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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Evolution of Honk. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Evolution of Honk. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
The relationship between horn-loaded loudspeakers users and honk sound that some horns tend to produce migh be stratified by the following sequential categories. 1)      Ignorant hate2)      Ignorant acceptance3)      Dealing with it4)      Ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Remagnetwhat? by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]The thraot size will be 7 inches. [/quote] Wow, THAT IS BOLD!!!! The 45Hz how from 7” throat – that is very-very cool and very positively-obnoxious. [quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Yes I have thought about paying someone e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
In reference to: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1414 I had recently a guy in my listening room and he asked me if it would be possible to get the 300Hz range in the way how it sounds in my room but without using those larger uppe...

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 #131: Bass compression driver is all I need by Murataltuev on 2015-10-20 
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="Romy the Cat"]Of cause not but did you read and understand the Macondo Axioms? The Macondo Axioms proclaims that an individual driver and individual channel have to be set in maximum suitable for own topology operation. According to Go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hørning prøblems. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I stopped by yestoday ay NY show for a couple hours. Somewhere in there SRA’s Kevin Tellekamp fished me and told me that he wants to show me something very interesting. He brought me into a room where Hørning loudspeakers were demonstrating. (http://...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: They all are juts microphone fantasies… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Andy Simpson"]  (2) Yes, in most recordings - which are unlistenable - multiple microphones are used in close proximity in order to artificially generate 'clarity'. The side effects (as you noted) are massively exagerated (but uncon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The bottom limit of the Vitavox S2 driver. by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="i_should_coco"]I guess these would work nicely from 300Hz to ??? Can the S2 really go that low? I've heard differeing opinions....[/quote] Pete, How low the S2 really go? It is a little bit complicated. First of all there is an objecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Only the subjective reality is versatile - the true reality is not by haralanov on 2012-02-17 
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 
Romy, [quote user="Romy the Cat"] Remind you that horn not only does that but it performs acoustic transformation gradually. [/quote] Yes, I do agree with you about that. From both theoretical and practical point of view it is 100% true. But...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Recoup the energy by anthony on 2024-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1)    Since you use the injection channel, stop using it. The injection channel was a ridiculous idea with exceptionally beneficial results, but now I have found it better. You have two Tannoy Red 10 drivers. Use the HF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Some sharing.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
+++ Going back in time to your Super Macondo with the midbass horn, I'm wondering how did the big horn influence your perception of Macondo sound if you remember? Yes, it is very very good question and essentially the question which r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The main benefit is in the type of sound presentation by haralanov on 2012-02-13 
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="Romy the Cat"]...to hear it from a person who advocates a single driver approach :-)[/quote] Hahhaha, if you call the combination of 4x23” + 4x15” + 12”+ 8” +2” a single driver approach, then the people who really use single driver sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: EdgarHorns crash survival guide by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Now I have had the EdgarHorns in my system for a number of weeks and have been moving them around the room and moving things in the room around to make them sound their best. [/quote] If you are not familiar with horns then it u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new G.I.P speakers. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The Japanese maker/reseller G.I.P: http://www.gip-laboratory.com/ http://blog.audio-life.nl/2011/01/western-electric-gip-laboratory_16.html … looks like came up with a new loudspeaker. I do not know a lot about the co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: About the Germany Loading. by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I keep thinking about the type of the loading the guy from Germany used. I am not sure if I agree with Josh that the absence of front chamber if the key for the success that Josh describes. Let analyze it.   The front chamber for LF drivers is not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some comments about GOTO-Jackson upperbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Yes, it turned out to be the emails from GOTO importer. I am not completely understood if the horn at the picture above is an official GOTO product. The Ming Su said that the horn was build locally by Jeffrey Jackson with the support of GOTO but then...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some conical horns anti-propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some conical horns anti-propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Steve Schell pointed to Bill Woods’ site aka RCAfan. http://www.acoustichorn.com/ I do not know the guy but the site looks attractive. Some of his old large horns are interesting as so on… however, what make me to wonder is the horns that Bill Woo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I will need a direct radiator under the bottom… by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] For a lot of reasons, I'd vote for an alternate placement. You've got that basement, so why not use it as a rear chamber? You might be able to use the volume "as is", without building a proper rear chamber. In this ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Scott, are you going to park your Camel in your new horn? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"]  Edgarhorns weren't an obvious choice.  Many horns never worked for me.  The Avantgardes left me cold.  So did the single-driver crowd (I just don't get it....), Altec VOTs, PA systems, etc.  But there were some systems th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Room treatment by anthony on 2018-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Thanks for the kind words Romy.  I am enjoying taking my time with this project and getting things just right.  It sure helps when there is little development involved, just duplication more or less.  Development may come later as I impose my exp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Looking at the Audio Tekne. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Yes, this English pace did not give a lot of new information.  I know nothing about the AudioTekne Company. I like that they wrote about their bass driver but I do not know how much truth and the actual results behind it. I do think that they wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Yep, very nice. by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Yep, indeed, it looks very nice. The 8 sections of bass line array look visually slightly overweening but I think when you put the upper bass horns in place it will visually balance the things out. I feel some sort of envy to the way how you plan ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: On A Mid/Upper Bass Horn by Dresden on 2008-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
I'm a new reader of your website and one subject which interests me a lot is that of upper bass horns.As you have noted time and again (with which I agree almost completely, after reading a lot of 'research' [many claiming to defy the laws of physics...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The existence of Santa Claus according to GOTO by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] Ming would like to provide this custom basshorn service to his customers in the US market.. Goto Japan has nothing to do with this... [/quote] Very cool, the more “hornier” the better as far as I concern. [quote user...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Industrial Design by skushino on 2012-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Midbass from horn in small room can be hugely benefited if it bounces but to make the assembly of horns visually pleasant, time aligned and functional at the same time is a big question. I do like the notion of Midbass fires t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Henry’s Grande Castine by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Marc HENRY"] For this Musique-Concrete horn system called "Grande Castine" (it was developped in Saint Cast Le Guildo, Britanny, France, from were females inhabitants are called "Castines" ) i prefered a modified 60Hz Le Cleac'h cylindri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #181: Murat 2017 (Martch) by Romy the Cat on 2017-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
It is not a secret that my short interaction with Murat and my observation the progress he has with his playback made me to feel that his is an idiot. There is nothing new in it, most of accidental audio people are idiots. Nevertheless, I think it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Some important notes 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 
I took this quote from Bill’s post in the Bermuda Triangles of Audio thread, and I did not want to pollute that thread. Still, I feel that subject is very worthy to address. [quote user="Bill"] 3.Tannoy is worse in dynamics, but what non-horn ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I have a super attic by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Anthony, it is a bit complicated subject. If you ever visit me and look at my attic you will be literally laughing. It is always initially designed with an idea to load there all possible outer installations. Pretend a good size listening r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Transparent horns by Romy the Cat on 2019-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transparent horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
A few years ago a Russian guy, Murat form Moscow, popped at this forum with his ideas to build multichannel horn installation, that in his words would be the “best in the world”.   http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&...
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