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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Unless one heard the thing… by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] My driver has not even a single trace of  tizzing top end. Tizzines is intrinsic feature of ribbon drivers (including RAAL), not of well designed paper drivers. Actually, the heart of my acoustic system is ultra high perf...

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 #6: Music at Toni's place - work in progress by twogoodears on 2010-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
The whole room (L-shaped) is larger as you all noticed, but as Roman saw in my Blog , the listening space is smaller - i.e. about 6,5 x 4,5 meters with low 2,70 ceiling - and is a perennial work in progress... yes, the Stereo Lab 1000 hz is a true wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: How Very Sad... by de charlus on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
1: If it is not patently obvious to W that Romy is far from enamored with what I hypothetically propose, then it would seem that W is grievously wanting in terms of intellect, a more troublesome failing in the world at large than errant taste in loud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Monkeys in jungle... by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] This experiment was made a few days ago by a friend of mine who is speaker repair person. The modified compression driver is Soviet made 1A-16. If you have the chance to compare the single layer VC vs. the original VC and to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Big size tweeters and tweeters with no MF chennals by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] I know the PAC tweeter of the WLM has the best transients and transparency of all tweeters I know and so is the best tweeter above 5kHz I know, although I hated the implementation (crossed far too low, harsh-sounding upper midran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Cap dancing by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...And with 1600 pound per channel you might forget about the DPOLS … -..."No, 1600 lbs per channel would be really serious! 1600 lbs is the total combined weight of the Left and Right channels, with frames, (the frames turned ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Point sources: what are they? by drdna on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]If you have a midrange driver you can try that for yourself.[/quote]In this case the lack of "full-range" audio is so glaring it overwhelms any advantage of the point source, I think. [quote user="tuga"]BTW, do you consider elec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: A “new” tweeter for Macondo, Round 395. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Ending up re-amping my MF channel, I found myself at unexpected situation that I am not completely compostable with Macondo HF. It is not that the HF are bad but they were made to serve the interest of older, slightly softer operating single-stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Prejudices-centric vs. results-centric views and ... cash. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]I have re-read your post and your tone sugests that field coil drivers  wi be used by manufacturers purely for their marketing appeal and not for any sonic improvement, Thomas Woschnick has just taken delivery of a pair of Ce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Cat's view.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Here is my proposal for an ideal horn system. The concept derives from the really of the horns as I know them, the available park of the drivers, the drivers’ real capacity and from… everything else that I might comment upon if you would not figure o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Sakuma’s syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF Amplifier in biamping. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
This Sakuma’s is kind of BS. What I mean is that it has the appeal to be “good thinking” but only in the realm of marketing hype, something that the editor of “Direct Heating” had created around Sakuma. The reality is that the Sakuma’s TWO channel Am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: I think we agree overall by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Okay... I also downloaded the original Milq SET amplifier PDF and have looked at it in detail as well as the 6-channel adaptation (DSET) and I understand where you're going with it... or so I think. In my particular situation, I've owned two pair of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Some clarifications. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Ok, I have figured out why I have so extended bandwidth over 73kHz for my tweeter. I forgot that when I measured it I had the LPAD wide opened and in this configuration the parallel resistor is 20K and series is shorted. So, in that case I had just o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The very specific space of house, where art thou? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Assuming one will not get anything under 50Hz (usable) from a 40Hz horn, I interpret the mission of lower-bass channels in the context of a horn system as follows….[/quote] Hm, this is a bit tricky with bass. A pla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Different lowers frequencies…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Pete, I do not think that it makes a sense to searched for “LF for use with Vitavox S2”. Do you think that there are good LF to use with Vitavox S2 and there are good LF to use with other drivers? I do not think so. The good LFs are good by themselv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: 6AK5: bass, feedback, organization by Paul S on 2006-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
I did find replacement tubes OK (online), just not locally, like I had hoped.  I have now recieved, installed and tested all new tubes but the 6N6Ps, which have been delayed in St. Petersberg by Christmas mail jamb-up.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Horning further questions. by Thorsten on 2005-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Regarding the absents of the band-pass filters… Perhaps you are correct.[/quote] I am correct, I have been inside Hoerning speakers, to find "what makes them tick"....[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, they...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Some more questions by haralanov 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="Romy the Cat"]I am not familiar with those types of drivers and with the results they are able to show. [/quote] Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Really? :-) by haralanov on 2012-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]since I know that you do not deal with horns and discuss it only as theoretical exercise I am not sure what we are talking about. [/quote]Hahaha :-) This experiment was made a few days ago by a friend of mine who is speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Quite disagree. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “theories” about the audio industry…. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]Regarding the worthies mentioned in my article, and your lambasting of them, you got it all wrong, and nastily so. Consider your invitation to visit them withdrawn.[/quote] Clark, I know this crowd quite well, although...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: RE: do not fix until it broken by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]  1.  This particular EdgarHorn is being sold to make way for a Cain & Cain speaker which is based initially on a single-driver type backloaded horn.  To me this suggested that the seller was seeking the benefit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My trip to the Stereophile’s HE 2004 Show by Romy the Cat on 2004-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My trip to the Stereophile’s HE 2004 Show in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Last week I spent a few hours at the scene of NY’s Stereophile Show – HE 2004: a half-day on Thursday and 2 hours on Friday. As many other audio-shows it had many semi-ugly colorations, however as any audio shows this zoo trip brought it’s own “inter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New speaker system by guy sergeant on 2010-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I recently completed some upper bass horns which I'm now enjoying very much. Sadly I lack the skills of someone like Jessie so my efforts are crude in comparison, but they are working well for me which is the main thing.I already had some old frontlo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cost projection by de charlus on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Romy,I merely thought that you felt I was riding roughshod over your advice, when it was in fact a degree of naivety requiring extensive clarification that may have made it appear thus. Regardless of your indifference to praise and/or criticism, I'd ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Are your talking about SS drive? by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Shannon, I am not 100% sure what you are asking. If you want to drive SS with a single 5E6P stage then you have some difficulties.  Dima had his version of SRPP with 5E6P to drive his SS and it "worked" very fine.  http://forum.vegalab.ru/showthread...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Swimming the ocean at night? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I think this 2A3 must have a specific set-up to sound its best. You have not found it yet. To begin with and familiarize yourself with the sound of it, I suggest sticking with the topology that has been tested by amplifier design...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The 6E5P/6E6P data for Hickok 580/580A by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
I think it should be somewhere posted for my and perhaps for others future references. Here is the setting for testing Melquiades' single-stage tubes on Hickok 580/580A tube testers. To test the tube as a driver for a full Milq (two stages) set ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Enabled Lowther drivers by Retsel on 2008-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
I just found this thread and can comment on the Enabled DX4s.  Limono (Wojtek) very gratiously loaned his Enabled 8 ohm Lowther DX4 drivers to me this past summer (summer of 2008).  It took my a while to make the crossover for these (I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Turning the constraints of space into a virtue by Romy the Cat on 2014-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]So the ambition is low, and I am after a simple solution prioritizing these things, but the question of general interest is whether anyone has found an elegant way of turning the constraints of space into a virtue [/quote] We...
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