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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Here is an interesting setup. It is nowhere in Moscow Russia. I did not hear it but it does not mean that we can’t analyze what the authored was trying to accomplish. It is 3-way installation. Bass looks like dual G...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Cost benefit analysis of midbass horns v/s compromised ULF by oxric on 2011-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do feel that a playback sound has to be built first...The way how I trained myself is to disconnect channels. While I was making Macondo, installing it, moving it and experimenting with it I was frequently disconnecting c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Desibel makes horns.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
http://ratkje.no/2009/10/desibel/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Audiotekne horns by Serge on 2011-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[url=http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/fermata10/view/419326/][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5304/fermata10.0/0_665fe_54c6fb44_L.jpg[/img][/url] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Midbass horns vibrate by unicon on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Decays may not be only from your horn inside mouth ...Try to treat your back chamber(whole area of were your driver radiating sound ) with highly dense materials and use absorbers too.Use acoustic dampers like rubber where your horn mouth contacting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Latest pictures of LVFrame and UB115 horns nearing completion by oxric on 2011-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Josh, Hope you have time enjoying your horns and new production Fane 8ms when not busy getting our world into more financial woe! Your query reminds me that it has been a long time I have not updated this thread and I am posting some of the lates...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Anyone experimented with pro folded bass horns for home use? by noviygera on 2010-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Anyone experimented with pro folded bass horns for home use? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I'm wondering has anyone actually tried using the pro sub horns, similar to EAW LA400 (about 36"x36"x24" or similar size). There are a few different products available, such as Fitzmaurice tuba, EAW, based on a 15" or 12" woofer. What are your experi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Triangular midbass horns by msaudio on 2010-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The guy is real good, and i would like to find some of his stuff on CD. Can you find his music in the states?   Can you post some pictures of basement?     PREACHING HORN RELIGION   MSAUDIO...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Autotech.pl horns by jzagaja on 2010-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Autotech.pl, hand made in Lublin, Poland....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Cleaning my horns by anthony on 2023-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Just turned on the TV to put on some YouTube while preparing to belatedly give Macondo a cleanup and right there was your new video...lost 45mins of cleaning time though, and those Bass Cannons take a lot of cleaning!Turns out the Red 10" pair I purc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Toeing in of horns by tuga on 2008-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Twogoodears, What you are experimentation now has yet nothing to do with DPoLS. You deal with the relatively rudimental ceremony of speaker positioning. It is not even close to the subject of DPoLS but it is also greatly ne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Many Mani's options: My first horns by manisandher on 2010-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Many Mani's options: My first horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a solution to a problem – how to recreate through speakers the same sound that I get through headphones. Why did I embark on this quest? Well although I’m quite happy with my headphones, I miss being...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Garg wants more horns. by Gargoyle on 2015-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Garg wants more horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
This will be yet another log on building a maconalds inspired speaker conglomerates.So far what I gather is I need to first sort out a upperbass/mid frequency combination before I dive into the rest of the details.I too, will try to provide pretty sk...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: New bass horns by Purite Audio on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
The new bass horns are front loaded, and can be positioned either vertically or horizontally, they are actively driven.Keith....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #224: GOTO horns. by xandcg on 2015-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
GOTO Horns: http://www.hififorum.at/showthread.php?s=889ad472f1c786af4f78ef0ef2848836&t=5802...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What’s up with these giant horns? by gr8ful4music on 2018-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What’s up with these giant horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I’ve gathered that this system is currently under construction somewhere in China. I haven’t been able to find any details on drivers. What can we guess from these pics? Anyone know anything about this system?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: K-horns by Wojtek on 2018-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klipsch Jubilee in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
If you're willing to travel to Notown I can lend you a pair of K-Horn bass bins loaded with Altec 803a.They are not Jubilee  and you would probably want to augment it with some sub-bass but maybe not since I only experienced them in a frame house wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fostex, compression driver MF, aliens and SS [Re: Ronnie's horns] by Ronnie on 2005-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Yes, all you said about the Fostex and heavy mouth MF seems reasonable. I don't know what's wrong, but I get the feeling that it's sort of hollow-sounding and could be much more loaded. I'll finish the horns completely before any final conclusions.In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Horns and silver: NO WAY! by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"] Romy, the first time that I noticed that the speaker wires are very important to the sound was when Steve put some very expensive audiophile wires in place of our normal magnet wire. I walked into the room while familiar musi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: screw the horns by Paul S on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
IMO, with care  the Lowther DX4 does pretty well from 150 to 10k Hz.; but it is as colored when "loaded" by a horn as anything else.The "notch-filtered" DX4 driver is pretty natural in an OB within its "easy" range, lacking only the la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Hajj to Horns Mecca by JJ Triode on 2013-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
De Charlus,Since you presently reside in North America, I really recommend you go to visit Romy and hear his installation.  The cost of the trip to Boston will be approx. 1% of your eventual total investment in this project, and what you learn there ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Romy's Multi-cell Horns Where Are They? by jeff1225 on 2013-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy's Multi-cell Horns Where Are They? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Roomy,I have read the posts from two years ago on your multi-cell horns. What was the final verdict? I don't see them for sale so I assume you've kept them. I'm curious where you stand on using 18 cell horns as the main midrange source....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wanted Vitavox S2 Original Hi Testing Diaphrams with Horns And Orig Xo... by vintageman on 2014-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wanted Vitavox S2 Original Hi Testing Diaphrams with Horns A... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues by ulf on 2015-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Some of you have already seen my old posts about the 2 pair of concrete midbass horn a friend and I built a few years ago.   Now I just wanted to share what has happened to those beauties since the last po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: "...his aproach to designing horns is interesting" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="slowmotion"]But his aproach to designing horns is interesting[/quote]Slowmotion, Does his “interesting designing approach” include the designing the “interesting horns” and then to correct their problems with digital correction devised....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Stacking the horns: bad idea by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"] Why can't you just stack them inserting new horn in between midbas and midhorn and keeping your original arrangement? Since your midbass sits on the floor, the tweeter still should be on resonable hight.I would transform your fu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Upper bass horns: throats or the basics? by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transition : Driver to throat, when throat is smaller than d... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Jessie, Perhaps if you search something in the throat jungle you might fish some interesting results. You see, optimizing the driver to throat transition you might get some HF out of upper bass driver. But besides getting more HF there is something ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: "Pile O' Horns" by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Yes, I have recognized those “flatted-ended” Edgarhorn Horns that I will be spending this weekend to correct. By "plugless" I meant that the phase plug will be removed in my fundamental channels as they would not be necessary in there and should prov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do not spoil horns with dirty hands.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: Horny Book in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
... or wondering if it has any new insight into horn design.I did not read the book but I find funny that person who presumably do not “believe” in horn write a review about the presumably horn related book. It would be similar to ask a blind person ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The ordinary honk of the bad horns owners. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]Interesting.  I'm wondering here if this is the key to eliminating the honkiness I hear in most horn installations.  From your experiments, it seems that the low frequency extension is key.  Push it too far and it...
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