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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Perfect HF and the “kinky” Electro-Voice T350. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I think I have too much time on my hands or use my time in highly stupid fashion but I decided to do today the experiment about witch I was thinking for a while. The experiment was “methodology clean” and lead me to quite interesting discoveries. Sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: T350 tweeter: almost there... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Well, it looks I’m near finding a more or less acceptable setting for the T350 tweeter. Ironically and completely accidentally it is not far form I use to be. It is still on the slope at 20Hz (since the T350 is pretty dead at 16kHz) but now it is &nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Another Kid? by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Those components certainly have an awful lot of potential and are likely a very good starting point for your highly dynamic system sans Goto.  The Vitavox stuff is even the building board for Macondo so there seems to be mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Divert and indicative picture... by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote "Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in serie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The RAAL and an amplifier. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]  The "calm HF" effect is something I have long sought but seldom experienced from repro, and I have blamed the amps as much as the ribbons.  Mere HF extension is not enough.  Hard to say whether the amp or the rib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Tractrix vs. Exponential curve for lower frequencies. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]One issue that I would consider is that the Tractrix profile supposedly does not lend itself aswell to extremely low frequency horns (being too short) as other profiles in particular the Hypex (Salmon) shape. [/quote] Yep,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: The low-passing S2 driver. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I have not heard any other systems using Vitavox S2 drivers, but I know it is possible to get the S2 to generate on-axis unpleasentries. In the case of the system I am building, one can happily sit straight in the firing ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What's left of Vitavox by jessie.dazzle on 2009-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phoenix in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
My understanding : This is simply what's left of the original Vitavox. The original founder had an interst in quality audio; the current owner(s) seem to have an interst in government contracts ($?). I'm not sure, but seem to remember that the curren...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Circumferential phasing plug problems by JLH on 2009-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
I understand your position on compression and not wanting to screw up the tone. The Community M4 driver is the perfect example of how NOT to build a 4” exit compression driver. First, the cone/dome material is garbage. Neither the sandwiched aluminum...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: About the new S2 drives. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Here's what's behind my comment regarding the irrelevance of color: I strongly suspect that the new production diaphragms will come with transparent Mylar suspension. In that case, I would hope they turn out to have the me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Midbass channel by noviygera on 2019-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Romy,I actually had one of those horns, as I wrote in the first post. Edgar 80hz straight horn. I sold it long ago because I did not like the sound, no matter what amps I tried it with. The problem was, to me it sounded muddy, no matter what I tried,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Vitavox is dead? by amperidian on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The EdgarHorns: the new old business plan in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]You might write a venous attack on Vitavox but it would be about 12 years too late! [/quote] Why not write about the Vitamix instead then?  It may attract an Emm Labs Harmonizer so that it can produce music and chop veg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #442: Trying to do it with less blood. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Paul, Alinco magnets perfectly able to drop a charge "just like that" and I presume that it is what happened. If cause the environmental difficulties would not do it alone, at least for that time. Over winter I had output tubes worn up on both amps a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #206: I wrote about it. by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Romy,What was the reason you were not happy with the last version of your midbass section? THe one with two Vitavox 15" per side. [/quote]It was not a last version but rather a temporary test version. I used in undersized sea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Auro 3D by Bill on 2023-09-21 
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 
To follow up on Romy's latest broadcast on his visit to my house.My left and right speakers consist of Jl Audio 113 revision 2 subs to 70 Hz., Edgar 50 Hz. 6 foot Straight horns with two 12 inch electravoice drivers each to 500 Hz, Edgar round mid ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Indomitable S2 chronicle... by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Moreover, the driver has such a huge amount of the “beneficial resonance” and such a tremendous transient ability that it scare, and my system has a dificult time to handle it. [/quote] Referring to my privios post I'm wond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: … and the winner is: EV T-350 by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Now my midrange channel need no upper range diffusion and now I feel that the result I’m getting from T350 is too soft and too transiently slow for S2. So, I kind of very mildly begin to look out there and to try top fugue ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Re: I keep working with it. by jweiss on 2006-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Hi Romy, When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428, Lansing, e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #171: The el-catastrophe! by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Yesterday there was the worst I can remember in my long-lasting with electricity. I mean it was not just bad it was beyond any description. My preamp has 126 steps (near a db per click) and during an average electricity day I listening it at 50-60 sl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Sorry, I do not follow your. 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"] Yes, but you are familiar with the compression driver and horns. How could somebody control the size of the audio window, formed by his midrange channel, using horns? If I remember correctly, you chose your Vitavox S2 driver ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
As I have mentioned previously I’m slowly in a process of assessing other opportunities for my Macondo, since the EV T350 driver it too soft to be paired with Vitavox S2. While I am doing it an old observation keep knocking in my head. A few years ag...

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 #2: A horn arc by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct radiation in the Macondo midrange horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Yes, Anthony, any horn by nature has what I call horn arc. At the bottom of the range the channel boost output, then the gain slowly decay and become almost like a direct radiator and then the output begin to roll off at HF by horn until the driver r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Another 2 cents by haralanov on 2010-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, you feel that high voltage filedcoil do excite the electromagnets driver somehow?[/quote]I will not call this exitation, let say it dynamic stability.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What voltage you feel is appropriate?[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Resonance Damping by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Paul,After looking at some photos of Stock Altec horns, though they appear reasonably stout, I can believe they would still resonate when excited by sound pressure alone, as they are still on the thin side if left as bare metal.See them here : http:/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: technological advances by guy sergeant on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="guy sergeant"] I think it would be quite difficult for anyone to set up any sort of production of drive units and not become an 'industry' participant. It's quite remarkable that you manage to use a turntable, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #387: Talking about the midbass…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Despite the fact the I lost the quality of the lower knee of my midbass horn (I guess the primary resonance went all the way down) I keep trying to catch the right termination of midbass  low pass filter. I bought those expensive 20H coils and added ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Vertical spacing between channels of Le Horn by oxric on 2011-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Considering the conclusions of my recent experiences that I described in the following thread:http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6876I would like to share some of my observation that the people who would g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: Yes, it is all correct. by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] Romy the Cat wrote:Here is the list of the thing to do with Vitavox S2 in order to use it in 4-ways installations. The S2 must not be used in 2, 3 ways systems. It possible to do with S2 whatever you wish but pretty much any ot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: High Voltage ? by Kerry Brown on 2013-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Years ago, the two different systems in which I heard RCA 1428s - in a fairly big warehouse and crammed into a basement listening room - used giant RCA multi-cell horns in combination with giant Ubangi bass bins, passive crossovers and vintage WE or ...
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