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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: We will be resting all together… by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]....but are going to be something like 10 feet in length .... I will try to document the process, and consider posting the more interesting stages here on the Cat's site. [/quote]Well, Jessie. It sounds defiantly as a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: AG Trios, compression and misunderstanding.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Collin, I do not remember that I wrote that Trios are “duller”. In fact I do not remember I ever wrote anything about Trios in comparing to my current hors. Furthermore, my “Macondo” derived for the Trios and practically fully inherited the Trio’s ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Port vs. Not Sealed by Paul S on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I agree that the right 15" is a nice size for mid-upper bass.  I suppose yours are the 15" Vitavoxes that were made to go in boxes?  Of course, the usual reason for ports is to "extend" LF, and most modern LF drivers are used in something like this, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: East coast west coast by Bill on 2023-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Paul, wish you were on the East rather than west coast. Then you could hear what Romy and I have with our two systems with concert hall reproduction and judge for yourself what it adds to concert realism. Of course, half of what I have in reproductio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: S2 repro by thierry on 2006-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The idea of making a copy of an s2 driver also intrest me, but i have some other ideas than just copying this driver.I have been thinking to make this driver with an field coil magnet a 12 volts (using a car or camping battery) and a 250 volts versio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: the magico ultimo are not the best i heard by angeloitacare-idiot on 2007-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns / BMS drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
hi Dominic i made myself the same question regarding the high frequencies in the orphean horn. the reason is probably because this horn has no compression, and the horn length is not so deep, and the exit diameter is 2 inch, quit big. If you read my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Once you find it, stick to the path... by anthony on 2015-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Putting together a speaker system that ticks all your boxes is a lot like doing anything else well:  it is fine to experiment in order to find your range and learn your options but once you choose a path you must stick to it.  Chopping and changing i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Have you heard a word “discovery”? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]HAHAHAHAHA!!!Torsion fields are worth, at least, a nobel. Are you aware of that?Please do nor make 100% IDIOTS of yourselves invoking Einstein-Cartan theoryin audio!!! HAHAHAHAHA IDIOTS!!! Better spot 1st, 2nd or 4327483256rd orde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Acolytes by guy sergeant on 2004-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
| agree with your feline wariness with regard to torch bearing disciples of any given faith, be they believers in Altec, Audio Note or even Vitavox. In the case of Audio Note the fervour has often been exacerbated by the activities, pricing and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Speakers and room by zako on 2010-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
ROMY  Your analogy of fitting the foot to the shoe is on the right track... Some times you need is a better pair of sox,,,You dont need to change the decorum of the Symphony hall..When you have a shitty orchestra,,,  Sometimes rearranging the musicio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio treasure find by Sound22Card on 2019-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio treasure find in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Wow!  Did I ever stumble onto the right website.I've got enough reading here for a few lifetimes.Recently I cracked open a couple of speaker cabinets that I obtained years ago.  Inside I found a Vitavox AK 121 woofer and a G.P. 1 horn unit, along wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: No holds barred acoustic system… by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Rony, the Vitavox S2 is an interesting MF driver for 110dB sensitivity. In near or sub 100dB there are plenty interesting MF performers. The Lowther doing MF only and do not stretched for idiotic full range is very good option and Horning did show it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: About the diaphragms cult. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]THE ONLY COMPANY THAT HAS ADVANCED THE DESIGN OF A MODERN DRIVER IS JBL,,, GOING FROM THE WESTERN ELECTRIC DESIGN TO THE 375,,376...PRO VERSION 2440,,2441...  TO the 2450 types..USEING COHERIENT PHASE PLUG DESIGN TOPOLIGY that unit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Come on, zako! by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]Recardo,,,,its obvious you dont know how to read...soon all schools will also drop cursive writeing,,,how will the kids place the signature on a document,,,print it?  Your luckey a didnt write  in russion,,,offensive would be if i ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cetla 91 Light of the Altec 19++? by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
I was sitting in my fireplace room; eating my freshly cooked oyster mushrooms and listening a master dub of Munch and BSO take on Damnation De Faust. No matter how primitive the setup was in this room the experience was enjoyable even sound was annoy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: How to get better lower MF from Altec 21S … by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Listening my Altec 21S, even for movies, I do detect that it has some kind of lower MF problem, somewhere within 500-2000Hz. Here is the dilemma, what to do with it in 2–way speaker? Pretty much nothing… Since I use the original Altec 19 crossove...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: After all!!! by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]As wonderful my Altec 21S plays video and pop crap as much it absolutely impotent to play any classical repertoire. In fat when I estimated it as 3 on the scale of Macondo 10 I meant the video concert and operas that I play...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #150: Voice coils & horn loading : Electrical restance + Physical load by jessie.dazzle on 2009-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
I'm picking this up from the "Living Voice Loudspeaker" thread http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=2&postID=11765#11765and placing it here, as further discussion will take us off the original thread :Romy wrote :"...I reme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Just guessing what is going on in your case. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. Let also presume that when ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The RAAL's tweeter and Sound (#1) 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 had many interesting listening experiences while I used the Water Drop’s Macondo. I would try to surmise briefly the sonic consequences of the Water Drooping. “Me” and “briefly”, would it be possible? Well, where did you see a Jewish boy who refuse...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Silbatone and WE in Germany or hi-fi barter. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe Roberts continues do not do audio and coniine dedicate himself to archeology. http://www.tnt-audio.com/shows/munich10a_e.htmlDuring his last waist of Munich, when he was digging out the meaning of the word “Reinheitsgebot” and helpe to his Korean...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: I think it was not Bronze but Gold by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Jessie, actually I do not think you have seen me complaining about his chose of material (the only problem is the he need to fonish it other the metal). I know little about metals but I am sure that that the thing has a mass, in regard to 500Hz,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: EdgarHorn Speaker Project by drdna on 2009-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EdgarHorn Speaker Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
The EdgarHorn Titan is a very well made speaker, but I have identified in it a limitation in the midrange where the frequency response may not be ideal. This will become clear after I have analyzed the speakers with RTA. Thinking ahead, I want to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Time by twogoodears on 2008-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Romy:let's do not name those "four letters horizontal, the first a "G"..." brand... specializing bandwidth, high flux, moronity in selling ethics, non-advertising/word of mouth hypes, creating a status-symbol... these and others are all sub-prod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: I think "the Russian" is simply trying to control diffractio... by rickmcinnis on 2011-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EnABL: Just a note to awaken all of you peaceful sleepers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
I have used thick wool felt around the perimeter of my round horns at times.  Having owned a pair of ROGERS LS3/5a's in my youth and being amazed at the huge sound those little speakers could effect one tries to re-use ideas.  Diffraction control is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The texture of the strings. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
The texture of the strings is a huge subject. Audio has so much control over it! it would probably worth to have a new dedicated thread that would map the audio efforts to the expressionism of different group instruments, separate do string, upper an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It is OK by Romy the Cat on 2016-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]Romy all these seems acceptable. I hope the little cat Thomas David is doing just fine and you enjoy growing him. moving always demands a huge amount of CPU process hope that is done as scheduled. it's a pity you have to abandon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Too stubborn to say "never again" by op.9 on 2016-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] op.9 wrote:Romy all these seems acceptable. I hope the little cat Thomas David is doing just fine and you enjoy growing him. moving always demands a huge amount of CPU process hope that is done as scheduled. it's a pity...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: the “recommendations” by RonyWeissman on 2007-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment recommendations at this site. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
Romy wrote :  Be prepared that the “recommendations” will create more problems then solutions….That should be a disclaimer that all visitors to this site have to sign before reading... I have now spent almost a year trying to tame my Vitavox S2s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About dymick sparkling. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About dymick sparkling. in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
If you following the thread about my new listing room: http://www.romythecat.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=13235 …then you know that my room is almost done and that now I am working on the fine details of the sound organization in...
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