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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
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The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available by Gregm on 2007-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
      ...For only $ 25k: http://polymeraudio.com/index.html It is sold under the name Polymer Audio and these people also sell amplifiers called "DK design"I haven't listened to this product & am referring here to the unusual ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Don't sniff my thoughts, sniff my speaker by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[Quote]BTW, I have a incredibly accurate record of sniffing those thoughts. [/Quote]Thought sniffing is precisely the problem. Too much thought sniffing.You have not heard Mangers, Aporia, or Loth-X speakers yet you thought sniffed yourself into an i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Amplifier Speaker matching by Amir on 2023-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In my over 50 years of personal audio, I think that I can explain part of the speaker/amp compatibility. This opinion is everything but comprehensive.Bad matches in amp/speakers manifest themselves very often in the bass. Please c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Set Amp/speaker by Amir on 2022-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Always check power-line polarity. in Audio For Dummies ™  11 Replies 
I have not read this book (the wood effect) and if you have shopping link please sent it to me.I am not sure but It seems even amplifier speaker connection is important for sound.In past I have inverted the signal phase in my DAC and also inverted sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Yamaha ns1000m speaker problem by Bill on 2023-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha ns1000m speaker problem in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
These were my first high end speakers purchased in 1980. They have been sitting in my basement for about 30 years as I've gone through everything from VMPS super tower 2 ar's to B&W 800 to my self built Edgar horns, which I’ve been using for abou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Monitor speaker project: my hope. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I would like to share some ides what I would like to do in my monitor project.  This are just intention and I did not try to put it all together. Probably I will do it with the next few weeks. I’m planning to use the Celestion SL-600 enclosure ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New speaker system by guy sergeant on 2010-03-16 
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I recently completed some upper bass horns which I'm now enjoying very much. Sadly I lack the skills of someone like Jessie so my efforts are crude in comparison, but they are working well for me which is the main thing.I already had some old frontlo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The dreams about a concept of ideal speaker. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] Anyway, going back to the subject of the thread, why would you implement the ambiance retrieval at speaker level and not at the "pre DAC" one? After all we'd like to have from CD's something closer to what TU-X1 does.[/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: The loss is related to speaker impedance by anthony on 2017-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I think I am correct, but the problem is directly related to loudspeaker impedance.  I did the first round of calculations by hand and when I got the results I searched the web for a calculator that someone has made so that I did not have to write it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Speaker Proposal by de charlus on 2013-06-22 
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I am not "working backwards" from a tweeter. I presently use Harbeth M40.1s, but having recently heard the Living Voice Vox Olympian and an Audio Tekne horn implementation of Ale Acoustics drivers, the experiences opened up new vistas of what is poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Very in depth considerations for a multi way speaker system by rowuk on 2014-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Very in depth considerations for a multi way speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
Some of you probably know Jack Bouska, I didn't find any links to his system here at GSChowever. He documented the technical steps that led to his system in a very detailed way. How his methodology relates to Sound can be discussed........ http://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: BD-Design Orelo speaker by manisandher on 2014-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BD-Design’s Orelino in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Well, I have just taken receipt of my Orelo speakers (pic attached) - the bigger version of the Orelino speakers, with 3x 15" bass drivers per channel as opposed to 3x 12" drivers.I realize that Romy doesn't regard the coaxial BMS mid/high compressio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A speaker set with JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h & JBL 2403h by audiophile.1963 on 2015-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A speaker set with JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h & JBL 2403h in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Hi,I keep for many years a set of speakers, JBL 2225h, JBL 2105h and JBL 2403h and I'd like to build a reflex compact speaker with a good low response (see the picture 1:10).  - 40 Hz - 1000/1200 Hz: JBL 2225h in vented box  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Pre-manufactured box speaker by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]I agree that the published curves don't look bizarre for a box speaker. [/quote] Hmmm, I would like to note that my reference to "given topology" did not imply the  "box speaker". Even a multichannel box speaker might have opt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A typical first order speaker... by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A nice Vandersteen interview in Audio News  3 Replies 
[quote user="Newtohorn"] ……It does not sound like a typical first order speaker…. [/quote]  I have no idea how a “typical first order speaker” should sound. The Vandersteen insisting of using first order is a very good thing. I am a very stron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New, Transparent Speaker! Opportunity Knocks!!! by Paul S on 2018-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New, Transparent Speaker! Opportunity Knocks!!! in Audio News  0 Replies 
Harvard?!  Those guys know what they're doing!  You'll have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor, and success of the venture is "virtually guaranteed"!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K5KSDL1gXEA few small kinks to iron out, the world is y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The most promising “best” commercial speaker by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
A few days ago in the thread “Who Builds Horns”: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=3226#3226 there were mentioned the Cessaro Horn Acoustics Company from Germany.  The company has an interesting model Gamma: http://www.cessaro-hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Injection Channel response vs. Main Speaker... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]You have mentioned that you want a much larger enclosure for your oops unit.  I was then wondering if you aim to merely broaden and/or lower resonant response or if you planned to in some way tailor resonance as it rela...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Cessaro best speaker in the world! by coops on 2007-07-10 
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Jim Hi, my name is Keith Cooper, I own a pair of Alpha's  had them here in London for about a month now, they are superb ! I heard some Trio's which initially stirred my interest in horn loudspeakers, I know Ralph is looking for a US distributor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: NXT: a Musician's speaker? by drdna on 2007-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="stevie7V"]Further, as Shelley is also a very accomplished classical pianist, I'd expect his system to sound very realistic as well.[/quote]  There have been a lot of discussions about this before, but one must always take this sort ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Open Baffle Speaker Design by Stitch on 2014-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open Baffle Speaker Design in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
In "High End" today we can see nearly every possible Design and obviously it seems that we find for EVERYTHING a fanatical Fangroup.Be it Tonearms made of Wood, or Plastic (of course it has a different, more important sounding name), multi speaker ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: The speaker-reviewer synergy. by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico: Robert Harley’s upperbass mouth. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
 I think 15 years back I was speaking with a famous industry person who told that the responsibility of an individual who run an audio publication is to match the stupidity of audio product to the stupidity of reviewer. he said that if manufacture ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Speaker cables by anthony on 2017-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I've been thinking about how I am going to wire these Bass Cannons as well as the horns on the horn stack.  For some time now I have preferred ribbon/foil speaker cables for the relatively low sensitivity speakers I have been using.  The reason I bel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Integrating a 3 way speaker setup by vakman on 2019-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
G'Day Rowuk,Thanks so much for the quick replyThe drivers were recommended by the person who made the cabinets. All three are supposed to be quite well regarded.Initially, the project was just going to be 2 x 10" and the Beyma tweeter, which in itsel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: This is Ocean Way Audio pro speaker by ferenc on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
http://www.oceanwayaudio.com/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: One more horn speaker system to look at by noviygera on 2010-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
This is a pro audio company that came out with a nice looking system, supposedly they are more about SQ than others:http://www.voidaudio.com/product_detail.asp?id=42...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The name is the nameless speaker -Silbatone Acoustics. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I wonder if any new interning horns ideas are present at CES. There is a post at the hi-fi-heroin site: http://hifiheroin.blogspot.com/2011/01/ces-preview-you-actually-want-to-see.html … that depicts a...

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 #80: Life at speaker-level (+ Photos) by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Quotes from Romy in blue: "...Anyhow, I do not know at which stage your project is what I think you are somewhere in a process of integrating the drivers..."I would like to stabilize the system, and listen to the existing horns, while ...
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