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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Macondo’s next level up - more precise Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Last week and this weekend I been spending some considerable amount of time and efforts to do what I intended to do for long time – to finalize the Macondo’s ideas. What I mean is that with all Melquiades progress, the fundamental channel, with Injec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #183: Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
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. It is OK sound but truly nothi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: I do not have an opinion yet. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Rakesh, I moved your post to this thread as I feel it is more relevant here, I hope you do not mind. You ask yours the very same question that I ask myself. I do not have definitive answers to them: [quote user="oxric"] I am presently consider...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I guess it is all about the axis bending. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
It is not a secret the using a number of decoupling mechanisms between driver and baffle it is possible to change sound in resonance or amplitude department. However, if you guys insist that the tightening and loosening the screw has PHASE effects th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Not in Sydney... by anthony on 2019-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="vakman"]Thank you for your reply and honest feedback that there is no silver bullet.In the interest of trying to move forward, is there anyone in Sydney, Australia who has a Macondo based speakers, whom I maybe able to visit and enlighte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: It might become not what I initially thought by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-08 
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="drdna"]I would not restrict myself to the idea that things need to be a certain way or a certain configuration of the drivers or ports based on theory alone. I think it is important to ask what is interesting about the sound that the new...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Again… by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Again, moving the speakers last night I felt that I really would like to move the speakers closer to the mid of the room – the further the speakers from the back wall the more interesting sound. There is another “again” in what I felt last night. I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-04 
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"] So, I wonder what kind option I have. I think the most proper would be to reengage the Macondo's Axioms and to see how the bass channel might be modified in order to work alone with 63Hz mode but not against it. [/quot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #136: Magic Foo by anthony on 2021-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .. what I am saying that playback certainly deliver sound but also it delivers let's call it at lubrication for sound which make consumption of Sonic messages to be more palatable for our conscious. This aspect, is this MS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Will see how it goes, if it goes. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Romy,<BR>what do you think will be the crossover points of the new system?[/quote]el`Ol, I have no idea. I have no new system yet. If I decided to render the configuration with that battery boundary-loaded horn then i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The hunting season is up: Cetla Ledom 91 by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Yes, this Model 19's have brand new foam surround and brand new refinish grills.  I know what kind rebound distortions those kind of horns create without surround foam but the miserly that they crate is much more than this. I do not know what kind cr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Why the tubes shall be the same? by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why the tubes shall be the same? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
I kind of in a way used these techniques with my playback during past years.  When I used 3-channel Melquiades and had a dedicated ½ 6C33C for MF driver of Macondo I usually tended drive my rights MF channel at slightly higher current then left c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: After all I was right all along, ... almost.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I always say do not stress them they do not like it and I always hate third bass. The 10” are particularly are fragile with a power handling of a few watts. It is applicable pretty much to any lover MF driver that pushed to work with the “open b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Back to Macondo Axioms, by Romy the Cat on 2024-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
Head today to another local audio guy who listen to my new configuration. The reaction was fascinating. He was asking: what the hell I had done to midrange? Of course, I did nothing, but the question was very accurate. A lower mid-range changed ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Super Melquiades Amplifier. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
The Super Melquiades Amplifier is essentially the 3 parallel running Melquiades amplifiers optimized for driving my Macondo Acoustic System, with line-level or inner-stage filters. This SET uses a full 6C33C at LF output and ½ of 6C33C for HF and MF ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The message vs. messaging. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Romy, I have never said you have to listen to only one channel during your regular listening sessions. I just mentioned it is the most difficult TEST to pass for any system, including your Macondo. Of course you will listen a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo 2.0? by Romy the Cat on 2022-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 2.0? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
I need to say that I miss my Macondo sound, not the sound itself but an ability to push a button and have predictably good sound. However, from the place where I'm staying now, I feel that to have just Macondo result is not enough for me. I would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Cost benefit analysis of midbass horns v/s compromised ULF by oxric on 2011-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do feel that a playback sound has to be built first...The way how I trained myself is to disconnect channels. While I was making Macondo, installing it, moving it and experimenting with it I was frequently disconnecting c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Classy and sophisticated Romy. by oxric on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is all because you are a primitive person with very simplistic and amateurish understanding of many things. You need to learn from much more sophisticated people, of cause I mean myself.  Take a look: I do not run like...

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 #129: Excess of HF? by Andy Simpson on 2008-10-23 
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="Romy the Cat"] Not will everyone “get” it, or would agree with it but… where did you see me to care…. Q: What is the worst aspect of sound reproduction? A: Excessive HF response of playback. A flat response above 5-6kHz is indication...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #101: Trial and Error by Kcct82 on 2011-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy,Well, this is my (and my dad's) first horn system so we're learning/building one step at a time. Our motivation is simple, to use horns as low as possible.The very first DIY configuration was:TAD ET-703TAD 4002GOTO 505TTTAD 1603 Woo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Looking from multiple angles... by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Some time ago I also thought my upper bass channel is flawlessly integrated, but when I added another, symmetrically arranged UB driver (over my WR driver), I quickly understood the new configuration is MUCH more expressive a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: “All world sleeps under the same blanket” by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Very interesting company and their GAMMA model looks very promising. http://www.cessaro-horn-acoustics.com/gamma.html It is essentially the very same Macondo idea - as I told when you go for 4-5 ways horn loaded installation then there are not a lo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Recently Macondo was altered and converted into… nope, not into a Super Macondo :-) but in a “Larger Macondo”. The Super Macondo it will be when I resolved how to implement time delays along with a low pass flirter at midbass horn, that would enable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET by anthony on 2019-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Hi Romy,Just thinking out loud here, but I have been listening to my mono DSET/Macondo for quite a while now and recently changed back to my old acoustic system so that I could poke around in the DSET innards for a little while.  The old system (in s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Macondo Acoustic System – Evolution by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Last week I have written an article: “Upperbass preoccupation and Vitavox S2 driver” where I ran over some my thoughts how the specific sonic virtues of Vitavox S2 driver allow to get an “interesting” upper bass from an upper bass channel, even thoug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Sine my call for somebody builds for me a full range Melq was not answered: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2492#2492 I decided to put it together myself. Now I understand that letting the first amp to go  was a mistake....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: The Super Milq’s electrons pool. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Yesterday I woke up and suddenly I feet liking to convert my second Super Milq in 6-chennals Super Milq. I kind of did not want to touch it for almost 2 month and yesterday it “got” me. So, I started: took all the unnecessary 3-chennals Super Milq gu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #312: DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Spending some time listening carefully my new setup after fine-calibration I recognize some inaccuracies in my previous comments and some mistakes of my original objectives. Here are some observations I would like to make. If some of my observati...
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