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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Drivers, drivers, drivers…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
It is interesting… complaining about the fact that the “promising to be claver” Cessaro Horn using the TAD drivers (still it is not completely known as they said that that MD driver cost €4000) I asked myself: what else they might use?  Really, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
If you know how in some optical systems imagery get destroyed when an aperture getting closed to F64 or even smaller, then you understand what happens in compression driver when frequency get higher and spaces smaller. Yes, the proximity of wavelengt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: GOTO's price politic as GOTO primary deterrence. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
I would like to make a few comments about the entire idea of those expensive Japanese compression drivers: GOTO, ALE and alike. I have voiced the near-similar outlook about the irrational exuberance that some audio people express about electromagnet ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Let to be rational about “home driver" vs. “pro drivers”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I would discard the first part of your post. It is it truly irrelevant what Germans, French, Japanese or Brits were buying and what particular brand and in what time they consider as “fashionable”. It is know that Ebay or Akibahara popularity has...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The state of High-Efficiency: drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The state of High-Efficiency Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Well, whatever you do with your loudspeakers of with you whole playback system is kind of irrelevant if your drivers are not right. In my view the drivers are the very much heart of playback but in case of High-Efficiency and particularly horn-loaded...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Drivers, Boxes, Baffles, and X/Os by Paul S on 2021-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
Don't know the Vitavox, but some of the old 15" drivers sound good up to 4-500 Hz. For my own current project I will be crossing a modern 10" driver at about 200 Hz, for reasons of efficiency, and not planning to use the walls for baffle extensions. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Right drivers first by Murataltuev on 2015-08-17 
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"]Do not worry, you won’t be happy with your new speakers as well. It is a little dirty secret that no one told you yet: speakers do not give happiness. [/quote]In my case only speakers can give me happiness, because with e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Other drivers: TAD or Vitavox by Murataltuev on 2015-09-14 
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="Jorge"]I tend to like drivers with plastic suspension. Radian makes retrofit diaphragms for JBL with plastic suspension, maybe they will help you achieve the tone you are looking for. Extensions are easy to machine out of aluminum, eve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #268: Box Limits vs. Multiple Drivers by Paul S on 2022-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
Well, Tannoy tuned all their 10" monitors to play reasonably well down to about 50 Hz. Their monitors I heard were all variations of ported, with some of their "newer" monitors (70's?) using the ports to create more apparent bass, and those monitors ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Rebel +++, No more 2 drivers loudspeakers for any sensible audio by Romy the Cat on 2025-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A full-range driver = Crap in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: It has nothing to do with topology or drivers for LF by Romy the Cat on 2025-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High-End Audio Bass: what you do wrong. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
I think you missed, or not express not strongly enough, the main point of my message. And the main point of my message was that a low frequency section not necessarily need to be powered by just a plan signal that cannot be reproduced by main spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Six days from the life of GOTO drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-12 
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"] first, basshorns... the basshorns that I posted here some years back are my straight ~50Hz horns (my memory is fading)... they are 8' long... then rear chamber.. mouth ~ 3' x 4'... throat ~8" x 8"... rear chambers of va...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 2" drivers by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="be"]The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Multiple drivers VS Multiple (MMTM) midbass horns by Wojtek on 2008-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
I still remember proposed solution for symetrical TAD 1201 horn loaded midbass sections. Was it to free listener from sweet spot low seat position ? I could imagine that that midbass horn performing up to 1000Hz sitting low on the floor would impair&...

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  241 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 #30: How many drivers a person need? by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  30 Replies 
Oliver, Yes, in the first links that you sent it is clearly visible a fabric suspension – very interesting. Who is that guys? Are his drivers commercially available? Well, I asked and then I made a pose for myself. Well, a hard-suspended and fabric-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Well well well the horns and drivers arrived... by Kcct82 on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hey Romy,The Goto drivers (505TT, 100-8khz) and horns (S150, 150hz round exponential) finally arrived. I've only had them for a week so I can't say much about them besides they're not a simple drop in replacement of the previous 10" TAD woofer (200hz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Do not discard the drivers dimension. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
Unicon, I would not argue that our ears just don’t care as much about amplitude as they do about phase; I have been pitching it myself. However, I think you do properly interpret the need of the “exact parallel sound from drivers”. The parallelness o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #344: DHT drivers by nl on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Why do we use DHT tubes? it is not because of their technical specifications. They have low transconductance, a problematic direct filament, and they cost a lot.Obviously, it is because of their sound. Some people like it and some people don't.The DH...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Organic Bass vs. ULF Drivers by Paul S on 2019-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
I seem to remember that we've covered somewhere the sonic benefits of SET at lower frequencies, but I guess I never really thought of ULF as "bass", per se.  If someone ever comes up with an SET that can be an effective part of an AuraSound circuit, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Fastness and good drivers by haralanov on 2010-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]All I want is wide-range drivers as fast as a Lowther DX4 [/quote]Paul, I have listened DX4 driver.  In my view this fastness that you report is completely artificial and absolutely non-musical as it does not have any relation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Old vs. New Drivers; Tuning vs. Modern Expectations by Paul S on 2011-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
By the time I got seriously involved in hi-fi, in the early 60s, speakers and their drivers were already undergoing significant changes from which they would never "recover".  Basically, for reasons that are no longer clear to me now, drivers and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Spacing between drivers in vertical bass array. by oxric on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Here is the idea that I had for the “ultimate bass” for my room. Below is the picture of Macondo one channel as it is now from my listening position. So, if I find a way to deal with the wall edge at my ceiling  then I migh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Magico “Strategic Sound” and new drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Thanks for the link, el`Ol. The original Görlichs, when they still use aluminum layers were very interesting, thought they were soft suspended drivers that is not my cap of tea.  BTW, for whatever it worth the Magico new version does not use ADT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Enabled Lowther drivers by Retsel on 2008-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
I just found this thread and can comment on the Enabled DX4s.  Limono (Wojtek) very gratiously loaned his Enabled 8 ohm Lowther DX4 drivers to me this past summer (summer of 2008).  It took my a while to make the crossover for these (I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Interesting MiniMe-type Drivers by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
It may be good, though i've worried about SS since Tymphany took over.  I have seen many good companies with good products completely screwed by new management.  Their re-packageing of Peerless into V-Line (or whatever the hell that was) sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Seas Excel drivers by tuga on 2009-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Antonio, The drivers are Seas Excel: [url]http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=43[/url] "The SEAS Excel woofer Line offers 2 proprietary cone materials, available in drivers sized from 12 cm to 26 cm. SEAS ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: New drivers by guy sergeant on 2009-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/murrayjohnson/Korky-1.jpg[/IMG]I'll start looking!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bass drivers inquiry by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Hey, Guys, I have a question to ask. Are any in existence 10" paper-cone drivers with free air resonant frequency around 20Hz and sensitivity over 95dB-96dB? The caT ...
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