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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Old new Vitavox S2 or new old Vitavox S2... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I had dinner with Mike Harvey from Octave this weekend. Mike acquired the intellectual rights, tooling, drawings and jigs needed to manufacture the S2's. I believe that newly manufactured S2's will be available very soon. M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" by oxric on 2011-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
At some point last year, after I had been offered an opportunity to buy some Vitavox S2 drivers from someone in Paris, and some S3s from Germany, I decided to approach Mike Harvey of Octave Audio, AKA Vitavox Hifi, to get some information about how I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
So in an effort to learn something about the way the 288 and S2 sound the way they do, what do you suppose the mechanical differences in the construction of each driver that causes the differences in sound as they look so similar physically?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-02 
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I believe you use the laser to find out at what frequencies there are resonances and where they are at so youcan make the phase plug accordingly but like I said I know about as much as those lasers as I saw in the Tad brochure. A machinist told me on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #456: Vitavox 15/40 by vintageman on 2018-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Hi how did your vitavox speaker project go?Im looking for a 1956/57 single original cone 15/40 to complete my vitavox project. Anyone got one?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: The Netherland’s Horns for Vitavox and others. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
There is a guy named Ad in Netherland who makes looks like aluminums (but I am not sure) horns for 1.5 inch compression drivers. The first picture it looks like an exponential: W=39cm/15.4Inch. L=45cm/17.7Inch. I do not know if Tractrix and the Fren...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Vitavox S3 drivers with Edgar Horns? by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EdgarHorn Speaker Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Adrian, If you are still in MF frustrations then I have something that you might find interesting. Recently I pick up in UK a pair of Vitavox S3 drivers. They out to be with original metal cones. I do not need them but the price was too good to let ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Vitavox S3 drivers by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EdgarHorn Speaker Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Very interesting, it is certainly worth a try. Do you have the information on frequency response, impedence, etc? [/quote]http://website.lineone.net/~empson/S3.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What's left of Vitavox by jessie.dazzle on 2009-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phoenix in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
My understanding : This is simply what's left of the original Vitavox. The original founder had an interst in quality audio; the current owner(s) seem to have an interst in government contracts ($?). I'm not sure, but seem to remember that the curren...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Specifications : Vitavox 15" bass drivers by jessie.dazzle on 2009-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...The use of the Vitavox AK151 driver is very good.  They went for 8-ohm coil. Well, this is interesting. Srajan promoted in his article Kevin and SET devote and then Kevin drops the AK151 impedance from 16 to 8 ohm..."According to the V...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Further Vitavox S2 improvement? by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I have posted this idea at the Peter’s Vitavox site a few month back but there is no activity at that site. It sucks that there are no advanced S2 users out there. I am planning to try it myself and in a month or so and will report the result.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox S2 vs. the World by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-29 
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[quote user="jweiss"] When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Vitavox S2 Electromagnetics… by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-24 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Below are the images illustrating how it will work at the first test-stage. [/quote]Hey, I kind if did it…. The first draft of the experiment with Vitavox S2 driver is on. The idea to use a combination of permanent magn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Vitavox S2 field-coil: the first 10 minutes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Well, I screw-in today the S2 with filed-coil into my horn. I decided to drive it with 2.4A.  I used a regulated DC PS and did not employ my prepared for this tusk 4.2 Farad capacitor: the voltage is too high for my cap. The current gave me a ni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Re: Vitavox S2 field-coils and a realistic delta by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]I presume this is with the new production diaphragms? Just wondering if the old ones might restore some of the youthfullness which was diminshed by the field coil?[/quote]Yes, if was the new production diaphragms with plastic suspens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Tweeters for Vitavox S2: Heil’s Air Motion Transformers. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
The Heil AMT drivers are well known in audio. There is a cult of people who follow them and they swear that Heil drivers are like nothing else. The Heil drivers were made by ESS, by Scandinavian, by German’s pro audio and by Russians. The do use defe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: need exact spec's of the vitavox s2 driver by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
hi alli found a company in china wich can produce the compression drivers on my request. has anyone the exact specifications and drawings  of the vitavox s2 driver ? that's of course essencial to get them made. i will also send a email to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How to make it working with Vitavox S2? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
It is complicated. Any tweeter is different and the RAAL’s “Water Drop” tweeter is more different then others. Almond any other tweeters that I heard this tweeter has something absolutely unique- it has no annoying upper MF nose. When I asked Alex to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Vitavox is dead? by amperidian on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The EdgarHorns: the new old business plan in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]You might write a venous attack on Vitavox but it would be about 12 years too late! [/quote] Why not write about the Vitamix instead then?  It may attract an Emm Labs Harmonizer so that it can produce music and chop veg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Outdoors with Vitavox by guy sergeant on 2013-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Outdoor horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
[URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/murrayjohnson/media/bigvitavox-1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/murrayjohnson/bigvitavox-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wanted Vitavox S2 Original Hi Testing Diaphrams with Horns And Orig Xo... by vintageman on 2014-07-17 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox 12 cell Horns + Gaumont Kalee 379 Drivers for sale. by Joe H on 2013-11-01 
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Hi All.I'm reluctantly selling a pair of Vitavox 12 cells and a pair of GK 379 drivers. They are currently up on ebay.If anyone is interested or wishes to make a decent offer,  all the info can be found here:Horns:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VITAVO...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Vitavox alive, again! by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] Well Jessie, it looks like your wish has come true. The Vitavox site went live at 9 a.m. this morning. It has very interesting implications for the compression drivers landscape in that it suddenly makes buying a hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: RCA vs. Vitavox without Sarah Palin's Intelligence. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
The subject it itself is very interesting and although it not directly relates to the Experience Music Horn Installation but there was some talk about in this thread. There was conversation on the similar subject at British hifiwigwam forum ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Vitavox corner horn plans - ask Peter Empson by cv on 2010-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Hi Romy,If you look at the bottom of this page:http://www.noteworthyaudio.co.uk/loudspeakers2.htmlit looks like he offers replicas of them...Good luck,cv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Vitavox Corner Horn plans by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Thanks guys, I have contacted Peter and the JBLGuy, let see what it would fish. I would need to find the Vitavox Mike from UK, but all his formal contact do not works - it looks he closed down his old shop. If somebody knows his new email/phone t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: The Vitavox 15-inchers resonant frequency. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I have not yet measured either case. As previously mentioned, at mid-project I had to put the mid-bass horns on standby (I will get back to them, but must first attend to an ongoing emergency).I can measure the free air re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal by msaudio on 2010-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
49Hz To 52Hz will be your peak, so the best you could hope for would be 3 hz below that flat with a perfect tuning of your length of your horn and back chamber of your box housing your woofers. If you shoot for the free air low res of your design, of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Mystery of Vitavox S2 resolved! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Ah, such a beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful discovery! After all, after the years of dealing and fighting with it I come up with the observation that the Vitavox S2 driver could and actually should be used “as is”. The harshness that I was re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Vitavox S2 inside. by cv on 2006-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Thanks for the picture Romy. I couldn't unscrew the top threaded piece myself. Perhaps I was turning it the wrong way?! Any guidance you could give on dismantling the driver would be appreciated. Regarding the active flux modulation idea; I think yo...
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