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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #250: The “secret” will be never revealed... by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Romy would you care to elaborate on that a bit? In particular have you hear amorphous/silver combination?[/quote]   Nope I never had it and even f I did it would be difficult to generalize anything. I had only once a fully silver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: My lucky day? by rowuk on 2020-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perception of bass? in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Well, I do have 3 channels of DSEP. Dedicated Single Ended Pentode: one channel (bass/mid 30-500 Hz) with a 307A DH pentode feeding two wonderful Fane neodymium Colossus 12" - one from FS to 150 Hz and the second from FS to 500 Hz. OPT with a lot of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The Wilsons vs. out of audio money. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio "Reviewing" agenda. in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
Hm, the example with Wilson is much more complicated then you think. Wilson are very much misunderstood and mis-presented products. From certain prospective they well worth their money. Still, in context of this thread: problem with Wilson is not Wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The Matrix by Paul S on 2011-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Hmmm...  Thorny, difficult topic...The "integration" of HF certainly involves its "disappearance" - as "HF", as such - "into the soundfield". At the very least, Tone ultimately depends on this.  But there also appear to be other benefits from "ge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. 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 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: When resonance takes over by tuga on 2008-02-14 
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"]Indeed, I did not realized that I shifted my thinking in this thread and an in my general views from the ways of using those “Resonating Oops” to the subject of Injection principles. I think I did it because Injection, as I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: My DHT experiment: Preface by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
First of all it was quite interesting and quite educational. Second of all it answers no questions but rather creates more questions. Here is what I try to compile some my observations and thoughts on the subject. I have a local guy who red my site ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Dht-dht by nl on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
If one dht is good, two must be better? I don't know. Some people like combining 6C45 etc with DHT, supposedly mixing the appealing qualities of each. Other people find that using a 6C45 (or other high-gm tube) with a 300B just makes a 300B sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Super Melquiades vs Melquiades treble channel by cv on 2005-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Romy, Now you mention the issues here, I am thinking about what the differences in quality might be due to. I notice that you haven't explicitly said which is better, super or regular... so think of this just as brainstorming as to why things are... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: Cheating from below by jessie.dazzle 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 
You and I now have what seems to be very similar situations; similar MF and HF channels, in a room of similar size.   However, I still have no operational dedicated mid-bass channels; you do. I have dedicated lower-bass channels; you do not.   As is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: I truly hate Accutons. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]A $$$ solution for a bass array that comes into my mind are the sandwich cone drivers from Accuton.Monstrous neodymium magnet, underhung voice coil (for low flux modulation).Very low Fs.Relatively low QMS for use in sealed enclosu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #541: Electricity: what is beyond of APS Purepower? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Looking at Paul keep barking at the APS "success" I become to think what would constitute success in electricity battle. From one side the sonic result that PP2000 demonstrates is an indication that he battle is over. Is it? Sure the PP2000 as a devi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: speakers as relates to further plan by Dominic on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
to be clear: i do have some expectation that 'my final solution' will consist of dedicated amplification per driver in a substantially horn loaded arrangement. I have some expectation that amplification will be single ended and quite likely have a b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Working with parallel woofers by Paul S on 2008-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Greg, do you have any experience with the Eminence drivers?When the Audax PR380M2 I use (8 Ohm) became unavailable, Dick Osher specified the 15" Eminence driver as a drop-in substitute for the BZ series.I happen to use a single 15 " Au...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #238: The state of Electricity as it is now. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well, spent a few more hours to listening Avicenna. Although it has much better sound then from the wall but there are a lot of moments in this sound that I do not like. It is kind of freakish and demoralizing as Avicenna feeds system with absolutely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Another single stage amp... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]I now run my 'tweeter' amp 1st order high pass at 2200hz (driving BMS 4540nd in 1500hz leCleach horn) so my impressions might have some bearing on Romy's new amps. I was playing around with operating points and components in my sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I hope it will be different this time. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Romy,Are you currently implementing "nominal" 3200Hz x/o on the mid range channel S2 using a cap at the driver? I know this works nicely to ameliorate the "secondary" resonance of the plastic edged diaphragm.Reason I ask is because t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Blindly: One vs. Another by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I was thinking about the subject for a long time. People in audio love to make generalization, so do I, but in it is not so simple. People attribute to output tubes some “special” qualities but I more interested not about unnecessary drooling about A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Variable profile horn system by decoud on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
One of the problems with horns is the inflexibility of frequency cut-off: you are limited to a discrete number equal to the number of horns you have. This makes experimentation difficult without having an absurdly large array of different hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Just a variation of the unity horn by JLH on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"] One of the problems with horns is the inflexibility of frequency cut-off: you are limited to a discrete number equal to the number of horns you have. This makes experimentation difficult without having an absurdly large array of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Probably not one subject among horn enthusiasts does not arouse as much fantasies as midbass horns.  This subject in one way or another was discussed at my site (look for the linked threads) but I would light look at the subject of the Midbass ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Fostex T 500A MK 2 Horn Super Tweeter by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Fostex T 500A MK 2 Horn Super TweeterArticle By Bill Gaw at www.enjoythemusic.com As most of you know by now, I'm a horny type of guy. While my wife may dispute this, my audio system (actually my second partner) would have to agree as all seven spea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The follow up for the considerations. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe, I do appreciate that that invitation is open-ended and I might take advantage of it sometimes. Frankly I do not feel any specific temptations that I need to “drop everything” and to run to another side of the globe to audition the Silbatone. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Depending on your amplification by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I am not a huge fun of S3 for MF use as the ceramic magnet is less interesting then alnico magnet for HF applications. For the low mid, or as I call it the Fundamental Channels the HF problem that ceramic has do not manifest themselves. My Fundamenta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I am not sure what you mean. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Teodor, there is nothing to ask excuses for. You do what you do and it shell be absolutely irrelevant to you what others think. There are no forbidden topics in this forum. It is not about being forbidden or following some kind multi-channel religion...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: sub horn configurations by minim on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
In one idealistic configuration I envisaged for myself, for a situation where cost and practicality no object, the basic room shape was pentagonal, with the facets ot the pentagon curved inwards to eliminate parallel reflecting surfaces and simultane...

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 #11: In-line injection channel? by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-15 
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"]Actually I see the biggest benefit (besides the huge sound body) in the fact that such a configuration allows very precise adjustment of the way how the harmonics of each UB channels touch  the midrange, by simply dealing with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: The cost? by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Charlus, it is not about an expression of gratitude, trust me, I am very indifferent neither to criticism or appreciation. Ironically what you are trying to do is in a way an organic holding a touch of a few audio ideas that I happened to advocate as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Pretend you are a diaphragm. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Pretend a driver diaphragm, any driver. From front diaphragm "sees" the horn throat and the mass of air in the horn that diaphragm needs to "push". This creates let call front spring.  If a driver has a front chamber than let discard it for now. ...
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