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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Olga Kern and Russian’s National Philharmonic by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Spivakov, NPoR Orchestra and Olga Kern in Musical Discussions  12 Replies 
If you followed, a few days ago in the conversation with “Michaelz” I was spinning my usual plot, bitching that most of the today’s pianists play, unintelligent as senseless, almost like with the "rubber fingers”:  http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Melquiades & high cost as a limiting factor of design. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"] It will drive  either my Tannoy Gold's full-range, or my 3-way system (Altec 515/Vitavox S2/EV T-350 or JBL 2450).  I could also use it just to drive the Altec 515 and use my current 300B to drive the MF/HF of my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I recently spoke with Paul Eizik regarding the criticality of the open-air mounting of that driver instead of baffle-mounting. I decided to go extreme and to get rid of that plate that I had under the driver no mater now small it was, also I thought ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #103: Here and there.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]I am not using the S2 driver, I have been going the long way testing a bunch of different compression drivers.  Right now I am testing the TAD 2001,  I can say leaving it full range going all the way up, it develops a certain ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Some kind of sound? 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="jzagaja"]To make the story short Autotech is a family business located in Lublin, Poland. Younger brothers graduated in mechanical engineering are cars and racing lovers - with scores in Europe as professional drivers and mechanics. One...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #185: Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance by drdna on 2009-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"]Plate supply = 350 voltsOPT Primary impedance - 3.5K Cathode bias resistor = 866 ohm Cathode bypass capacitor = 50uF Grid resistor to ground = 249 You need to select a new OPT.... I would suggest the H-20-3.5U.[/quote]I b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Now it's official again. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-18 
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"]Anyhow, now it is officially: I permanently removed a tweeter from Macondo. [/quote]After a few days of playing my Macondo without tweeter I begun to think what is goingon. The S2 eventually works clean and without any hars...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Quite interesting ideas you put in there. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="ayebee"] The horns that Stereo Lab make are very good, especially considering the relatively modest prices. I bought the "Ultra-Fi" version of the 140Hz horns and they are of course not completely free of resonance ….Present system consi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Unconfusing midbass horn by serenechaos on 2008-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
By “midbass horn” I’m talking about a horn with about a flare frequency of about 60 Hz, to use with Fane 8” drivers, to start with.     (Was planning to use this horn from wherever it sounded best, trying for around 80 Hz to ~35...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Drivers, horns, mistakes and oversights. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] By “midbass horn” I’m talking about a horn with about a flare frequency of about 60 Hz, to use with Fane 8” drivers, to start with.     (Was planning to use this horn from wherever it sounded best, try...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Yes, certainly you did some homework. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Hi, Marcus As I understand it is 15” loaded into 110-150Hz horn, MF compression driver in 350-400Hz horn, Ribbon tweeter and a pair of tapped horns? Looks good. If it were up to me than I would paint the entire baffle with tweeter and MF i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn Speaker Leftovers for Sale by skushino on 2013-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Speaker Leftovers for Sale in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I'm wrapping up my horn building activities and have some leftover items available.  1) Edgarhorn 80Hz Mid-bass horns - Pick-up in Seattle - $350Condition -  8/10 based solely on age.  No visible imperfections.  They are in the identical condition as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: The low-path knee of Fundamentals Channel. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] There should be no danger in running the S3s down to 500Hz; I am currently running a pair of S2s (same diaphragm as S3) down to 450Hz, 1st order, no problem. The system is in a room that measures around 80m² with a 3m-h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Electricity and different compression drivers’ diaphragms. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musique Concrete horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]The electricity comment is interesting as today I put on some jazz music and the HF is very snappy, excellent! I feel like posting on AA to ask people's opinons if it's the electricity or if my concrete horns are going thro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
There are many threads on my site where I covered the subjects of Tweeter for my Macondo and particularly the moment of integration the tweeters with Vitavox S2 compression driver. Since a few months ago I altered my idea to use the EV T-350 tweeter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Bias with attitude, bass and transformers... by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Romy, in the contrary, it is very unfair to compare my 845 amp with the 6C33C. The main reason is the 845 amp used the best output/interstage transformer available, while the 6C33C's output xformer is pretty good but far from b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: According to a Slovenian web site by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
Below is the text from Slovens Website that presumably knows Anton Nanut. According to them Mr. Nanut did record the Beethoven Nineth. Interesting is that Nanut also record Dvorak’s last symphonies, Jerry, are they interesting in Slovenian rendering?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Edgarhorns & DEQX by Kerry Brown on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Greetings, I may be able to answer some questions regarding crossovers, multi-amping, etc. - without getting bogged down, hopefully, in metaphysical issues. First off, I live in San Francisco, if he's inclined 'drdna' and other locals are wel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues by ulf on 2015-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Some of you have already seen my old posts about the 2 pair of concrete midbass horn a friend and I built a few years ago.   Now I just wanted to share what has happened to those beauties since the last po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The history of stereophonic sound by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
The history of stereophonic sound 1881 - Clement Adler at the Paris Electrical Exhibition put "a series of 80 telephone transmitters across the stage at the Paris Opera and connected them by wires to telephone receivers in a suite of four rooms" in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
If you know how in some optical systems imagery get destroyed when an aperture getting closed to F64 or even smaller, then you understand what happens in compression driver when frequency get higher and spaces smaller. Yes, the proximity of wavelengt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: To drive the 6C33C... by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Sine I informed public about Melquiades amplifiers I receive many emails from people asking me about the operation points of 6C33C. For whatever reasons people mistakably took me for some kind of 6C33C guru, which is am not. Moreover I could be hardl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Fundamental evolution by jessie.dazzle on 2008-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Romy wrote : "...This BTW expanse what we have such a differences in assessment of leaking he the S2’s back chamber. (It was somewhere in past)..." I would just the same like to confirm my findings one more time in the new room; I will run the test...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #877: Some thoughts on pure~powering my gear... by spytsi on 2011-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Finally, I'd appreciate your opinion on the scheduled implementation of regenerated electric power on my system.I am planning to hook up my entire gear on a single PP1050hv (230V) unit:2-channel: PrimaLuna ProLogue Classic integrated tube amp (Clas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: It is going somewhere.... by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
OK, the first assembly is there. It sits on 3 joists and with the joists are cut, blocked and warped up. The exit is 30.5 inch by 24 inch. It is 1.5” birth plywood. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #192: It is all depend of your roo by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]I seem to remember you had this sort of issue when setting up your previous room and eventually you moved them time aligned. The one stack of 15" and 10" sounds like a nice solution.  Do you think more 10" scanspeak instead ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: G.I.P. 9700A System by xandcg on 2015-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Romy,These are the G.I.P. 9700A System. Here are the specs, I asked to GIP some time ago:Regarding Dimension without horn and Tweeter (only enclosure)W: 1240mm × D: 1200mm × H: 1120mm  weight: roughly 350 kg / 1 pieceDimension with full setW: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Plugin for drawing segmented petal horns i Sketchup by Daniel Twellmann on 2015-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Plugin for drawing segmented petal horns i Sketchup in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I made a small plugin for Sketchup where you can draw/sketch straight horn with any number of petals with any number of conical segments that span the length of the horn. It is very simple to use. The user must inpu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Another brainless review: are they gone completely? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm L1 vs. L2 preamp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
It is even hard to critique because it is beyond of being ignorant of stupid. The John E. Johnson’s review of Lamm L2 preamp in the “Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity”. Below are the fragments of the John E. Johnson’s pearls… Each quoted stat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Specs. by xandcg on 2016-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Those are the specs I managed to find from ALE, but certainly incomplete (or outdated) because those new versions (like 160 Super Extra) are missing. I am leaving here just in case. ...
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