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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The Neutral Sounding Driver by Paul S on 2018-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
The best-sounding drivers I've heard will amplify a wide range of sounds from scratching or tapping differently at different points on the cone, or even from tapping or rubbing the driver frame.  And never mind OB, some throw amazing tonal range and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Latest setup by Bill on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
 My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think you misuse my terminology by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="Rewind"]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. [/quote] OK, but it is not how I feel about the service of injection...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Some thoughts about my New Macondo's Absolute Tone by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
After the painstaking setting up of the new Macondo, measuring all distance, paralleling the horns and time-aligning everything, after the setting up a correct level of the new channel’s attenuation (it turned out -2dB was necessary) I spent some tim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Not to belabor the obvious, but by Paul S on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
Big 93 dB woofers with a "split" no-feedback SET?Perhaps if you re-think the LF drivers you might indeed start with a vanilla version/pair of the Melquiades, just to get a sense of what you're dealing with.  If you are able to get or get a sense...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: What would it mean “the best low mid …. drivers currently available”? by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-25 
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="Jeffrey Jackson"] Also, I had never dreamed of a driver with a variable compliance resulting in a variable free air resonance... such a toy would be wonderful with custom midbass and bass horns... [/quote] It is why I use cone drivers f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: No question, ML2 is more capable than my speakers (and everything else... by Paul S on 2006-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  217 Replies 
ML2 is also making me hear my modified AI M3A pre-amp, not to mention I guess I could now benefit from all shielded cables.  All this stuff was fine with the Wright 2A3s. Speakers:  I built a version of Dick Olsher's 3-way Diamond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Music with no tweeters by Paul S on 2006-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
The thing I notice with live music is the way the sound at all audible frequencies has articulated drive like I never hear with "true HF tweeters", or at least not the "tweeters" that go way up there.  I got some sense of this drive and nat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Elusive “absolute tone”. by morricab on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Hi Romy,I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resonances as the reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Better or worse is not about me. by Romy the Cat on 2025-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another topic on vitavox s2 in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Andrey, I have seen the ad you have mentioned. A few things. Facebook is notorious for supporting fraudulent ads. I personally bought many things based upon Facebook ads, mostly stuff for kids, and never was receiving exactly what the ad promised. So...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Both midrange and bass by Amir on 2023-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  37 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Amir, what you say and the simple way you put it is indeed a very important consideration for speaker/amp matching, and it is something that one must actually hear and cultivate in the first place. Since there is no way to emperi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Fane specs according to Fane. by oxric on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]I have seen Beyma rewrite their specs when they redo a driver and even add a letter to the driver for that change,  even if it is the same driver.Now I have seen variable FS responses form different drivers of the same model also....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: JBL 375/2440 by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]One more thing about the JBL 375, I did play around with them enough, I aligned the diaphragms several times untill they sounded their best and were very listenable,  This was some time ago now, I didnt turn my horns then, so I tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Idiosyncratic Sound by Paul S on 2011-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Of course I am not really talking about Rullit but only holding up his implimentations against his stated aims.  This is certainly no special case, since most smart people learn the talk and the "look" long before they learn practicum, if they ever d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Why? by Wojtek on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Looking at Vox as a glorified 2-way Altec speaker with tweeter and supertwiter with all " not optimal" choices ,folded 70's PA thunderbolt mid bass cab time misaligned  crap ( Romy's opinion ) bi-radial Vitavox midrange suitable for derby races and d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Another variation, as a blind by Paul S on 2006-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
I'ts not that I feel "someone else's would be more informative than Cogent".   Rather, even though I know what I heard from the Cogent version, I cannot at this point say I understand how much and what part of what I heard is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Price equals sound quality by serenechaos on 2008-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
Romy, I think I didn't explain myself very well.  I was agreeing with you, and still do.  I posted the Chris Widmer link to show that the same fanaticism is going on, but even more so, from  the thread two years ago which you posted th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Speaker Building: do not worry. by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speaker Building in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Alex, contrary to the numerous speculation that many people more or less reasonably spread about the subject, my experience indicates that there are no such a things as “preferable crossover frequencies". The chosen optimum crossover frequencies are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Maybe VooDoo Was to strong a word by Timothy L. Davis on 2005-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeaker: Sound reproduction has not changed. in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
Hi Rony The only think a manufacturer has over the me is custume made drivers not saying that makes them better.Also you came up with a design conclusion and assembled you own system(That makes you a DIYer).You choose not to endores an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Buying Into the Dream by Paul S on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Jorge, not to stoop to a shopping list, but I thought I also mentioned the 375 in the post where I introduced Rullit.  Anyway, I meant to. Since there is no mention of the 375 there now, I will drop it again.  This was the driver I lusted after in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Multiples of the Same Rising Response Curve? by Paul S on 2010-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Jessie makes an interesting point with the idea of trying to get ULF from 97 X 2" drivers.  Very few small drivers are "optimized" to produce ULF in the first place, and so far the small-ish, BIG X-MAX drivers that are intended for "bass" have not be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: upper bass by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
This there is the last in the “THE PROBLEMS WITH HORNS” cycle. The previous threads might be found at: Problems with horns: tweeters.Problems with horns: mid-range horns.Problems with horns: mid-range drivers. This would be probably the most contro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Numbers Game by Paul S on 2015-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Thanks for the link, Murat. I have seen the WE copy drivers before, but today I confused the 555 with the 750/753, etc. paper drivers. If the 555 sounds good over anywhere near its claimed frequency range, and if you are in a position to buy 2, why ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Lamm 2.0 & Horns - Part II by HookEm on 2013-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Good question, HookEm. I would say my answer would be 2, “Any single driver back-loaded loudspeaker in general”. Do not get me wrong, driving your, or any other single drivers would do fine by ML2.0 and you will be able to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Woofers cone repair – a truly high-end method needed. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Woofers cone repair – a truly high-end method needed. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Preparing for my Midbass Channel projects http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=13597 …I did inventory if the drivers that I might use for it. I never did it before as the all were in different storages, now they a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: The retarded open baffle by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]our logic is correct but you refuse to see the whole picture - this is the biggest mistake the admirers of the open baffles do. Let trace the entire process. You grow the size of the baffle in order to keep the speakers to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Further experimentation by Bill on 2021-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
I have heard several Tannoy speakers in the past, but have never heard the quality of sound Romy has obtained with his brain child. I don't know whether it is the speakers alone or his setup which has allowed his system to enthrall so much more than ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Last words on foam and other updates by kodomo on 2016-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
After trying these reticulated foams for some time now, I ended up with using them only on the JMLC 1400 with the Radian 475 beryllium drivers. I had a smallish bump about where it worked. It flattened out and the sound changed a little. It sounded a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A little bit clearer by Paul S on 2008-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Active High Frequency Solution - AHFS in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Romy, of course I frame my remarks according to how I "understand" the issue at a given point, ie., dialog.  If your response helped me to undersatnd your idea of this problem any better, then it seems to go back to the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Spent time with screws and the wealth added to audio by unicon on 2009-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]The frustrating thing for me while messing with the mounting screw tensions was that there was never a universal "best" setting that involved looseness, but it would all change with different sources or at different volume settin...
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