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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: GOTO Woofers + naming convention. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-15 
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="MINGSU"] I finally received the GOTO SG38WNS 15" woofer and GOTO SG188S tweeter this week. My next step is to build a dual driver bass cabinet to cover 70Hz down. [/quote] Ming, I know nothing about the Goto woofer. Would you care to sha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Baryshnikov time alignment? by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Tekne driver alignment technique in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
This type of the “time alignment” has as much to do with time alignment as if they whistle into the horn and observe the re-entering echo. What they do is perfuming the ritual dance in front to the loudspeaker that called “trade show ballet”. The Sit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: To my surprise it is very nice. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="slowmotion"]How was the lower midrange affected by the tweeter removal? [/quote]Now the S2 is crossed at 700Hz with first order where the upper bass begin to dive. Since I use now a new line-level (yes my buffer project is over quite suc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Duevel horns? by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Multicells HF Horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Sure, I heard, they always sound quite awful and they are an illustration of a wishful but wrong thinking. First of all their tweeter are curved (!!!) into…. something that could be only theoretically called a horn. What was in the mind of a des...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Let the Amati's tweeters to be what they are... by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Something that a loudspeaker must have. in Audio For Dummies ™  17 Replies 
Antonio, The Amati's tweeter and the rest of the similar tweeters are totally out of game form the prospective of my post above. The Amati's tweeters kick in at 2.500 with first order (heavily compensated), it means that those tweeters run the imple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Listening the SA8535 tweeter more… by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I left the SA8535 burning for entire day and nigh, driving it with HF “torture” signals.  Interesting that the driver become much more civilized with those “alien sounds” completely evaporated. Honestly it become to sound much better… but at the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The 7721/D3A as the tweeter diver. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Referring to my very recent acceptance of the 6E6P as a tetrode to drive the tweeter: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=5329 I decided to today to stick my beloved 7721/D3A in place of the 6E6P – thanks God they have the same pins l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Re: .... "strong, clean and in character" by Paul S on 2006-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Romy:Going back, you said:"Vitavox S2 does OK up to 12.5K ("strong, clean and in character") on it’s center but I never use this driver pointed directly to me but rather at good 20 degree off. (I hardly can tolerate any compression driver point direc...

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 #3: Give to them some time. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Polish Autotech steps up to Universe in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="Dominik"] I saw and hear thise horns on audio show in Waraw this month(I went 200km to this show only to hear this thing). It is La-horn 200hz, smaler horn is La-horn 1000hz. Drivers is BMS. Bass is TL. Orginal name of this system is ROC...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Ribbons and Cello by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I noted that cellos “got something” at the bottom after they were Water Dropped. I did not even intended to write about it as it is an ordinary, anticipated and not particularly "exuberant" change. Improving of LF always leads to improving of HF perc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Slightly different perspective on the subject 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 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Stock Khorn by LogicAudio on 2016-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Corner Speakers for a new music room in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]I dont think a standart klipschorn would satisfy the cat. I had one, then I heavily modified it and in the end I built my full scale horn system. I still keep that modded khorn system as a second system.If I may suggest, if you u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Not all DSP! by noviygera on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
In this case something like 5khz to 15khz -- only for the tweeter and only for DELAY. However, if the cellular midrange horns have smooth coverage above 5khz, all the better. But I have no experience with them - maybe they sound good to 8khz....Of co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Flat does not mean good by rowuk on 2019-12-25 
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 
Well, I think that you should first read about Romys Macondo speakers. There are several threads with his thoughts that should help you get away from the DIY approach that did not give you the results that you expected. You have experienced first han...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Horn by audiofilofine on 2010-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]audiofilofine, you need to examine your room and your entire domestic environment in order to see where and how you might make your pair of bass horns. Also, if they will be 20Hz horn then are you planning to use next chela...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Ok, let take a short ride across the Anima Loudspeakers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
The first and the bigger thing that I like about them is that Anima is trying to use the vertical-horizontal configuration where the bell of the vertical horn serves as frame for horizontal channels. I love this idea and had a number of my own th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The name is the nameless speaker -Silbatone Acoustics. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I wonder if any new interning horns ideas are present at CES. There is a post at the hi-fi-heroin site: http://hifiheroin.blogspot.com/2011/01/ces-preview-you-actually-want-to-see.html … that depicts a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The chicken or the egg by Paul S on 2008-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Active High Frequency Solution - AHFS in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
From Alex's thoughts it seems like one approach might be related to/interfaced with the program itself, such as RIAA or FFRR, etc., etc., even though I think those "recommended guidelines" have been only loosely observed by recording e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Progress with midbass solutions by Rewind on 2013-08-06 
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 
Last time we wrote you thought I should focus less on tweeters and more on midbass.I am not done yet, but I have found a very nice midbass solution. Somewhat unorthodox, maybe.I have come to love police sirens! Without having A/B compared it to a pai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: It is not about person but concept. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
[quote user="Telus"]Choosing the Acapella tweeter as a starting point is like wanting to build a Formula 1 race car by basing it on a set of Hot Wheels.  Oh I know it's a popular choice--but only by the frighten and fraudlent audio human waste. I ...

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 #28: Midrange clarification by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Thanks for your quick reply. I have been to assistance audio`s website, however was unable to find such model, but is possible they just disassembled the tweeter or whatever.This is really interesting news, about their violin reproduction, me too wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Cogent at RMAF 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Another Rocky Mountain Audio Show went  on and Cogent dragged this filed-coiled asses :-) to the show. I was wondering is any changes with Cogent during the last year took place. The unfortunately-famous whore : Jonathan Weiss - has become ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Tone & point of origin by jessie.dazzle on 2007-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Your latest post got me thinking in a sort of incomplete way about how you might locate the injection channel... If you consider tone as a harmonic of the original source, then (depending on the order of harmonic) it may in fact not be co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: adventures where bats communicate... by guy sergeant on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Romy,If you use the plastic surround S2's from 500-5KHz won't you still have the bulge that concerned you at around 1.2K? I thought you suggested that the metal suspension units didn't have this bulge.Otherwise it seems a nice idea, albeit a bit expe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Chinese upperbass horn. by rdrysdale on 2005-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
     Hi Romy, I've been following your progress, it seems that you are drawing some very similar conclusions to what Steve Schell and I have learned. The bass horn has to be the proper size in order to work well, we are having ext...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Useable range of the big horns & mid-bass solutions by i_should_coco on 2006-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Hello Romy,Thanks for the great explanation, I'm a newcomer to horns, so please treat me gently ;-)Very interesting info, so in essence there are two limits, the real "hard" limit, where you risk damage to the driver, and the "sensible" limit, below ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #325: Listening the DH and the striped down version of Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I very slowly started to convert another amp to DHT. For now I listen just left channel and in a striped down mode: no tweeter and no Injection, letting the MF to care the whole upper range. It is interesting to play different tubes in this mode. Fra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #234: More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I have to admit that although the Macondo “Water Drop Tweeter” sounds very good but I do not have that “shocking sound” that I got from the “Water Drop” during my initial introduction to it. I kind of always felt it and I ...
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