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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: With my tubed vision this is how I feel by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"]It is right that when you do not have bass problem then why to do any absorption for it ...But how do you know you do not have any problem ? [/quote] I was under impression that my criterion is my judgment if what I would like to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wiring for box speakers? by miab on 2010-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wiring for box speakers? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
I'm looking to internally wire to binding posts on exterior of box from woofers in a sealed cabinet. I was wondering what are some options for wiring that will not be a hinder. Would a heavy gauge copper 6nine's copper be sufficient? I'm using so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #225: Call me Pussy. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"] Roman, It is interesting to see you using your pipe in room.You mentioned its wrong to use them as LF consumer. You got it somehow wrong1-sealed tube traps can absorb LF and yet again absorb all HF in the same time...2- the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Ansvers. by Romy the Cat on 2024-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]If you said anything about your 15" VitaVox in the video, I must  have missed it. What frequency range are you running them, and what is low-pass filter? Given your prejudices, I suppose the cabinets are sealed, so they can't...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: What about ported speakers? by Antonio J. on 2005-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
For what I can understand, your system works as a treatment on the cones surface. In ported (bass-reflex) speakers some of the bass energy comes from the port. Should it be treated as well? Maybe since the sound coming from the port is not phase cohe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Orange Cello Speakers by op.9 on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Here's a thought experiment...pick up a couple of chinese orange crate cellos - for example .. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Good-student-cello-nylon-bag-bow-ready-to-play_W0QQitemZ190084840261QQihZ009QQcategoryZ10178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemlossily mount the PHY...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Study room 3 way or headphones by scooter on 2014-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
I used a set of 2-way near-field monitors and a decent sealed commercial subwoofer in a study room that was quite enjoyable. Mostly listened to FM. That room was not much more than 3m x 3m with lots of alcoves, slanted ceilings and a thick nylon rug....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #265: Basic considerations 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 
Good question, what is the actual reasonable output of Dannoy at 50Hz, no idea.  To make it clearer, let me summarize my actual thoughts (possibly wrong): Variant I (PR sub): 1. I accept 20Hz as the lowest freq a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I would be surprised... by anthony on 2015-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Back chamber in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Thank you for your response. I do find myself in a better position to optimize. Last thing is damping inside the chamber. Are there good rules of thumb on this, just like with volume tuning?thank you. Gera[/quote]...if you had...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I except suggestions and critique. by kodomo on 2015-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
I except suggestions and critique. I live in Turkey and I am not living in a city, I live at the coast. It is not possible for me to go and experience most of the stuff first hand. There is no one really interested in horns or have multi-way horn sys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: RCA Termination by glaesemann on 2008-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Purist Audio Design vs. Purist Audio Design in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Interesting, at this stage it's early in your testing so I am mostly interested in how they are terminated. Can you provide a picture of how the fluid tubes are sealed and the cable terminated to RCA? Tim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: This is interesting! by noviygera on 2015-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Interesting. with sealed 280 sq feet and 8 drivers per side along a long wall you very much migh be able to use a singe 6C33C. With proper loading, good trasformer, DSET and these drivers you should be able to get bass that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Dualing bass by jessie.dazzle on 2009-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
One other nice thing about floor or ceiling-mounting the lower-bass horns is that you wouldn't need such a huge living room; the space would be easier to load (sonically), and you'd have a much easier time finding an appropriate house. Romy wrote :"....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: I do not understand what CH Audio does. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Skushino, Thanks for pointing it out. Unfortunately with all my desire to understand what CH Audio did turn to fiasco and I absolutely do not understand this LF section. Is it a duplex of 515 drivers with one loaded in this front shallow front horn a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: I guess I'll give them a try first by Kcct82 on 2008-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I'm using a TAD 10" mid in a sealed box to produce 200hz-800hz. Although I'm fairly happy with it, I'm hoping a compression driver/horn would give even better results. There aren't a lot of ready made options for 200-800hz so I chose Got...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Ah ha, so it's 220hz by Kcct82 on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Some days ago, I re-installed the Goto CF-1 active crossover (fixed x-frequencies: 220/1000/5000 hz) with the full plethora of my amps....I guess Goto's recommendation is to cross at 220hz then... although 300hz seems to sound better. I haven't ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A mono LF channel – I do not like it. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
While the aftermath of the midbass horn project is not over I am strategizing how I might implement Macondo’s LF section. The leading idea is to bolt a triangular shape sealed enclosure juts behind the small wall that cover the load bearing beam from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: TH horns Triptych? by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]Now if you design a TH for 70 hz, you can use it from 35 hz up to 140 hz,  and that could match up to your 142hz front Upper Bass horn. With this solution you completely eliminate the need for a Folded horn midbass channel,  that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Works only in some applications. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Congratulations you have found and use this principle, otherwise the back chamber acts like pneumatic brake for the lower working range of the diaphragm! [/quote] Actually it shall act as “pneumatic brake” in a compression dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: Injection channel shall do colors only, not space. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="AOK_Farmer"] Here's what I've been trying. 8 ohm 4.5 inch full range Omega driver in a 0.35 cu ft sealed box and 6 mH coil 200 Hz electrical crossover. The main speaker is JBL Array 1000. This full range driver has my favorite *tone* of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: I might take you up on the offer Romy by tokyo john on 2011-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
I just stumbled on this thread, and am thinking about being your first customer.I am planning to move to New York from Tokyo end of this year - not just escape the nuclear radiation but to let my kids experience a different culture.Depending on m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: dipole bass - was Chinese upperbass horn. by cv on 2005-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Romy, Can you expand a little more on what the issue with dipole bass is and what it does incorrectly? I'm still not sure I know exactly what you mean (and I've had a look at some of your other comments on the site).What sonic aspects in particular? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: OB (etc.) at Midbass by Paul S on 2016-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
You have said that you want to keep the channel relatively small, and sealed is one way to do it.  I don't know your Vitavox, but a larger ("IB") box might have more of the dynamic transcience you mention, and it probably would not be a step back in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Opportunism by decoud on 2014-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Thank you both for your thoughts. The space is interesting: not a cellar, but a sleeping area just big enough to fit a super king size bed, with one of the walls being half open, so it would not pressurize quite like a fully sealed room. Further, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: A small box for PM4A by Paul S on 2006-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
I confess that at one point I tried PM6As in 2.5 cu. ft. vented boxes.  Lousy, tipped-up balance and soggy, one-note "bass", contrary to the designer's claims.  The only thing good about it was that the box did not add c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The another garbage from Columbia by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Verklarte Nacht with LARGE orchestra. in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
It is unthinkable how mach of great music the Columbia sound engineers had vandalized. The Boulez’s “Verklarte Nacht” with NY Philharmonic turned out to be a good pay but what the sick sound! I bought 3 records and one of them a new, sealed. All of t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Morning Bruckner by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
One of the wonderful things about Bruckner that Morons do not buy Bruckner records. Last night I attended the “Hydra” concert and stop by in city record shop. http://classical-scene.com/2011/11/11/sound-in-space-festival/comment-page-1Here it was the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My 15¨Golds are probably on the way out by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I am using them with 200 w/channel SS amp in very large sealed cabinets.  The room they are in is quite large and the honey bass has been less of a problem than the MF tone.  When I play my bartoli baroque CD (live in italy),  dynamics...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Since you ask... by Paul S on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
I have been surprised that you have not already pursued the Zarathustra for your multi-driver, sealed LF.  From your early descriptions of both, this seemed like a natural pairing and the most likely way to go, to keep the drivers "off the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is not about rightsizing from extreme systems but .... by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
....obtaining the same extreme results by the different means, although I do not know yet if it is possible….T, I do not think that it is possible to get from 9.5" woofer and passive radiator a good sound in context of small monitor. A passive radiat...
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