with "live" instruments, eventually horns just did sound great over radio and solid state appliances ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Look at this photograph... by Gargoyle on 2024-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) in Playback Listening  56 Replies 
...I promise no Nickleback. [quote user="Paul S"] For me, accuracy means fidelity to the recording. Taken alone, “accurate reproduction” might or might not make Music in one’s home,... Paul S>gt; [/quote] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: The alignment by Gargoyle on 2024-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
track is cool on those Sadurni. I'm making something similar, it is a bit of confirmation that the similar threaded rod that I am using would have reasonable granularity. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #220: So be it... by Gargoyle on 2024-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
..while the names fall like imbecile rain, I am making a Amir VooDoo doll to sit with my Micheal Fremer doll. I hope you like goosestepping 2 Hz German A/C delivered directly to your anus via corroded aluminum wire. You will nev...
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