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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The time delay correction that we are talking about is physical by rowuk on 2019-12-31 
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 
A. Wahlsten,this speaker is very well suited for time aligning physically. The more "DSP corrections" that we add, the worse things get. In addition, DSP time alignment can only be useful for one seating position and distance from the speaker. It doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: The Delay of Time Delay by jessie.dazzle on 2006-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Romy and Dima, Thanks for the update on the delayed Time Delay research. I sincerely hope the device performs to your expectations. I will follow your progress with self-centered interest, because in my case, the best scenario still puts the ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: No time delay for now...and this also is putting me off by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crash course on horns anyone? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Nope, I did not find or have anything tangible. The idea bout the modulator and demodulator did not go further then juts an idea… The caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Time Delay relays – where are you? by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] Regarding the delay timer, he says that using the Magnecraft pre-built timer is overkill at 120 USD and he can design and build an equally suitable circuit for way less money. I suppose he's skilled to do that.[/quote]What a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Time delay by deemon on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Yes , the idea of time delay machine is completely clear now . I made some experiments with analog and digital parts of the circuit , ewerything OK , and I need to assemble all the parts together , but now I am finishing the new hybrid class A amp - ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: More on time alignment by serenechaos on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 2)      I do not think that you will be able to time-alight the upper bass channel but you need to wave-align them. Make sure that upper bass and MF tit the top of the wave at the same time. the w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Why not horn by Bill on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
     If you are going to build such a huge cabinet or put a hole in the floor to use the basement as a chamber, why not just build horns in the basement with a straight 8-10 foot section in the basement with the back chamber resting on the floor, cut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The time alignment scenarios. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
A site visitor sent me emails saying: “Johan Dreyer says he can hear no time delay with his bass horns…” Well, first of all I disagree with it. The fact that Johan Dreyer can hear no time delay is not an indication that delay is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Bas time align by Dominik on 2010-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"I have a very clear idea what kind elements I might be using in there and the whole Cetla Ledom ides is very much cleared to me. There are just two subjects that I do not know at this point: time delay for bass channel Can Y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Surrounded 2 by RonyWeissman on 2008-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
This sounds like a good guess too me. I remember romy uses from time to time a delay machine on his bass towers, but it had to be adjusted for each recording and was too much of a pain. Maybe he has found a way to integrate a wider range rear channel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: The sub-subject. Terra Incognita of audio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Josh, I think that you touched more complicated subject then you think. Let me to explain why I feel this way. The fact that I advocate a dogmatic, religiously-stubborn, almost paranoid time alignment of the channels is not a secret. I do feel very c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Not proving anything but a challenge. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] Firstly, the costs involved and the real chance that this project might not work make this project statistically a horrible waste of money, time and resources which could be better spent in pursuing other solutions which are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1232: Risky Business and Pure Power by eli8888 on 2014-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
HI all, my first post, although have been reading for a long long time and have contact with some members. Great site.Wanted to share with you my experience with a PurePower order. and my huge problem... I have read terrible things here before but I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: 30 well-spent years by jessie.dazzle on 2009-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Thanks Romy for showing us this work and the thoughts of its creator(s).I'll say it again; the world needs more people like these guys: Human creativity remains the only saving grace of an otherwise pathetic species.  It would be most excellent if Kl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Time Delay relays – where are you? by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] Regarding the delay timer, he says that using the Magnecraft pre-built timer is overkill at 120 USD and he can design and build an equally suitable circuit for way less money. I suppose he's skilled to do that.[/quote]What a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bell on the Cat's Tail by Paul S on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting more from MF channel: AMI™ solution in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I've been kicking around the Stupid and Lazy Version of this for some time, where one simply runs two different, "characteristic-[un]matched" drivers on the same frequency band.  Oops... So, why not the same drivers pushed by the same amps that a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Lofty ideas and heavenly bass? by oxric on 2010-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy:I hope you go ahead with your project of installing the horns in your attic as you are probably the only person who might pull it off, but if my opinion was solicited, I think you would be very ill-advised to do so. Firstly, the costs involved a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ways to delay horns channels. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ways to delay horns channels. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I half of my site dedicated to bitching about the problems with time alignment what it is imposable to do by pure real-estate efforts and a lack of clarity how it could be resolved properly. Sine this subject is the prominent for any horn user I deci...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1249: Rommy you are partially right by eli8888 on 2014-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Eli, I do not think that it is PurePower objective to grab your money and to run.  They are notorious with delays and it certainly might be unpleasant. With all due respect: 2 month delay is kind of nothing and if the unit ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The nature of the “Distributed Delays”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]  Romy wrote:   "... Also it is very “kinky” moment how the delay from upperbass interacts with the delay from midbass. I know that not a lot of people would understand it but there are ways to “spread delays” or to us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Pro audio solutions by gordan on 2018-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paul McGowan. tubes in preamp in Audio News  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Gordan, this is slightly different concept. The presence of multiple outputs with volume control does not assure that each of the channel has own time delay circuitry. Plus it look like Najda does volume at d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Most likely you do. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Right of Spring” – eventually!!! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]I've tried to listen online to WHRB, they're supposed to be broadcasting the continuation of Stravinsky's orgy, but all I get is a stream with some pop singer. I've checked their schedule and it says nothing about orgys, and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: A correction…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Bill"]     If you are going to build such a huge cabinet or put a hole in the floor to use the basement as a chamber, why not just build horns in the basement with a straight 8-10 foot section in the basement with the back chamber re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Using the real estate by anthony on 2016-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I  have just started thinking of something like this for midbass/ULF:  floor firing one-eigth horn (TuneAudio Anima inspired) with the scanspeak array (in green) attached to the side.There is the obvious problem of time alignment, but I can see no wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: Delays gradual self-regulation? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Thinking about the integration scenarios of my midbass horn I come to a realization that it highly possible that the horn in THIS room will do something very unique. I have wrote before that I was successful to set channels delayed but the delay ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: I'm not convinced by JoshK on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
I know the standard logic is that everything needs to be time-aligned, but essentially the lower the frequency seemingly the less critical time-alignment should be, at least on paper.  I've heard of studies where it is suggested at low frequencies th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: In the recording. by Bill on 2024-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Passes for "Space" in Home Audio? in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
Yes, you are correct Paul that the space must be in the recording. Most don't have it, especially multi mike recordings and digital. Analog two mike have the best stereo, especially spaced Omni’s, and digital recordings from analog masters have more ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Time misalignment in bass by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 1) Horn loaded drivers are narrow-bandwidth transducing system. The wider range a horn channel covers the more it conflicts with restrictions of own topology. 2) All channels shell have strictly parallel axis 3) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: ... dot, dot, dot... by twogoodears on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The point that am trying to make is that the subject of the “home use“ driver vs. the “pro use drivers” is a bit complicated and the thing are not so clear as you, Stefano, is trying to present it to yourself.[/quote]Tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Top Plate Draft #1 by anthony on 2015-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
I got some time on the PC to start to think about how to layout the DSET.  I plan to build it a little like a skyscraper:  multiple levels separated by component groups and functions.    So mains transformers, AC socket and perhaps time delay rel...
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