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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Chasing the drivers… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You have no idea how loaded this question. The crossover point with the MiniMe is not a tactical question but actually the very strategic question of the entire speaker, let me to explain why. The woofers that I use are fai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: More about the Plate Loading by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I chose this for a sound most free from "graininess" which may change with PP2000. However, what is the rationale to change the impedence loading on the tube, from your perspective? As you know the Magnequest OPT has taps for 4,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #257: Another variable of sound by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Floobydust, excellent points as usually. I am not too concerned about the AC noise on my filament, at least at this point. I want to get the right “check and balance” operation of the whole amp (all channels together) and then will see how the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: It might be not what you think. by Romy the Cat 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 
 [quote user="Kcct82"] Hey guys, I bought the Goto 505TT with S150 horn brand new over 2 years ago. Guess what? I'd still be in sonic shit if I followed the 200-1000hz "recommendation". The 505TT does not perform well below 400hz and when I final...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The Goto SG-555PS with 180Hz multicell? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
A few days back a Goto SG-555PS driver pop up for sale in Australia. My idea to try this Goto is because it has diaphragm in front and it would be easy for time-aliment. I was considering getting it but the price was too high for my need. If I kn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: 10" array; how low? & SMS-1 distortion by jessie.dazzle on 2010-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Regarding combined driver diaphragm area for ULF:   Romy wrote:   "...I disagree that using a bunch of 10" drivers is some kind of compromised in way. The six 10” drivers give me a surface of 2.3 18” drivers..."  I recognize the relative and impo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Care to educate? by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] You may not believe me, but the driver start to  roll off (very smoothly) after 14kHz and at 20kHz is at -6dB. I intentionally do not use it so high, because I have ultra light weight alnico paper tweeter: http://www.bgau...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Midbass with plug: History by ulf on 2006-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Let me tell you a bit about how an why we designed the midbass horns the way we did.A few years ago we discovered the tractrix horn for MF use. It was really the most important improvement so far. No more honking exponential horn sound.The improvemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: BMS, DB-design and the reference points of “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Well, since this thread is about the BMS drivers then what can I say? When I tried the BMS driver I felt that their “absolute tone” ability was at the level of demands of school auditoriums.  Read more about “absolute tone” at: http://www.goods...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: No problem with HF membranes by Bud on 2006-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Paul The entire pattern shrinks and grows geometrically, based upon the physical length of the edge of diaphragm involved. Please understand, this is not just a theoretical idea, I do and have done this process on many different types and sizes of d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Upper bass horns: throats or the basics? by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transition : Driver to throat, when throat is smaller than d... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Jessie, Perhaps if you search something in the throat jungle you might fish some interesting results. You see, optimizing the driver to throat transition you might get some HF out of upper bass driver. But besides getting more HF there is something ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The HF field-coil and temperature. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I do not know how my S2 driver will sound but I defiantly know that it will have the problem with temperature. Looking prematurely at the driver’s sound it looks like it produce the necessary magnetic force at 2A-2.3A, that heats a lot of this driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: And what would be the difference? by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: Horny Book in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I feel you may be doing John Attwood a disservice here. There are two reviews of this book. The first one which you quote extensively from appears to have been written by Lynn Olson. The second, much shorter review is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
A few years ago playing with my favorite Vitavox S2 driver I was asking myself how it might sound if instead of the Alnico magnet the electromagnets would be used. As many other driver of the period the Vitavox did not utilized the only one magnet ty...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Observations about the S2 redesign by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] 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.[/quote]Chris, To take the outer ring is very simple. Uncre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
LOW FREQUENCY DIRECT RADIATOR DRIVERS 411A –18Hz, 93dB, sealed box414A - 99dB, 30Hz, Alnico, cloth416B – Alnico, 97dB, 25Hz, cloth416C – 16” version of above with Ferrite416Z - 12" version417C – 100dB, 69Hz, Alnico, 1.3T, 12”418B – 100dB, 55Hz, Alni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: rear tubes on compression drivers by slowmotion on 2004-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Hi all I have experimented a bit with rear tubes on compression drivers. Chucked the back covers in a lathe and made a suitable hole for the rear tube, matching the area behind the diaphragm. Got "better" results to my ears with wool filled tub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Life sucks with Vitavox S2! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I recently made some highly attractive changes with the way in which I use S2. Now, since the S2’ top got cleaned up the universal misery of universe bothers me tremendously. :-) Really, the S2 runs in my 400Hz horn up to 12.5kHz and the S2’s 12.5kH...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Authorized hallucination… by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]  The acoustic transformation's probably done by the time the wave reaches the throat. [/quote] Yes, it is. If we loom how the S2 internal channel done then it would clearly indicate the it should not be a great tweeter but wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The objectives of the exercise. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="miab"] I'm curious as to why the preference to paper cones as opposed to carbon/poly/kevlar/ceramic/.... With weight and stiffness advantages of other materials, would advancing technology not be well implemented towards drivers?  [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: About Cessaro, about electricity and about Minimum Current by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Oliver, It might be anything including electricity. Generally compression drivers are very much vulnerable to the electricity problems, muck more than convectional drivers. Let pretend that distortions in powers lines are responsible for worsening o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: The Macondo-Melquiades New Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
I pack up the new amp today and plug it in with my right Macondo channel. The electricity was not bad I was VERY surprised with the fact that the new amp sounded MUCH more advanced then I anticipated from a chance of MF channels power supplies. The l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The Bermuda Triangle rediscovered? by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Hm, very different and very opposite result, interesting. Are you using the same S2 diaphragm as I do – the metal suspension? If yes then it would be the only one explanation that I might come up with. Sometime the compression drivers with horn form...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Silbatone and polish horn. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] Well, I didn't come so close to answer your question right.I saw a few from the German DIY scenery and for them it was like the return of Jesus, best sound on Planet But probably they are still deaf as usual, because the Fre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Stax amplification by N-set on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi Scooter![quote user="scooter"] I have tried the SR-009, SR-007, SR-507, and SR-407 many times over a total of some 5 hours with a variety of sources but always with some Stax branded amplifier. Every time I thought / suspected that the big Stax...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Aries Cerat Contendo - the newest "fat" kid in the block.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aries Cerat Contendo - the newest "fat" kid in the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
I have no idea what it is but it is something… Take a look: http://cybwiz.blogspot.com/2011/09/aries-cerat-contendo-reference.html It is 3 way horn loaded with external LF section, so far so good.  Atop then have RAAL ribbon that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Ulf plug by rottbull on 2011-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
[quote user="ulf"]Let me tell you a bit about how an why we designed the midbass horns the way we did.A few years ago we discovered the tractrix horn for MF use. It was really the most important improvement so far. No more honking exponential horn so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An interesting comment, worth replying: Feeding Cats and objectivism. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting comment, worth replying: Feeding Cats and obj... in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
[quote user="pure sound"].... the most interesting aspect to me is reading about how he makes the appraisals he does ie assessing equipment by the impact that well understood, "content loaded" classical music can/should have on the listener. Whil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Let see how it all work out. 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 
jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them. I do not know the AK150 drivers. I know AK157, AK151 and K15/40. If they have significantly lower free-air resonance, at 30-35Hz then I am not sure that they would be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Specs & speculation by jessie.dazzle 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 
Romy wrote:"...jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them...""...The biggest thing that I wonder is how Mick made the Vitavox bass drivers to has 35Hz resonance. You can always use softer suspension and it will drive r...
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