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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The midrange driver is the main bitch! by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"] Still, I do miss the dynamic lower MF of the 15" woofer...[/quote] Well, this is it. I really do not know what it is and I (and you) call it “dynamics” but it might be something else that juts appears like dynamics… I did not pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Contributing factors in compressed sound by malinowski on 2007-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I have been searching for a good discussion on this subject for a while an yet to come across anything that really explained this: What are the causes/factors of compressed sound? I know it when I hear it, and have heard this phenomenon attributed to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The blind contribution of driver suspension. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Petar, wonderful observation as usual. I would like to add one factor that is always there but practically impossible to consider predictably. Any driver has suspension (with exception of suspension-less drivers that are not suitable for bass) and th...

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 #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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: TAD, recognizable announces and me.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] ... I often note that you describe TAD compression drivers as being not to your taste. Could you tell us which of their range of drive units you have direct experience of and on what horns?  [/quote] When I experimented wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Back to the imaging of the fifth wheel. by Romy the Cat 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 
Actually Goto does not have default 5-6-7 way systems. I have seen that they recommend 4 ways systems. Definably in the fields the dealer and distributor load their ignorant customers with as much drivers as possible selling them 55 ways systems.&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #172: I do not see a lot of interesting solution out there. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"] Anyone has some sort of comparison between compression drivers against cone (dynamic) drivers in a this huge mid bass horns, or even upper bass horns.     All I heard are this guys from Germany with the out of reach expe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Specs & speculation by jessie.dazzle on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them...""...The biggest thing that I wonder is how Mick made the Vitavox bass drivers to has 35Hz resonance. You can always use softer suspension and it will drive r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-13 
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="el`Ol"]Romy, I find the Veravox 5 drivers are strong contenders when searching for elevated sensitivity 5" drivers. I heard the Veravox 5X in combination with Shindo SET electronics and found it very natural-sounding. Both 5ers have cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The boom-tssza-tssza sound from ceramics by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"]I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate.  After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only havin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The throat considerations. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
I was thinking about the throat of my hypothetic midbass horn. This is complex, controversial and it has pretty much no answer, at least in the formeat I ask it. I will share my thoughts with you. Let pretend that I went for exponential midbass profi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Some commentaries about drivers selection. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
We understand that Charlus’ selection of drivers are not a selection yet but some kind of very preliminary idea of the drivers that he feels like he like. I said “he feels like he like” not accidently. I do not think Charlus, or anybody else in h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Avantgarde, BMS and Orphean. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy a good sound in a room does not depend only on the speaker chain, but essencially also of the room acoustics. Probably many of the Trio systems didn’t sound right just because of that…. I was at Holgers Home in Lautersbach back in 94. He ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think you misuse my terminology by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="Rewind"]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. [/quote] OK, but it is not how I feel about the service of injection...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: No one does them. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Hm, Yes, I kind of forgot the idea of multiple compression drivers blowing into the same throat. I never was too warm to it but I do admit that it would minimize the length of the horn. For sure the right solution would be to make compression driver ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: It's just one system by Scott L on 2016-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"]ScottL,It looks like the two pics you posted are of different systems, the first being slot loaded PP, and the second (full-system) showing a "traditional" IB.  You also seem to be confirming my intuitive hunch of potential sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Earl Geddes on the field-coils.... by MochaMike on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not know any advantages because the fact that the sound softer. I personally believe that the electromagnets have HIGHER MOMENTUM FLUX MODULATION and that make them to “sit” slightly…  or exactly what I would like t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Cogent, electromagnetic, Edgar, Cyanide and me. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="jweiss"] It was good to finally meet you at CES at the Cogent Room. I guess that you really found Steve and Rich's drivers pretty interesting (you initially wanted to buy a pair of the midrange drivers, remember?) [/quote] Hi, Jonathan....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: No DSP for sure by Murataltuev on 2015-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Murat, that's a lot to ask from one driver. [/quote]1000-12 000 is 3.5 octaves.300-3000 is a bit less.[quote]In any case, if you do get useful results with the paper driver, you will have to turn right around and integrate it bac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not like your use of that JBL channel. by Romy the Cat 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 
Rewind, the explanation if my injection channel does is well described at this site. I do not own a copyright over injection channel nether term not concept. You can use your injection however you wish and call it whatever you want but what you do is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: JBL 2490 mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-sale items in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I also am selling my JBL 2490 mid-range drivers and perhaps a collection of my original Aura 1808 drivers. The 2490 drivers are new and Auras are some old and some new. I just do not see myself to develop any inspiration to use them......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: It is not Silbatone. by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Silbatone made a Demo with those Horns (the big ones)They said, it is one of three existing WE Horns, made 1935/36 (only mod is the addition of the tweeter you can see there). One Horn is made for 3500 Visitors, so we got a 7000 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Same as free-air resonance? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Horn Savant"] I think it's about the same as free-air resonance - backwave to entire basement. Precedent: pre-war theatre horns(open rear like Shearer/ERPI)(unlike post-war reflex tuned designs like Altec A4)(I don't like reflex boxes - ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Too simple mistake to make. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klangfilm: actual knowledge is better then fetish imaginatio... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]If you look at the picture second from the the top, you will see 2 woofers mounted in front on the baffle, notice a 2 piece horn from the baffle. Klangfilm never had such a horn, they would start at the baffle and curve out. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: "Avantgarde Trios yet the modified conventional drivers." by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]…. Avantgarde charge how much for their large Trios yet the modified conventional drivers they use cost only a few bucks each… [/quote] Avantgarde Trios were $38K retail, overprized but still conventional in the world where the M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Particular Reasons for 10" Preference? by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"]Outside of the already constructed bass towers, is there a reason you are looking exclusively for 10" drivers?  I have heard a pair of stacked 15" Lambda's on each side supplementing/providing bass to lower midbass under som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: SOS (same old shit) Redux by Paul S on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
Petar, I might have just been tired, but I thought I saw a pair of "likely" 3.5" paper tweeters, and I played the hypnotized consumer and bought them, to start with my adaption education.  It might be a while before they get here, but in the meantime...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Vitavox s2/amphorous core interaction/idiosyncracies by mark on 2008-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
well i never thought i would be opening such a pandora's box with this combination.firstly,the drivers have the plastic surrounds(whew,lucky!i know the diaphragms are potentially harder to source than the drivers)what indicators or criteria would mak...
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