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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Time misalignment in bass by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 1) Horn loaded drivers are narrow-bandwidth transducing system. The wider range a horn channel covers the more it conflicts with restrictions of own topology. 2) All channels shell have strictly parallel axis 3) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Macondo with wings and wide Fundamentals … by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="Dominik"]You probably decline this option, because this horn is from plasctic ( You can take carbon horn also).Polish autotech make Iwata 300 for me. You Can order from them what You want.[/quote] Yes, the Iwata horns are good as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The horno-live is defiantly is a bitch… by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]So how do you suppose the proper DPoLS can be located? With a system like Steve Schell and I are working with, everything weighs hundreds of pounds and to properly evaluate changes would take days, maybe even weeks f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: A few comments about the big ass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
1)      If you decided to use the 12” JBL 2206H driver then I doubt  that you might talk about 4” throat. A 12” driver with wide outer suspension might go with 7”-8” throat. The 6” might do, though it might be a stretch....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The S2 “fundamentals channel” – first success! by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I made today some interesting experiment and for the first time during my “fundamentals channel saga” I get some stimulating and very result. I find a way to mount the “low frequencied S2 driver” on the speaker’s axe way above the Macondo’s tweeter. ...

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 #15: Of course I am putting the cart before the horse... by anthony on 2015-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, if I did it again then I would not do it in context of multi-channel amplifier but rather I would make a maket amplifier able would test my ideas with it. [/quote]While I do like the idea of experimenting with MF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The one-stage Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="ml8"]So sometimes i just wonder why do you need 6C33C at all, with your high-sensitive speakers.[/quote] This thread is a derivation of the “5 Channel Version of Melquiades” thread: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=406...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
At recent Nord-West trade show Jeffrey Jackson, the guy who runs Experience Music site, demonstrated his new horn Installation. I know little about it and would like to make some comments about what is feel is obvious from the image. It is 5-ways ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Must be a glass window. I can't see it. by oxric on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anyhow, it is interesting how the new 25 users that get those Studio 8M will use them. I wish something “new” would derive from all of it…[/quote]Speaking only for myself, I am planning to use the Fane 8M in a pair of 11...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Injection Chanel is not food, it is spice... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Well, it looks like you've somehow managed to just drop this "oops" box of yours in there and very neatly offset some main speaker small peaks and valleys, which is VERY interesting, if not the point...  [/quote] Not reall...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: I got, I got, I got it!!!!! by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I got it! I realty have got it this time and it is exactly what I was craving for and shooting for. I converted both channels for 18db/octave on tweeter and recalibrated the whole Macondo, in a slightly different manner...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: "Different" way to use Vitavox S2 by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I just posted yeastoday the post above and have got already a few emails asking about the “new” ways that I am planning to use S2. OK, let me to explain what is going on. The default Vitavox S2 driver comes with thier default aluminum diaphragm with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Trying to address the dilemma with lowest bass. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I have with bass not a problem but dilemma. I do not have problematic bass but I have a dilemma how to supplement my current bass with ULF without affecting my current bass. Adding ULF defuses my current bass, renders the bass phasing to be more ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #199: The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Playing with B-2 power amp I made an experiment and instead of loading to it the MiniMe Bass section I loaded the B-2 with Macondo’s bass arrays. I made add-hog attenuator and coil to EQ MiniMe MF with Macondo’s bass and gave some listening. It w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The single-stage Milq and power Supplies. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The single-stage Milq and power Supplies. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
I am very much do not like the current state of my mind about the single-stage Milq. Let me to explain…. In 2001-2002 I spend some time trying to assess the sonic influence of PS to sound. After making numerous tests and prototypes I concluded that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Summary by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Thanks for the detailed answers. I will explain my setup.You are right about the dipole bass correction instead of the injection channel. Since I am waiting for both a subwoofer and the Fane Studio 8M and their horn, I am using the 12" as a b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #184: OK, it’s getting ugly by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]OK, I disconnected my MiniMe speakers and left only Macondo to care sound in the room. I was listing for the last week Macondo. There is no bass, just upperbass horn at the bottom and The Injection channel a full range....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The halves of the twin-triodes by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, doesn't Tim de P also use this cool Miller capacitance idea in his never-mentioned "high end" tubed corrector?  Also,  do I remember reading that he runs both channels through the two halves of the same twin-triod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Tweeters frustrations? Again?!!! by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Listening my Macondo with new “Fundamental channel” I noted that my tweeter is not as effective as it use to be. The effect of “not-effectiveness” is very minor but at some recordings it is notable. My T350 still sorts the Vitavox S2’s top but it als...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Another midbass?!!? by Romy the Cat on 2016-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
We are closing our new house in 2 weeks and while packing and preparing to move I am thinking about the configuration of my new playback installation. I am debating with myself about going with sub 100Hz woofer tower as I described above vs. intro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The IB project construction: done by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
OK, the driver in there, connected and my carpenter got his check. The project is over and I did not even go to the attic – very nice. Now I need to make it to sound right. It will be longer ceremony and probably will take a couple weeks. I did co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Chamber in Boston and everywhere else. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bliss in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"] I've no idea if the LP will be better. In my experience Mike Dutton really makes excellent transfers. I'd be fascinated though if you could do better... [/quote] I do not a lot about Dutton label but when what I was searching for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Why Upperbass is a key by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
When many of your will experiment with building and listening your own horns and spend countless amount of time by sketching a configuration of your new horn assembly you then might come to an observation that Macondo Upperbass topology is very s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #863: One PP2000 vs. two PP2000: some results. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I made first set of test with one PP2000 vs. two PP2000 driving my enter playback. All grounds were lifted on the load side. The presence of second PP2000 did not made sound bright as before, the second PP2000 sits sufficiently far from the first...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL 2490 mid-range driver by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2490 mid-range driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
A few months ago a reader of my site contacted me and informed about that he found a very interesting driver, that his is using and he is very excited about it. The driver is JBL 2490. http://www.jblpro.com/pub/components/2490.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The Room Effects by skushino on 2009-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Romy, I re-read your comments a few times to better understand your feedback.  I think you are saying the effects of my room may be dominating any problems with the Edgarhorn bass, or at least I can't know since I don't have any objective data.  Is t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Everything is much undefined now…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]So if I understand correctly, you are still using both elements of the Red, but have separated them, and now have the HF element as shown in the above photo, and the woofer is still in the large box (still sitting up on to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Cressaro Dellta or Macondo ++ by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, I have moved your post to your 45Hz horns thread but then decided to keep it here as some of my comments would be about entire system not only about your midbass horn. Anyhow, there is nothing there to laugh and it is pleasant to see that som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
OK, the preceding thread what I research the subject of Midbass Horns and Real Estate have finished with great success. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11190 I found and got a house that I like very much ...
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