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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #267: Coming back to the start by N-set on 2022-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Yes, of course, I was using 20Hz as some reference only. It's Fs of the ScanSpeak. Tannoy is the only active speaker so all power comes (or not) from it. From your experience with Reds, where does its reasonable output end? Like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Good to hear by anthony on 2021-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Thanks Romy,I was hoping to hear that you remain happy with your midbass solution and was surprised at the time about the small cabinets that you used for the Vitavox 15"ers, but having measured T/S parameters of the drivers here I can see that indee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Get the balance right by drdna on 2021-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]it seems like a miracle that two people familiar with the score could recognize "it" and agree on it, via any sort of playback whatsoever ... we tend to focus (more or less) on the parts we recognize as Music. [/quote][quote user...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Injection Alignment by jessie.dazzle on 2007-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Romy, I'm very pleased to learn that you've got your Injection Channel done. I assume the above illustration is not indicative of the way you have the Tannoy Red aligned with regard to the other drivers, as it appears to be sitting out in front...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Closer to the bug ? by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
To save people from researching the differences between Romy's and my systems, I'll note the principal differences here, ignoring our ongoing mid-bass projects, which will be different, but both are incomplete, so not yet in the picture.As concerns t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I need to confess that I do not know... and I like it. by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Rowuk, there is many implications of the incompleteness. The systems not being able to verify itself is just one of them, it is how he proved it. I less care about the proof methodology but the care about the outcome from it. One of them is that i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Auro 3D by Bill on 2023-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
To follow up on Romy's latest broadcast on his visit to my house.My left and right speakers consist of Jl Audio 113 revision 2 subs to 70 Hz., Edgar 50 Hz. 6 foot Straight horns with two 12 inch electravoice drivers each to 500 Hz, Edgar round mid ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: Buyers, Sellers and Predictable Outcomes by Paul S on 2010-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Mani, sorry, but I forget if you mentioned very specific size limitations.  I have enjoyed in spates but am generally wary of "big sound from small boxes", as this invariably wears thin, eventually requiring not only a tiring stretch of the imaginati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: plugged pe1mmk by pe1mmk on 2007-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
I have treated you decent on the Tannoy Yahoo Group. Now look how you treat me here. You have again disqualified yourself. I am very sorry to see this happen, I did not think you do this. :-( Kind regards, PE1MMK...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Audio by Manuel on 2007-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: From Newton to Einstein in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
I may have a point on this some years ago, I had some confidence with the owner of a shop, and he let me use the demo equipment, though in fact my budget didn´t allow to buy him more than a few cheap things.one day I was psycothic listenig to s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Keep pushing.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-08 
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Oh, rowuk, you have no idea how much I agree. To me passive theaters very much like ports and I hated anything which stay even remotely close to it. However, this time the entire Remedios project is is very different s s is built not based upon knowl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Dynamic dynamics by Bill on 2021-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
While I have heard the terms static dynamics, micro and macro dynamics, I have never heard of dynamic dynamics. Are you referring to the term “changing dynamics”, which means a volume change, either gradual or instantaneous. What was missing yesterda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Selfunderstood by N-set on 2021-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Romy, it’s selfunderstood (at least to me) that the project is in its infancy and you are on terra incognita. Im trying to visualize what was „the last working configuration”.  [quote user="Bill"]These are Romy's original boxes and s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: You are very correct. by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Looks like the Red 10's are circa 92dB/w/m as an entire "speaker" including woofer.  I've never played with them before, but I wonder how much, if any, SPL is scrubbed from the tweeter by the crossover so that it matches the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #249: It is complex by Edgar= on 2022-10-27 
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Yes a few ridiculous requests and statements there indeed. Full ridiculousness intended. I know Dunnoy needs a lot of power and low impedance amp. My aims are not the same as yours here as I'm not concerned to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why EdgarHorns? by drdna on 2005-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
I chose the EdgarHorns for fairly simple reasons.  I have listened to them and I loved the way they sound.  They are not the perfect loudspeaker, but they make much truer music than what I have now.  Also, the price I paid is less than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-11 
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"]One of the emails that I receive is very interesting. The author warns:   “...when experimenting with throaths I found that if the compression is big, near 2 or higher you get some big, smooth, unfocused aqualung sound. You...

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 #122: Images & some answers 45Hz horns by jessie.dazzle on 2008-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...Jeffrey Jackson suggested that to build the horn similar that he has built for the GOTO distributer he would charge around $15K. As I understand you are a software engineer, so with $100/per billable hour of your salary the $15K is ju...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The horns will do duty as turntable stands... by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
I moved your post into a separate thread as I think your post about a subject, contrary to the thread where it was moved from was about the virgin fantasies… [quote user="Ronnie"] I thought I built almost copies of the Macondo upperbass horns, yet I'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Elusive “absolute tone”. by morricab on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Hi Romy,I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resonances as the reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Organizing Bass Playback by skushino on 2013-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
I'm also of the opinion that the bass is one of the most critical and most challenging parts of playback. Not talking about quantity, but rather the quality of bass reproduction. My approach has been to split the bass in two parts - Low and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: A valid observation, rowuk. by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In Macondo/Melquiades thinking, random process means random result - and that is exactly what happened with Dunnoy. A random driver was placed in a random cabinet with a random passive radiator and random cabinet damping. All subs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: Yes! by Romy the Cat on 2022-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Edgar, I completely miss you in all of your findings and I also was thinking about 15-in toy with a pair of sunspeak passive radiators. Indeed, Tannoys reinforced by sanspeak passive radiators is a magical configuration. I wonder do you dri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The minimum order is 25 pairs, that is 50 units. by oxric on 2011-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I wonder: does it mean that you will take the rest 28 drivers? Hm, are you trying to research the subject of the drivers’ critical mass or become a speaker maker? Be careful with their claims that they will be “manufactured...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A comment by 'manuelgarcia66' by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Somebody “manuelgarcia66” wrote in the Yahoo Tannoy Group. I think it was the ONLY reply on SUBJECT among others that proposed that I was in ignorant troll who should not bother the forum: "I?ve come to tannoys from different speakers-enclosures: Me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The Sherlock Cat and the corridor rooms by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="KLegind"]I am a big room buffoon. I like to see and hear a room and I like to walk around and "test" it. Sounds dumb but sometimes I can sit in a room and dream about what could be done to it in terms of Sound. It started around the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: My Dannoy update by Bill on 2021-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Prior to three days ago, i was almost ready to give up on the Dannoy's as I couldn't get close to the sound heard at Romy's with his setup of the same speakers. Then i was able to add my newly obtained Yamaha B2 amps, and was once m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: The T90A with Altec 288 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Mark, It is hard to say. I owned T90A sometimes in 2001-2002. At that time I was going through the drivers like crazy and T90A was just one of them. Looking from now I do not think that I gave to many drivers a chance as I did not “work” them trying...
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