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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Re: It's not about field strength... by guy sergeant on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I don't know the full story of how loudspeakers went from field coils to permanent magnets. I believe that ultimately it was dictated by the price and availability of Alnico. Eventually Alnico became cheap enough to make similar or higher strength ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: The Goto confusion indeed. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Thanks, Be, for a correction but the fun part is no one acknowledged your blander. The Goto drivers I think are exotic terra incognito for most people and I think it is how Goto Company is willing to keep it. No one talk about nuts and bolt of Goto c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: YL Driver Images by Kcct82 on 2008-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
I pulled these images from a Japanese 2nd hand store. I understand that Goto used to work at YL so I thought these images might go with Johan's description about the insides.   ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: An effort at justification by tokyo john on 2010-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
Wow, price inflation in TTs were a lot worse than I thought! (more than 400% in nominal prices in the example of Goldmund). You are right, the prices in audio seem a riddle wrapped in a mystery within an enigma. As a manufacturer, it is almost...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: Here is a case to point. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
There is a pair of Goto SG146 drivers at Japanese Yahoo: http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f105296325 ….use a translation language of your chose to translate it to the language of your choose. They are Goto bass drives ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]One of the emails that I receive is very interesting. The author warns:   “...when experimenting with throaths I found that if the compression is big, near 2 or higher you get some big, smooth, unfocused aqualung sound. You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Onkyo Scepter 500 and others by derik736 on 2018-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
So, two almost two years later and this contraption is still in my room and "ain´t goin nowhere" :-)Guys, I became obsessed with horn speakers and specially with Onkyo product so I would like to share with you my latest experiences.The speakers I tal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: Be my guest.... 25 days left. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="eduardo"] YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Questions vs Assumptions (or Attacks) by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]No "cost assumption" was made or posited about bearings, rather the remark was framed as a question, just wondering, likewise the very general remarks about belts (along with the closing disclaimer). If the air system is cheap, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Hebraic Rhapsody for Violoncello Solo and Full Orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Great Cello Concertos in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
Hm, I am not familiar with Starker’s take on Schelomo. I have his Jewish sketches with some Japanese pianist. Well, whoever he did worth having… BTW, have you seen Rostropovich playing Schelomo: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: My old headphone amp: the final verdict. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Over the course of the past year I was very slowly experimenting to the sound of my headphone amp. I know much more about it sound then I knew last year and I learned a lot more how to get “different” sound from it. The more amps ages and the more I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: SME arms: opposite side of medal. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Which SME 3009? in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Well, like in anything else there are two sides of the medal. I did not deal a lot with 3009. It is a fine arm. The very short time when I had the arm it impressed me as an arm identical to 3012 but with less developed bass.  I did not get any s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: More: Shelter 90X vs. 901 by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
What I find interesting is that none of the Japanese store that sell cartridges for domestic marker sell the Shelter 90X. Who knows, perhaps the 90X is the big conspiracy between Shelter and US importers who decided to capitalize on the success of Sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: Horns from above by slowmotion on 2005-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Hi Maybe you should rent the apartment over you? Nice place for sub horns, with opening in the ceiling like our japanese friends do ;) I am planning subhorns with floor-to-ceiling mouths in each corner of the front wall of my listening room, w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The Ginsu Knifes syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Would you then suggest that this approach demands the DSET approach to succeed? [/quote] The DSET resolves all problems with SET amplification; it is not surprise that Sakuma went there. BTW, my familiarity with Sakuma’s DSET wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Bass drivers to the end.........of physycs? by eduardo on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ironi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Conductors and Audio Sound by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Conductors and Audio Sound in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
I always felt that my demands for quality of Audio Sound might be to degree be moderated by conducting efforts. The true enigma for me is this aspect is John Barbirolli. Barbirolli is one of my the most admired conductors of mine and he is one ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Rattle and Brahms by steverino on 2016-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct to Disc: The Brahms Symphonies / Rattle · Berlin... in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, for sure no one deny to Berlin Philharmonic rights to make money. The boxes now cost $500 and I am sure that in 10 years Japanese will be selling it on eBay for $10.000.   Anyhow, I do not buy these records but I a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
The recent events in my playback made me to think about he new prospective duty of tweeters. Since the Super Melquiades was enlisted for duty the Vitavox S2 got it’s own dedicated amplifier channel and stopped to “see” the coil of upper bass driver. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It was reported that it was GIP Labs. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
It was reported, and I do not know how accurate it is, that Silbatone did not use WE driver but used a Japanese replica by GIP. http://www.gip-laboratory.com/ http://www.amtrans.co.jp/audio/gip/lineup.shtml ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: It is not what important. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"]Ok, understood, at least somewhat. Are you suggesting that the S2 operates at the frequencies between 1000hz and 3.6khz? I am not insisting upon using the driver at the frequencies that I was initially suggesting; far fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
The headphone amplifiers are mystery for me. Form one perspective it should be simple but from another perspective I never heard any interestingly performing headphones amplifiers. Well, I have to take it back probably as wherever I even heard differ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Korean food and Korean sound? by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the ... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
Writing a yesterday about Korean Silbatone Acoustics: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=15405 …I was thinking about a relationship between a nation cuisine and nation high-end sound.  I do not know if it pos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The Greek’s Praxis double-stager. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
It is nice to see the de-centresation of audio manufacturing. Formerly US, UK, Germany, France, a few Scandinavians and off the wall Japanese were making high-end audio.  Today the lead positions in interesting high-end audio have moved to Poland...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: EnABL, PT-R9, Arum Cantus and Albert Einstein. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]OK, Romy, that EnABL stuff got my attention!I can't recall all of the bad ideas borne of good research, but this EnABL thing sounds a little fishy, and certainly it sounds too good to be true, as existing in a simple and really u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Takashi Asahina’s Bruckner by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I keep bugging Yoshi, he is in Japan now, to bring me a set of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Takashi Asahina with Tokyo SO from 90s it should be very interesting… The damn Japanese have quite a price tag on the Asahina’s Buckner…...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Further problems with interstage transformers. by Thorsten on 2005-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nevertheless, if that bass was truncated between the stages then the devastations are way more severe. [/quote]That may be so, however an LF response of less than -0.1db down @ 10Hz is what is normally called "ruler f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Recently, I would say the last 2-3 years, I detected a very foolish tendency that audio people are brewing within themselves. A typical today’s audiofool holds within itself a hope about existing of a “secret”, no discovered yet, SS high power amplif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: On Approach by Dresden on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
In reference to the two (or three) prototypes, the base design contains one (1) driver, a second proposal to the base design uses two (2) drivers (using almost the same exact enclosure--an increase of volume/area in the chamber containing the two [2]...
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