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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: More on the 160Hz horns.... by cv on 2006-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Allo fellas, Regarding pricing, best if you check with Martin; I know what I'm paying but I had to commission them specially - I know a hell of a lot of work went into making the mould, jigs to support the mould, etc etc. Actually the 340s were my c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: Azura 204Hz and 340Hz Le Cleac'h horn photos by Wojtek on 2006-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Hi there I can see Romy's face when he's trying to figure out Martin's time alignment strategy;0) I have Martin's 204 Hz horn with Fostex 208 E Sig. These horns are to be big to properly integrate with anything. They are OK with Fostex Lowther drive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A vertical midbass horn and environment by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Jessie’s comments about my idea to position midbass straight horns from basement, upper- firing and his warning that the horn will get converted into a giant garbage can made me to think. I did not think about it but it is a reasonable concern.  Hypo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: On The Porposed Design by Dresden on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
The target range is 40Hz to 400Hz.  One JBL 2206H 12" drive (an alternative configuration is with two [2] 2206H drivers).  Exponential.  Interesting that you mention a J horn, and that the same could be achieved by two horns (as oppose...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Compare Compound Horn and straight Front Loaded Horn by serenechaos on 2008-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Dresden, So the first two could actually be just one actual build, with alternate rear chambers?  Wouldn't you change the throat size, as well as the compression chamber size?  Then arrive at your "optimized" compound horn design. Then yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: My equalization “theory”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Well, you see, the outer dimensions of the mouth of cause an indications of low end response and by objective evaluation of it is easy to estimate horn’s bass numbers. However, it is very far from “sufficient” assessment. A few years back I completel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” midrange by horny on 2008-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” mid... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
For those seeking some decent compression drivers that don`t cost fortune, I can suggest to try the Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver. It has aluminum dome and polyester suspension and 1,4 inch exit throat. Does it sound like S2 ? Probably no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: OK. Thanks. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"]Why preface my comments?[/quote] Because it helps to put your comment in objective perspective. It is internet and people express opinions without any tangible common denominators of reference points. I might make a comment ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Corner-load whatever you want by el`Ol on 2010-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
I am currently planning high-WAF speakers for my sister which have to stand in the corners on the floor. Asking for small corner horns I was told the EV Baronet could be a solution. Simulating it with roughly estimated dimensions I found that the FR ...

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 #45: M by be on 2010-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
"the chamber where the magnet is (would it be perm magnet of electromagnet) is absolutely decoupled from any paths where sound flows"The situation is the same as the backside of a woofer looking into a closed enclosure, and this relationshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There is no way to generalize it is you care about sound. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Le C'leach horn rear chamber volume in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="js"]Could anyone please advise me as to the recommended rear chamber volume for a Le C'leach horn with a throat of 240cm2, mouth of 7089cm2, length of 47cm, cutoff of 160Hz, T of 0.8?  I'm thinking of using a Beyma 122Nd which has a sd o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Concerts by zako on 2009-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: X-mas list in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I remember one live performence the St louis Symphony did on the Mississippi river front,,( Summer Concert) Slatkin,,Of Carmina Burana,, Concert was going fine,,Till the Soprano hit high C,,Nothing came out,,She grabbed her throat,,Hit a lower note a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: 8" up to 2kHz ? by Murataltuev on 2015-08-26 
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="anthony"] Murataltuev wrote:So, the question is still opened: how to get 300-400hz.Perhaps give the JBL 2169H a try.  It is supposedly very good from 300Hz to 2.2kHz, but I have never tried it.  Use it in a sub 200Hz tractrix horn with a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: You don't have to go there... by anthony on 2015-08-27 
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="Murataltuev"] anthony wrote:It is a compression driver with an 8" cone.  If you want authority at 300Hz you will need diaphragm area.  The Fane Studio 8M that Romy and plenty of others use for 100Hz up to 1kHz is an 8" cone driver on a 4...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: I do not think so. by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Generally,  I do not think it is possible to put 60Hz horn under MF channel. You have a limited highs of MF and you need to put 60Hz under it. You have no room for circular horn and you have to go rectangular, mach wider then you want it to be. Then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Explosion by martinshorn on 2018-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Hi Romy  No offense, i really meant we all have our prejudice due to experience.  I dono the RCA but i think the old ones didnt have slits or?You can actually see it leaning towards the screen here on that explosion-drawing how its built.Look at the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: Cancel my subscription to resurrection... by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] So, yes, in an ideal world, I would have seriously considered doing something different….[/quote]   I guess your definition of “doing something different” would imply reading of 534 pages of BS from people who have no idea about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Eventually people learn!!! by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass impedance bumps -- why and what to do? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] Every time I turn them off and continue listening without them I notice that something good happens to the sound. It cleans up and becomes more engaging. [/quote] I am glad that somebody got in the end HOW to evaluate an acou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Some horns propaganda. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]Ironically or not, I have no practical problems with it, simply because I’m not using big UB horns. My upper bass channels are much more compact – 4 very massive 15” drivers with no horns. Their integration to my main widerang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Resonating hi from oversea by martinshorn on 2017-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Resonating hi from oversea in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hi Romy, hi folksMy intro hello and first post, i just had to sign up. Just found the platform through googlin some hornstuff and came back too often.Especially the resonating oops was the latest topic that really cought my attention as im familar, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Transition : Driver to throat, when throat is smaller than driver by jessie.dazzle on 2006-05-25 
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 
Hello all :::: This will be my first post, and I am writing first to thank Romy and the lovely Koshka for making the results of their research available to others, and also to ask for help :::: I am something of a "New Horns Guy" (cringe !), as I am ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Rich’s driver: alleged concerns. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]Our bass driver has a 12v field coil motor, it developes just over 20 kilogauss flux density using a low carbon steel pole piece. The exit diameter is 4 inches at the moment. The diaphragm is 6 inches in diameter and made of a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: ....puzzled with your response.... 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 
John, I am bit puzzled with your response. I do not know what would be a proper material for cone/dome of diaphragm. The source where “tone” is born in compression drivers is absolute mystery to me and I in my holly naiveté believe that no one else k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some Experienc... by Teodor on 2011-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
This project started in 2007 as an attempt to demonstrate that drivers different from the widely accepted low-Qts ones could be used in a back-loaded horn enclosures.Visaton BG13P, a cheap and easy-to-get (at least in Europe) driver was chosen, basic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Magico new 5 ways idea. Review and Critiques by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico new 5 ways idea. Review and Critiques in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I was pointed out to the fact the Magico has a new idea of their 5 way horn-loaded speaker. I did review the Magico former 4-way project, it was very bad: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=2103 The new one l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Changes in Horns by Jorge on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
RomyI do not see the 2490 going any lower than 200 hz, I tested it in a 140 hz horn and in the 120 hz horn and in both tactrix horns the lowest it would go was 200 hz,  I think even if I put it a 100 hz horn it will still go down only to 200 hz, so I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Hoi Polloi horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass impedance bumps -- why and what to do? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Herman, What you describe is fine. Over the course of last years I had a number of people who report identical things to what you do. Even if you change volume of back chamber and move resonance frequency then sound will change but it most lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn placements - horns occluding each other a problem? by KS on 2010-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn placements - horns occluding each other a problem? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I'd like to ask if anyone sees and appreciable problem with the following.I'm trying to arrange a 4-way, 3 horns sitting on top of a big bass box. As I have it the 42cm midrange horn (800-8k) is in front of the 95cm lower midrange horn (250-800hz). T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: New Fundamental Channel. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  [/quote]In my new room I would like to accomplish my long objective to get for Macondo a new Fundamental Channel. I would like my Fundamental Channel to employ 170-180 Hz slow-opening horn and to use a driver with 350-4...
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