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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: If it where up to me… by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
Then I would mingle with the idea of custom 50Hz horn “for the room”. John looks like stick his trapped horns, Jessie made his horn that is in a way too good to be true. I do not have room for 50Hz but if I had then I would probably experiment with s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #376: Similies and Analogies, Old and New by Paul S on 2010-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Jessie, we keep meeting at the same intersection.  Like I said before, I agree that direct radiators suck, for all the reasons you cited. But if what you say about horns is strictly and completely true, then does it not follow in spades at ever lower...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A vertical midbass horn and environment by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Jessie’s comments about my idea to position midbass straight horns from basement, upper- firing and his warning that the horn will get converted into a giant garbage can made me to think. I did not think about it but it is a reasonable concern.  Hypo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Mercury mat by drdna on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dynamic viscose stabilization of turntable’s platter. in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What however is very practicable is some kind of sealed TT mat of 2-3 cm tall, fully filed with mercury. It would be 10kG of inertial mass – it might work… The question is how?[/quote]Ah, this is a GOOD idea! Wood would be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Stiffened Felt by Paul S on 2015-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Practicality of paper mache horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
You might also want to try stiffened felt, which seemed to work "as well" as the paper for me, and it is easier to form. Just saturate the pre-shaped felt with runny "paste", whether gluten/starch or methyl cellulose, milk glue, etc. Spray starch ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Sonic Monosodium Glutamate by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playing music for visitors. in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I am certain that the depth of such an experience .. is very dependant on the system+room; whether something in the system can bring about a more crystalline state of mind… I will be very curious to see how this 7th chann...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Best sounding version of iTunes by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Is it possible that there are better and worse sounding versions of iTunes?Since 2004 I've been using iTunes together with a Mac computer and the very addictive Wavelength Cosecant DAC as the main source "component" in a system consisting of horns dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Burning Sensitivity by Paul S on 2010-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, your post catches me thinking about multi-channel driver matching, as well.  I am not familiar with the Fanes, but I wonder if simply throwing more power at them would make them nothing more than louder, so they would then "match" the res...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: The PC interface by manisandher on 2009-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Manisandher wrote :"...I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD..."Telstar wrote :"... It is..."Romy wrote :"...I disagree. The main cause of the inferior ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Finishing my Multicell. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to paint Multicell horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I spent today some time to finish my Multicell as I am not able to look at it if it not black. First that I discovered is that it is irrelevant how it painted at throat as horns is so deep that it dark in there anyhow.  Jessie’s idea to fill up the c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #350: The problems with Velodyne SMS. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-04 
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"]The Velodyne SMS 1 will allow you to do just about anything, up to 200Hz. [/quote]I was the Velodyne crossover into the game yesterday. To my surprise it not as convenient as I thought. The high pass filter is not defeatab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Midbass horn construction by malinowski on 2007-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Thank you Ulf and Jessie, I can't wait to get this started. Jessie I am going to send this plaster spec to my supplier and see if I can find something close.. In the past I would use plaster for creating a wax form.. then put the wax form into a s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A smaller, full-function, remote-desktopable remote control? by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  jessie.dazzle wrote: Control everything from anywhere in the house : The newest version of the Mac OS (sorry!) gives you complete wireless remote control over a second Mac, allowing you to see the screen of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: A therapeutic impact of those audio projects. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Jessie was very right talking about therapeutic influence of audio projects. I do not know why buy I feel very much attached and really feel personally the various micro events that I are going on with my current 6-channel Supper Milq project. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Materials and finishes for [bronze] horns by Paul S on 2007-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Thank you for the lesson in metalurgy, Jessie (seriously).  Actually I have no reason to believe that the bronze horn in question rings "like a bell" "when struck" in the same way a real bell rings when struck, so that does seem to put ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #380: Shaping the Imagination by Paul S on 2010-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Jessie, the "Horn Free Lunch"  derives exactly and specifically from "efficiency" registered at frequencies much higher than those ultimately required from the driver in the horn speaker.  The horn is there only to provide "gain" at lower frequencies...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: I do not think in terms of “should” but rather as “could”. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Well, Jessie, I think you're  exercising a wishful thinking but you have, I think, a wrong subject for your thinking. Neither Lamm nor any other high-end manufacture care about result as a concept but rather a result as product. A product b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You are too worried about nothing. by JLH on 2006-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]It is interesting to note that the evaluation tool shows lines radiating perpendicular to the curve at any given point, just as the sound wave is supposed to be oriented as it progresses along the horns length. [/quot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: A good modeling software? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-27 
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"]From this and from the mention of 3/4" plywood, I deduce that the "curved" walls of these horns will likely be described by a series of facets (flat planes). It is said to be okay at these frequencies; this must assume a p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: The Fs of AKs by jessie.dazzle 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 
Romy wrote:"...Jessie, do you use Vitavox bass drivers..." Yes; AK 151s (7.5 Ohm voice coils)."...if you do, then did you measure the Vitavox resonance in open air and in your bass horns?..."I have not yet measured either case. As previously mentione...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #195: The type of the flange and some plans. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-26 
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"]When doing the final assembly, you might want to use Nylock type self-locking nuts:http://www.nylocknut.com/Looking at the images, this might require that you use slightly longer bolts (the few threads exposed beyond the e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: "Bottomless" bass by Paul S on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Well, congratulations, Jessie, and welcome back to the Surreal World!For a while there your posts were reading like a dime novel!I hope you will try the doubled ML2s to see if you also hear the unusual effect the ML2 has on bass.What I get is th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I think we are talking about different things. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Romy wrote: "...The legato expressions the properly midbass horns handle with untouchable grace. The short and ultra short expression the bass horns tend to possess “longer” then it needed..." I've sort...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Color does mean the things in this case. 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="jessie.dazzle"] Color or opacity of the material in itself means nothing; it could very well be white, pink or have leopard spots (I'm betting you'd like that!), all independent of its physical characteristics. [/quote] Of cause the colo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #168: Cost of moving vs. cost of cashing. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
In he French Horns/drivers shootout thread: http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=15130#15130 Jessie wrote: [quote user="jessie.dazzle"]…I'll definitely let you know if I get the system up and running again befo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Clever DIY going on where? by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-24 
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="jessie.dazzle"]Even if you don't agree with the design, there's some clever DIY going on here.[/quote] Sorry, I did not now see any “clever DIY going on” in there. For sure he is a skilful, perhaps wonderful machinist and perhaps good ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: On Projected Mouth Size by Dresden on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Mouth size is the one dimension I've struggled with most.As of the present time, I've deduced to use a mouth size that may prevent me from achieving the target frequency of 40Hz, and instead produce a frequency of about 55Hz or even 60Hz.  I can...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: The finishing of nice horns. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Hmmm, are you sure that you do not do a mistake? Jessie, I do not know how to say it but looking at your last picture something does not work for me. The hone that you made are elegant and graceful but painted in glossy black with that very rough st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: A lofty position by Paul S on 2008-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, as it happens, I find my own best listening position varies somewhat these days, depending on what I'm listening to or for.  For the best overall energy in my fairly energetic room, it is with my ears about 1 1/2 m off the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Brilliant by Wojtek on 2008-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="mark"]when i was having trouble sourcing fane 8m,i started searching for other alternatives.i figured well why not contact emminence.i questioned them if they could build fane 8m 16 ohm.they have a minimum 50 pc. order.anthony lucas sugg...
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