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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A perfect active crossover? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Ronnie,I do not know any. But the major question is why such a crossover is necessary. Obviously it requires 3 amplifiers and if so then the filters might be built in the amps. It one needs it for system prototyping purpose then if is fine but the de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Active crossover by panwitz on 2018-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Coral x-viii in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Hi! I wanted actually to get rid of the behringer. Because I have only 1 super high quality tube amplifier and it was difficult to marry different amps with the speakers.  And you cant use a high quality dac with the active crossover. I ll right now ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: A crossover around active elements is another story by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Very interesting discussion. I have taken a close look at Marco's horns and am thinking about using them in a horn installation. I plan to use the TAD 4003 from, say, 1 to 8 kHz, and a tweeter above that. I would love to use ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: I begin to like my active crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I am observing an interesting and surprising fact – I am begging to like my active Marchand crossover. I did a number of modifications to it and it looks like the parts are broken-in now – it does sound very pleasant for my ULF. I feel it is a bit to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #106: Line-level passive vs. active ULF filter by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-06 
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My sub-bass amp is back but I am not sure if I am comfortable with it. The guy from QAudio did a wonderful job to fix my modified B-2 power amp and now I have my amp for ULF with passive line level filter in it. So, Now I have two identical, fully fu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Guy de Marchand with the Luxman knobs.. [Re: A perfect active crossove... by Ronnie on 2006-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Yes. For prototyping.I found out that Luxman built an 8-tube unit exactly like it.I borrowed a picture from the net: www.webbtjanst.se/temp/2003.jpeHowever I think it might be interesting to build one, with decent pots, 6dB filters and 6 buffers afte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: ... forgot to mention... by twogoodears on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Thanks for your comments, Roman.You're someway right... Goto foolishness;-))) maybe... also Mingsu wrote he "never" saw such a (Keith's - or mine) way to use S-150 mid-low horn... everyone's - me too, also with some doubt - copycatting each othe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Prototyping crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-05 
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Well, I never felt that for prototyping I need more then one-channels crossover as by use of the poor sounding prototyping crossovers I never look at the system in it’s entirely but rather for the “technical listing” of  just two channels that I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: A crossover around active elements is another story by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Very interesting discussion. I have taken a close look at Marco's horns and am thinking about using them in a horn installation. I plan to use the TAD 4003 from, say, 1 to 8 kHz, and a tweeter above that. I would love to use ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Future proofing by noviygera on 2018-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The need for a balanced buffer stage in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Paul,My current active crossover is a DSP unit which likely has low enough input impedance and single ended inputs. I added BAL inputs by using input transformers. By no means do I want to use this combination as a representation of my crossover! I i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Common sense horns without GOTOnization :-) by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Kcct82"] I know you're not a big fan of digital delay, but I'm using behringer DCX 2496 to make things easier... this way I get to keep all horn mouths on the same plane which avoids some reflections (from other horn mouths). [/quote] S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: What I am trying to accomplish. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
For a casual observer it might appear that I am constantly fought with my ULF, finding and loosing better and worse configurations.  It might be so but I have a very strong sense of objective of what I would like to accomplish. I want to reinstat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Three mid channels crossovering - playing in the middle. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Jessie, in the configurations of the horns and derivers that you are building your mid channels do not exposed too much to stresses. It is not that you have a situation when 1/4 octave more and less will send your channels into suffocation - your hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: The art of ULF volume adjustment. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-08 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] For a casual observer it might appear that I am constantly fought with my ULF, finding and loosing better and worse configurations.  It might be so but I have a very strong sense of objective of what I would like to ac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Multi-amping crossovering. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multi-amping crossovering. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I was reading the Stefano Bertoncello's post about his new multi-amping again options. http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2010/09/multi-amping-again.html .. and I feel that it would be a good idea to brief summarize multi-amping cros...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Passive or active XOing at 1 kHz? by Markus on 2007-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Very interesting discussion. I have taken a close look at Marco's horns and am thinking about using them in a horn installation. I plan to use the TAD 4003 from, say, 1 to 8 kHz, and a tweeter above that. I would love to use horns below 1 kHz but wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The active and passive crossovers are not the same. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multi-amping crossovering. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Of course most of the people do prototyping the type of crossover they need for a given channel using active crossovers.  As the crossover point, slop and in some cases Q are found then the same data is applied to a given topology of line level in-de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Streophile show 2007 and Haniwa by yoshi on 2007-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Streophile show 2007 and Haniwa in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
I just came back from Stereophile Show in NYC.  A couple of observations.  Haniwa's FPIC-100 DSP seems to be nothing but a typical DSP with digital crossover/equalizer/delay with auto feedback through a microphone set at the liste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Crossing over by Paul S on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive line level crossovers - re:pre amp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
My own experience suggests that it is possible to do speaker-level passive crossovers, but I must qualify that by saying that although I have put a lot into the crossovers themselves, and the wire,etc., etc., it has only been since I got the ML2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Put Marchand Crossover into the game. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I had in my basement Marchand X26 crossover that I use over 10 years back. Since my B-2 power amp with passive filter is being fixed I setup the stock fixed B-2 with external Marchand active crossover.  I spent some time to modify the Marchand X26 bi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: GOTO SG505TT + S150 horn by MINGSU on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
    SG505TT + S150 horn crossover at 180 Hz is not recommended by GOTO.  The SG505TT driver is not recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.  Double SG505TT driver is recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: GOTO recommend 1st order crossover by MINGSU on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
GOTO always recommend to use 1st order active crossover and 2nd order passive crossover. The reason to use 2nd order for passive crossover is to protect the driver.  Of course, the user can use whatever they like the best but the recommendation ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Modified klipschorn by kodomo on 2016-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Corner Speakers for a new music room in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I dont think a standart klipschorn would satisfy the cat. I had one, then I heavily modified it and in the end I built my full scale horn system. I still keep that modded khorn system as a second system.If I may suggest, if you use klipschorn, you ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info by derik736 on 2016-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Hello,I just logged myself in so first of all: Hi Everybody ;)Few days ago I aquired a pair of very interesting 3way horn speakers which seem, as I imagine, to ba an ambitious DIY project from the past. These are basically the Altec Vott A7 replicas ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Time-aligned again - physical or relative by MINGSU on 2009-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Romy,If you look behind the physical time alignment and start discussion about relative time alignment, that is a good start.  Thing puzzle me about your view and comment of GOTO system setup that you have seen on pictures or web.  How will you know ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: I begin to like my active crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I am observing an interesting and surprising fact – I am begging to like my active Marchand crossover. I did a number of modifications to it and it looks like the parts are broken-in now – it does sound very pleasant for my ULF. I feel it is a bit to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Stock Khorn by LogicAudio on 2016-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Corner Speakers for a new music room in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]I dont think a standart klipschorn would satisfy the cat. I had one, then I heavily modified it and in the end I built my full scale horn system. I still keep that modded khorn system as a second system.If I may suggest, if you u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Ok, Let gig it. by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"]So what was next... They build the DAC, patented the clock... ok. They build their own preamp. Fully descrete class-a balanced, john curl wouldnt do it differently. Nice. Low and adjustable gain - very nice. Constant im...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #150: Marchand by RLRB on 2021-04-11 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]fiogf49gjkf0dI am observing an interesting and surprising fact – I am begging to like my active Marchand crossover. I did a number of modifications to it and it looks like the parts are broken-in now – it does sound very pl...
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