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The picture of the “perfect” 6-ch Melquiades and Macondo as they are now…
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It is interesting development going on in my listening room. Amy the Kitten is making her hands dirty to convert our man-cave nerdy house into something that we as a family would enjoy. With all horror that this move would inflict in the heart of...
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Hi Romy, but I am simply curious that your Designed-&-Made-Yourself
have always had the flavour of the names and places from A Hundred
Years of Solitude ... Macondo the village, Melquiades the gypsy ... so
why the departue now to Zarathustra? ...
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Referencing the post from my “Playback Listing” forum:
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=7412
I would like to make an interesting announcement. T is high possible that Macondo soon will have another, the 7the channel. Now it ...
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List nigh I was trying to move Macondo around the my new listedning room trying to figure out where the Macondo's main components would stay. Nothing is connected yet and there is no Sound yet. The initials sentiment is that the room is perfect – eve...
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The 7th Channel will use absolutely different principles. However, the person who is working now on the Macondo 7th Channel started years back by experimenting with Flanagan’s Neurophone idea. It was actually the idle query. I did not use the Neuroph...
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Recently I had my second extended visit to hear Macondo system. I decided to post my listening impressions because this is one of the two best in home installations I have ever heard. The pictures you have seen of the Macondo system look quite ...
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Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...
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He still is doing something and I do not know what and why.
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?54198-5-Way-horn-project-big-boy-system!&p=1627923&viewfull=1#post1627923
http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?...
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Hi Romy, As a recent convert to horn-speakers I have greatly enjoyed trawling through your website and I have learnt plenty not only about horns but also about questioning my own motives and the desired end result of a possible "from scratch" spe...
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Back in the thread “Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo” (linked) I was bitching that t make accommodations for the new Multicell in the Macondo frame will be too difficult. However, I had a revelation two days ago. I spoke with my machinist...
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I know it is a difficult subject but as it has to do less with audio but more with life priorities. Still, the practice indicates that the short-wall installations for acoustic systems of the topology that Steve is trying to make will never work. Sur...
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I spoke recently with a friend of my and was trying to describe the sound of my midbass horns. I said that if Wagner was able to have his custom Bayreuth Tubas then why I am not able to have my Bruckner Midbass horns. I kind of like the metaphor that...
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Romy,I'm not sure how "transparent" you find the Lavry etc AD/DAs, but since you have them, it might not be difficult to throw in an adjustable digital delay; eg these chips from TI http://focus.ti.com/paramsearch/docs/parametricsearch.tsp?family=ana...
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The system is still very much a work in progress, but I have come to the conclusion that the concept as such is very, very good. It's only up to me to make it sound as well as I know it is capable of. Making and fine-tuning the crossover might take m...
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In a post a few days ago I mentioned that I am planning to experiment with a dedicated “fundamentals channel” putting the bottom of Vitavox S2 driver in the game.
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2431
Whoever dealt with spherical h...
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Why can't you just stack them inserting new horn in between midbas and midhorn and keeping your original arrangement? Since your midbass sits on the floor, the tweeter still should be on resonable hight.I would transform your full range Melquiades fo...
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Don't get too big ego or anything Romy (as it would be unbecoming), but I think you are Brilliant.Good "stuff" !!Neil...
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I did some further thinking. I slightly modified the sketch, more or less reflecting the actually dimensions of the elements. The tweeter was too large and the upper horn was too small. The current downing is more reflects the current Macondo f...
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Well, this for the tip of multi-layering the vertical panel. I like it a lot. I will allow keeping the mild panel thinner and more “airy” visually. The total high of the thing will be not 8’ for rather somewhere slightly above 6’. Also, I review the ...
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As some you guys who flow this thread know my search for Macondo lead me to the world of ribbons. In the mid of last October some of you (I believe it was Chris) pointed out to the RAAL company. I was skeptical but decided to explore the opportunely....
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Reading my old post about my new R&E adventures
Midbass Horns and Real Estate
http://www.romythecat.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=11190
….and contemplating on my prospective move to a big room I am strategizing what change...
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Two weeks ago I have finalized the last revision of my Macondo and spent some time to tune everything, making it to perform right. Why I did it I had a retrospective view over the last 8 year of Macondo “invention”. What I felt to do was to put the i...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Actually it is not exactly accurate. In the way my Macondo is a magic bullet. If you read carefully old article about Macondo axioms then you will see that one of the major underlying principle...
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[quote user="Amir"]I am not expert and my experience is limited but What I think is Macondo could outperform other horn systems in right setup.[/quote]Soundwise, my Macondo is a very interesting thing although Romy's may well be somewhat different, I...
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Well I assume you mean the "pros". After this weekend at the Paris Hifi show (first one ever for me), I cannot say that I place much value in what the "pros" might think.
Man, honestly, what crap sound in most every room...
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Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...
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I have to admit that the live Zander’s Bruckner Fifth from the end of 2007 made me to re-think how I would like Macondo to sound. It is not that I recognized new Macondo’s “Hi-Fi problems”, whatever it has I am very comfortable with it, but I rather ...
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Macondo, because it is prodigiously time aligned has very nerow and well defined listening sweet spot. The only same identical listening spot I heard only from one another loud speaker, it was Wilson Alexandria which was very accurately time alig...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What are my plans for 2011? I have a few. I am sure that I will be working with fine refinement of Macondo in the new room. I look forward to review the Macondo Fundamental Channel, will it be my new 18-cell or not I do...
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