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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: GOTO, Lowther and sashimi with Onken... by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Datubie, I do not think you should have a lot of expectations from Japanese GOTO office. I do not know how about the drivers but I would doubt their practical experience in system engineering. Their exponential trumpet horns are very poor. Their “r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Goto, ALE, YL, Condo, Onken etc… by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
My definition of “Japanese sound” is different than yours and I do not feel that Japanese sound is characterized by “tilted up high frequencies character”. http://www.RomyTheCat.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1959 I think if you are acc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi RomyBert took off already my post.... that 's not good for business....kkkkk.... Angelo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bass horn by audiofilofine on 2010-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]audiofilofine, you need to form a question in a format that would indicate you do the your do some homework. To bulb or even to design 20Hz horn is complex task and it usually made to the specifics of the given circumstance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: What I would do. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
A few comments. I think the region that impressed you was somewhere 50Hz-500Hz, the melody range with all those fundamentals. It might appear that it was in the lower end but I think it still was the fundamentals with first overtones. Since you c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Low Pass by IslandPink on 2010-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A proper implementation of low-pass filters in Melquiades Amplifier  4 Replies 
RomyThis topic is relevant to me currently as I am attempting to get a 750Hz low-pass into a valve (tube) amp that is driving a bass section ( Supravox 285GMF in an Onken cab ).I have run through a few options in my head but can see various problems....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Later, nerds... by Daniel on 2018-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
The forum rules were probably a booby trap or I even made up the part that said that it was necessary  to give subjective sound impressions, which is bullshit in the first place anyways. My measurements of the SG-16 and Onken OS-5000T are useless any...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Music at Toni's place - work in progress by twogoodears on 2010-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
The whole room (L-shaped) is larger as you all noticed, but as Roman saw in my Blog , the listening space is smaller - i.e. about 6,5 x 4,5 meters with low 2,70 ceiling - and is a perennial work in progress... yes, the Stereo Lab 1000 hz is a true wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Another more or less reasonable attempt using Goto. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-07 
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="tuyen"]This is my current 4-way GOTO setup. I know it is in no way optimal but I am interested to find ways I can improve it's layout. GOTO SG-38WN woofer in 360L onken cabinetGOTO SG-505TT mid-low driver with Azurahorn AH-160 ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: I can hear the hole too.. hence why I questioned the type of horn I am... by tuyen on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hi Keith,Interesting experience you have as I have found running my 505TT with the 160hz le'clech horns between 320hz-1200hz (with first order slope) works best for my setup and using my 15" goto sg-38wn woofer to play under 320hz (which sounds very ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: LF for use with Vitavox S2 by i_should_coco on 2006-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
At Romy's suggestion I've created a new thread for this. I have been thinking about what sort of bass solution to use with the S2. I was hoping to be able to  get the S2  low enough (c. 300Hz) to make this a bit easier, but it seem that onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Results... a few days late by Gregm on 2008-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
and not very encouraging. The set up was as follows: a Lowther ex4 playing from ~12k down in a big ~100Hz tratrix. A Murata up on top, and a 15" Beyma on the bottom. The Beyma is in an Onken so the results may not be fully indicative of performance i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Coral x-viii by panwitz on 2018-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Coral x-viii in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Hello guys! I got an old Coral X-VIII from Japan. Its an Onken enclosure with a 400 Hz horn. And I want to give it a second life. The enclosure looks already like new. And the question is about the crossover. What would be the theoretical best points...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: re tweeters by cv on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Just some scattered points:1) I gather the Acapella plasma tweeters have a catalyst so you don't get the nasty oxides/ozone etc. Got some old ionofanes on the way so will know soon how well they freshen up the room... They are self-amplified so ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Avantgarde, BMS and Orphean. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy a good sound in a room does not depend only on the speaker chain, but essencially also of the room acoustics. Probably many of the Trio systems didn’t sound right just because of that…. I was at Holgers Home in Lautersbach back in 94. He ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lowther for midbass may be tricky by Gregm on 2006-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
...if you want to use it "pure" as it were, without any in-between equalising. Or you could tailor the amp accordingly. I would see a lowther working well mid-high rather than mid-bass.My experience is limited, however, to EX-4 used with wizzer in a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Goto setup by tuyen on 2011-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
This is my current 4-way GOTO setup. I know it is in no way optimal but I am interested to find ways I can improve it's layout. GOTO SG-38WN woofer in 360L onken cabinetGOTO SG-505TT mid-low driver with Azurahorn AH-160 horn (160hz le'clech profi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn by skushino on 2012-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I've had a long-time desire to replace my Edgar 80hz midbass shells with a better performing solution.  My Edgarhorns arrived in 2005, and I made incremental improvements over the years until now they have little in common with the original Edgarhorn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: More scattered points by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]  I gather the Acapella plasma tweeters have a catalyst so you don't get the nasty oxides/ozone etc. Got some old ionofanes on the way so will know soon how well they freshen up the room... They are self-amplified so efficiency ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Solid state class A & compression drivers and horns by twogoodears on 2010-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Hi Roman, hi all... intriguing post and interesting questions, as I've been for about 20 years a triode and, before, a tube user and a glowing-in-the-dark maniac.My experience...I purchased - years ago - an Hiraga 20W which I used as a bass enclosure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: GOTO, Lowther and sashimi with Onken... by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Datubie, I do not think you should have a lot of expectations from Japanese GOTO office. I do not know how about the drivers but I would doubt their practical experience in system engineering. Their exponential trumpet horns are very poor. Their “r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Ignore CH AUDIO ? by Paragon on 2009-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Skushino,being an avid believer of horn speakers throughout the years,I find myself questioning your findings, as you stated in your posting.Have you finally listened to these speakers? or is it like, beauty is in the eye of the beh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
The recent events in my playback made me to think about he new prospective duty of tweeters. Since the Super Melquiades was enlisted for duty the Vitavox S2 got it’s own dedicated amplifier channel and stopped to “see” the coil of upper bass driver. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Nerds? I did not see a lot of them around here… by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
[quote user="Daniel"]The forum rules were probably a booby trap or I even made up the part that said that it was necessary to give subjective sound impressions, which is bullshit in the first place anyways. My measurements of the SG-16 and Onken ...

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: About the Goto SG146XX… by Romy the Cat on 2017-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Hm…m… I do not know how about that.   Well, the SG146XX where the most interesting from one perspective and the most problematic from another perspective. Goto, never gave to SG146 an option to moderate resonance frequency and without it I feel i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: More Horns propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Horns propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Another particle of a good Horn Propaganda. It was published in Sound Practices in 1994 and written by Joe Roberts. I disagree with quite many of the author’s statements but his strategic view that the majority of the horns and the horn installations...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Some unconfirmed story of Japanese driver manufactures. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I was slowly looking for a compression driver that would go in my Fundamental Chanel down to 200Hz. The YL Acoustic 550N attracted my attention. Then I realized that it is the narrow throat type of the drivers, aka WE555, not exactly that I would...
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