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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Trick question? by Ronnie on 2006-12-10 
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Looks like TAD TD-4001 and TL-1601 or similar....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: 2" drivers by be on 2008-01-31 
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The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off from app. 15 kHz. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 2" drivers by horny on 2008-01-31 
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[quote user="be"]The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Do not forget the damping the cones with amplifier by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-31 
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[quote user="be"] The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Some guesses about modular construction of Cessaro line: by NBC on 2007-03-11 
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(Note: I've neither seen nor heard these speakers) Cessaro ALPHA: TAD TD-4001 2" driver on tractrix horn with 56cm bell (approximately 250Hz). TAD claims response from 600-20KHz. Given that the midbass is essentially a direct radiator (theref...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: TD4001 by Merlin on 2007-07-21 
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Keith could you clarify? The TD 4001 has 1st order acoustic slope below 1khz when mounted on most horns. So adding a 1st order electrical slope to that surely does not make a textbook 1st order crossover. If the 1601a is being run first order abov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: TADs, Cessaros and... it was not me... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-11 
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[quote user="NBC"]Hi Romy, Since you have certain opinions on TAD/Beryllium sound, Im curious: 1) Which TAD drivers you evaluated (2001, 2002, 4001, 4002, 4003) ? 2) With what Fc horns? 3) With what horn materials? 4) With what Xovers? [/quote]Neil,&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #176: Cessaro news by Markus on 2013-05-22 
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I understand they still use TAD 703 and 4001. The 11" is from Supravox. No idea about the bass drivers. I liked this Cessaro demo much better than in previous years. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Correctio by horny on 2008-01-31 
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[quote user="horny"] be wrote: It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off from app. 15 kHz. [/quote]I am sorry...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Best commercial speaker by coops on 2007-08-01 
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Romy Hi ,just a couple of things , in the Gamma there is another 1 inch TAD driver between the 4001 and the 703 , regarding the placement of the tweeter ,it is only recessed 3 or 4cm ,at a useable frequency range there will be negligible diffraction ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Are you sure it is time-ligned? by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-01 
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[quote user="coops"]Romy Hi ,just a couple of things , in the Gamma there is another 1 inch TAD driver between the 4001 and the 703 , regarding the placement of the tweeter ,it is only recessed 3 or 4cm ,at a useable frequency range there will be neg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: You Should Be The Presidents Cheif Of Staff. by msaudio on 2010-05-18 
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Romy    I have not herd so much doulble talk in a long time. Some of the best sounding drivers on the market in the last 60 years, were for sound reinforcement. I do believe, in a 2 way speaker system crossed over at 800hz with a good wood horn i wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: WE by Jorge on 2012-03-26 
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The room is beautiful, and I love the tree stump "rack" with the amps,  it is clearly a work in progress,  but they already put in the "Western Electric" badges on!  It talks a lot about their priorities I guess!They have what seems to be a midrange ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: 1st Order on the Cessaro. by Merlin on 2007-07-20 
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Keith, Interesting. Are you sure there are first order slopes on your speakers? Having played with those drivers I cannot see how it can be done. Or are you just talking of the electrical slope on the 4001?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: The TAD’s pulsating alien syrupiness. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
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[quote user="be"]The TAD 4001 and 4002 have a number of sharp narrow resonance peaks  in the  range  10kHz-20kHz[/quote] I would think it was lover – somewhere around 8kHz. That was exactly what did not like in the TADs – it was some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Beryliam and cohearent design by zako on 2011-07-10 
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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 was adapted to the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #139: TAD 2002 by be on 2008-04-29 
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"TAD TD-2002 seems to have that "interesting" tone"The TAD TD-2002 has an interesting frequency responce, it goes as a technically perfect driver should up to app, 15Khz  then there is an unusually softly rounded peak around 20kHz with an amplit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Yamamoto amplifiers by enjoy_the_music on 2007-12-06 
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    Hi,I have just received a Yamamoto A-02 amplifier from Shigeki. It is a 2A3 / 45 switchable amp, not available in the EU. It is supposed to be Yammies top amplifier. I bought it in JP and sent it to Shigeki for new 230V transformer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: People want(ed) TAD's by Wojtek on 2012-05-08 
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and especially "perfectionists" markets like Germany. Sound is of a secondary importance. I bet the new driver from Cesarro will be field coil driver because that's what peoplewant NOW. They want "the best" and field coil is now the best. Roman , som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Time-alignment by LogicAudio on 2014-10-31 
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thanks for the good infoactually we are developing a full horn-loaded speaker the bass-bin is just inspired by Klipsch La Scala (just like Volti speaker) with curved sides. the mid-range consists of TAD 4001/Beryllium in Edgar wooden Tractrix horn an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Diaphram by zako on 2010-04-30 
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Romy,,I agree with most of what you say....But good audio engineering comes in small tiny increments,,when JBL introdiced the coherent phase plug..I said so what?? then the moved the position of the magnet,,I said so what??But they were getting ready...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #126: Generalisations by Merlin on 2008-04-28 
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Hi Romy, thanks for the links. Did you try any other TAD's than the 4001? Like the 2002 1" device or the 4003? The ET-703? Did you utilise the 703 to cover the top octave and a half and suppress the resonance? It's certainly my experience that the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Rear Loaded Horns by msaudio on 2010-06-28 
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Moreart   Most people on this site only badmouth things they don't understand. From what i have read the last few years on romy's site, there is a leader and a bunch of follower's that have no clue of audio basic's in sound reproduction. The leader j...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dedicated Music Room Build by T3GGG on 2011-03-03 
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Hi Romy and othersI am in the initial stage of planning a new home, which will have a dedicated music room. I noticed Romy in another thread you were impressed with the rough stone walling. This looks like a great way to disperse reflections. What I ...

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 
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[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 #9: Ah, the TAD PT-R9! by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-20 
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Thanks Gregm. It is interesting that I completely forgot the TAD PT-R9. I was looking at it 5-6 years back and spoke with AudioKinesis ‘Duke, who reportedly knows them well. My reservations that time were the very same as now: with 97.5 dB/W sensitiv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Cesarro, field coil and TADs. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-08 
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[quote user="Wojtek"]and especially "perfectionists" markets like Germany. Sound is of a secondary importance. I bet the new driver from Cesarro will be field coil driver because that's what peoplewant NOW. They want "the best" and field coil is now ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Geometry by jackydai on 2019-04-01 
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I’m glad you talk about geometry, but to respond to this I have to refer to other brands. I will only talk about facts and hope it’s not offending anybody.My basic point is: the flare rate has to be coherent right from the entrance of phase plugs. In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: TAD drivers you have evaluated by NBC on 2007-03-11 
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Hi Romy, Since you have certain opinions on TAD/Beryllium sound, Im curious: 1) Which TAD drivers you evaluated (2001, 2002, 4001, 4002, 4003) ? 2) With what Fc horns? 3) With what horn materials? 4) With what Xovers? Thanks! ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Romy's Horns by TonyB on 2005-04-14 
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I am reading through those interesting threads. I have just won a pair of S2 on ebay so I am interested in horns for them. I have fired an email to Vitavox Peter and I will get his diaphragms. Since my drivers are in UK, maybe he ...
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