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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Drivers, bass horn, other by Marc HENRY on 2009-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
wow.thanks for comments.La Grande Castine will not be as expensive as Cessaro Gamma.i am sorry but i cannot answer to all questions, for several reasons you can understand.we have tested many drivers since the early prototype of La Grande Castine. BM...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Electron Luv Compression Drivers by skushino on 2009-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electronluv systems questions and perhaps answers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
3.25" throat, 200 - 20kHz, beryllium diaphagms, radial phase plugs, field coil motor.http://electronluv.com/html/drivers/My%20Gallery/index.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Meyer Sound Compression Drivers by skushino on 2009-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meyer X-10 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Here is a link describing Meyer Sound's design philosophy, production and implementation:http://www.meyersound.com/support/forums/talkshop/drivers.htmThey began production of their own drivers to improve longevity and reliability in the field.  These...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The “made for sound” drivers…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Many Mani's options: My first horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Titanium diaphragm drivers that are completely free of the titanium nastiness (you can believe me, I usually show strong allergic reactions to it) are the Eighteensound drivers with titanium nitride coating. I heard one in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Aligning drivers vs shifting one's head by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Try thinking about it like this: Moving your ears 1/2" closer to all drivers in the system is not the same as moving a single driver 1/2" closer to your ears.jd*...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Time alignment of drivers and crossover slopes by noviygera on 2010-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
I think clearing this up this may be of benefit to other users who are building multi-way horns. Let's say I've got two horns mounted on a frame. There's a high horn above and a mid horn below and they are physically time aligned, meaning th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Easier on the drivers by zztop7 on 2013-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
Paul S wrote:"typical "stereo" L and R separation is mostly an engineering hodge-podge".    I do not disagree with that statement.  I do feel the major advantage of stereo is not "stereo", but the separation of parts of the information in the signal ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: Flying drivers by serenechaos on 2009-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
does sound interesting.  where are the flying from?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Multiple drivers by drdna on 2009-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Other Ways of getting Special Tone from a loudspeaker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Maybe what we need is five channels to cover all the octave and two or maybe three drivers for each channels. You could then tune the contribution from each driver to get the correct tone for each channel. The only drawback is that it would require m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #153: Balancing amplitude between drivers/horns by jessie.dazzle on 2010-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
A little update :   Reading some recent comments in the "Configuration from Italy" thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=12605#12605  prompted me to share what I've recently done. Yes its an obvious thing to do, but it took...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Midbass drivers testing framework. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I set up today the framework in which I will be testing my Vitavox 15 inchers. It is a wooden frame from my bathtub with a driver screws to it, the massive sliding doors that squash the driver from both sides and cardboard that cover the wholes. This...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #279: I would avoid silicones and petro based chemicals near foam (and drive... by scooter on 2010-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Agreed JD. Also I have seen silicone and other petro-based products in contact (or proximity via vapors) to cause certain foams to break down over a period of several years. They might have a similar negative impact on driver components and bonding a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: 130 volt FC drivers by vinylithicum on 2011-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Hi audiofilofine.Nice drivers, although the picture is a bit fuzzy. Can you tell more about your drivers?Maurice....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: We can't escape from inherent sound of our drivers by haralanov on 2011-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]I'd like to point out that Fostex 500 MKII is very much not sharp and artificial sounding. If anything it's an opposite -little too syrupy , soft and round so it blends with cone mid better than beryllium tweeter.[/quote] N...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: My interest in Goto drivers. 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 
Ok, since you people stop to drop the euphoric saliva around the Goto subject I think it would be worth to outline my interest in Goto.  Not only worth but I kind of feel an obligation. I feel that my site surprisingly has become a resource that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Thanks Jorge - drivers are already sourced by atilsley169 on 2012-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]Andrew,Dont buy all the drivers at once,  I would get only the upper bass horn drivers and maybe the mid drivers,  you will have to play around with these for a while before things start clicking toghether,  by then who knows,  ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Audio Gravity force and drivers’ integration by haralanov on 2013-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"] I propose to array the drivers, and horns, as laid out beneath, from top to bottom;Ale Acoustics 160Super (15hZ-1000hZ, 110db/w)15hZ - 150hZ Lower bassVitavox AK 151 (50HZ-8kHZ, 100db/w)              150hZ - 350hZ Upper bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Some commentaries about drivers selection. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
We understand that Charlus’ selection of drivers are not a selection yet but some kind of very preliminary idea of the drivers that he feels like he like. I said “he feels like he like” not accidently. I do not think Charlus, or anybody else in h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The drivers’ zone of comfort. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Pierre, yes, I understand it. It kind or irrelevant what they destined for and yes, in domestic applications in context of low power we can use it lower. What I am saying is that as we do use it at extreme low range we deal with slightly overdamped d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: One-Off Drivers, Speakers and Systems by Paul S on 2015-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Does anyone really have the resources, and the patience, and the evolved audio/musical discrimination to develop a 4 or 5-way FR speaker system from scratch, including each and every driver? I can actually see a "theoretical" benefit in using field ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Add into a mix and few drivers and you have a project for 6 month by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
If I were in your situation and have 2m long 100Hz horn that I like then I would not dive into any 200Hz la-horns. Make your 200Hz horn up-to let say 1000-1200Hz. Then take your 550Hz and run it from 1200Hz to 10.000 and up. Vice and configure thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Drivers and horns by kodomo on 2015-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Hi Murataltuev,I have two horn based systems but the system that is similar to yours or Romy's is the one I am currently building. The drivers and horns are as follows.38hz - 160hz - Tad 1601b - Bass Array (4)160hz - 600hz - Supravox 285-2000 hornfab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Better sound out of compressions drivers... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Well, Guy, I do not know what will motivate Mike when (and if) he comes up with his new drivers. Being a manufacture he will become also t industry participant and consequencualy the actual Sound would not be within is area of interest…. Anyhow, I al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About cost of electromagnetic drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About cost of electromagnetic drivers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The subject of electromagnetic, or as they called field-coil drivers, popped up at my site numerous times. (Look as it list of related threats). The advances or shortcomings of electromagnetic drivers are arguable, I have my vision, but it is not the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About cost of electromagnetic drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About cost of electromagnetic drivers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The subject of electromagnetic, or as they called field-coil drivers, popped up at my site numerous times. (Look as it list of related threats). The advances or shortcomings of electromagnetic drivers are arguable, I have my vision, but it is not the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: PP amps and compression horn drivers. by TerryG on 2007-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi Romy,Your the first person that I have seen that seems to have actually made PP tube amps work with compression horn drivers.  It has been my experience that PP amps don't like the low watt operating range.  I supose it all is a matter o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The fraudulent eBay actions with Vitavox S2 drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I kind of fed up to receive those emails (I ordinary do not reply them) with questions and therefore I would a would make one atypical public statement and it will be it. I say “atypical” as I truly do not care about your purchasing habits, still sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Altec phenolic drivers by el`Ol on 2008-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
Just another paging stuff, or something serious?http://cgi.ebay.com/ALTEC-VINTAGE-290E-GIANT-VOICE-COMPRESSION-DRIVERS_W0QQitemZ170189928173QQihZ007QQcategoryZ73372QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The multiple drivers: when sound in horn changes. by Romy the Cat 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 
Ygoh, Most of compression drivers have phase plug. A phase plug is very genomic center line oriented devise. A phase plug must be parallel to diaphragms and perpendicular to the axis of the driver. Practically all compression drivers have beggin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: More drivers.. by op.9 on 2008-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
Me again..In my search for another jbl 2482 I chanced upon a Yamaha JA6601 Driver. http://picasaweb.google.com/jbjbjbjbjb/YamahaJA6601It looks very similar to the one that produces these amazing response plots on the Azura 204 horn.http://www.azuraho...
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