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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 #107: Hm, there is no way to escape the 4th order. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
After much listening and measuring I convinced myself that there is no way for me to escape the use of the 24dB per octave slope if I want to keep the sound of my midbass horn not violated.  I also have to admit that I will not be able to render 4th ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Reading about Malquiades amplifer and the DSET concept: check ! by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
I already have some PY500 (it's a sign =))) ) and I have 836 too.I read about Malquiade amplifier threads.So it seem peoples on this forum like horn speakers (I love them too) and are looking for fast transient response, it's exactly what I like.But ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Sorry, I do not get you. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] I think clearing this up this may be of benefit to other users who are building multi-way horns.Let's say I've got two horns mounted on a frame. There's a high horn above and a mid horn below and they are physically time alig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Car or GOTO by MINGSU on 2011-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
I think most of reader get my point of the car examples.  The main point is to follow the manufacture recommendation on how to use the driver.  Of course, if you want to do something different, that is your choice but don't come back and blame the dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Is that all?? I'm disappoined, honestly. by haralanov on 2011-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"]Here is an example on how to use GOTO 505TT driver.  Use the GOTO S150 horn and crossover at 200Hz to 1kHz.  If you like to use other type of horn and crossover point, you are on your own.  Maybe good or maybe not but that is you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 4-way horn system Prelude by maxx on 2015-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-way horn system Prelude in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Hi all! I am also big horn fan from Latvia.This is my first horn project Prelude.1" high frequency driverCrossover 4000HZ2" midrange driver crossover 500Hz15" midbass crossover 100Hz15" Tapped horn (is not yet complete)Unfortunately midb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: 1201 by Scott L on 2018-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Operating a driver in an open baffle will cause front-to-back sound wave cancellation, aka the acoustical short circuit. In addition to this, a plane board baffle offers zero air load to the drivers cone. This is not good. That's why it sounded like ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Many aspects combine, or they don't. by Scott L on 2015-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
IMO  A 60Hz attempt is too low and a 120Hz attempt too high. This is a difficult task, that of properly integrating horn loaded mid-bass withD.R subs.What type and slope crossover are you using ?I'm hoping you are going active here ?How much air can ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: What is perfectly time aligned? by MINGSU on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Romy!Put on an engineer hat! Time-aligned is an impossible task from my point of view.  How can one perfectly time align different drivers?  Align to what precision? mm, inch, cm or ft?  5%, 10%, 30% time align? Align to the tip of the cone or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Goto setup by tuyen on 2011-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
This is my current 4-way GOTO setup. I know it is in no way optimal but I am interested to find ways I can improve it's layout. GOTO SG-38WN woofer in 360L onken cabinetGOTO SG-505TT mid-low driver with Azurahorn AH-160 horn (160hz le'clech profi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: A Happy New Year To All by Kerry Brown on 2012-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Jorge, You're right about using identical amps. No doubt. I have not used Dr. Edgar's passive network but I have tried conventional passive networks on Edgarhorns. They worked alright. And I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Another more or less reasonable attempt using Goto. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="tuyen"]This is my current 4-way GOTO setup. I know it is in no way optimal but I am interested to find ways I can improve it's layout. GOTO SG-38WN woofer in 360L onken cabinetGOTO SG-505TT mid-low driver with Azurahorn AH-160 ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Why not to add your own bass amp? by Romy the Cat on 2015-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]We only use the Beringher for bass under 100 hz, driven by the main amp. We tried a lot of different solutions, including analog active xovers, the DCX is clearly better than the Analog Xovers we tried. There are very few com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: TAD time alignment and Too much choice with Yamamoto by enjoy_the_music on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A contemporary AD1 Triode by Emission Labs in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
HiWell I am fairly new to active speakers. I've been in contact with Merlin and Guy in the UK about these type of speakers and their experiences. I'm just taking it all in and then going forward making a few mistakes and then learning about them!&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The change #43489589282. Why? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Tax"]The other options are to get some custom Amorphous OPT's <50R 350mA 8:1 as per previous posts, or to possibly pair Romy's LF tributes (for sale section) with a pair of Lundahl's in a two channel DSET configuration. The Avantgarde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: A cheap trick by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]I'm well aware of your discovery. But I find it somehow a cheap trick. This is a purely irrational feeling, absolutely irrelevant for you and your system. [/quote] I world not call it irrational, in fact it is very rational and I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #191: Update on Gaw Dannoy by Bill on 2022-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Last week found that the distortion I was having was due to some small separations of the woofer cone from the surround suspension probably from age and playing too loud. Applied the glue to them received from English tannoy dealer and distortion...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: The crossover is ready to go. by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
The crossover is built and will be testing it for the rest few days. I am sure it will do some “comforting” for my SS amp. The question I have no answer for myself if I need to use an input active stage. My preamp, having 8R output impedance can p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: I think you are confided. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"]I don't understand when you say active crossovers don't attenuate. Mine does. Very well too, I can trim channels to match each other perfectly. And DEQX volume control is 'analog' = step ladder resistors. [/quote]   I am not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #427: Music halls and recording venues low-end bloom and reproducing it at h... by twogoodears on 2012-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
My five cents, folks... find nothing wrong in a flexible ULF, as it, sort-of, makes honour to any audio system and music and audio lover, as this "flexibility" strongly reminds me to various music and concert halls and venues around, where their "per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Mid Bass is difficult indeed by Scott L on 2013-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Gentlemen:I've thought about this mid-bass challenge for quite some time. I have tried many approaches.For the sake of my example, let's assume mid-bass to cover from 60-600Hz. That just happens to be the classic "decade". I have to fully agree with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Partial Disclosure For The Sake Of Clarity by Dresden on 2008-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
I've only had the pleasure of listening to 'professional' horns (whatever 'professional' really stands for)--horn normally used in concerts and small venues.  (It was always so obvious to me--by listening--that the range of the horn-loaded 'bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: ....just purely fishing. by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover or non-crossover help need. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="deemon"]Hello , Roma ! I think that you can use only a back chamber with decreased size , and a serial capacitor . I think that there are no ways besides  ... [/quote] Actually it would be a serial coil, as I need a low pass no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Acoustic equalization vs. Electronic equalization by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Engaging the David Haigner’s ideas in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="Reno"] ok. maybe we have a different understanding of "electronic equalization". We do not use active (i.e. electronic) equalization in the amplification chain. There is of course some equalization in the passive crossover but I real...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #137: How to properly high-pass a full-range driver. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Probably not news, but: http://www.supravox.fr/anglais/haut_parleurs/135_LB.htm Another one that at least looks the part.[/quote] Thanks, Paul. This Supravox 135 LB indeed looks like an interring driver for a project of mine. I h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #496: Pp2000 by Bill on 2010-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I would place my bet on common mode noise being carried on the safety ground long before blaming RFThe ground on the amp has been tried both lifted and present. I have reversed the AC cord using a cheater plug without effect. I have tried grounding t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Fostex T 500A MK 2 Horn Super Tweeter by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Fostex T 500A MK 2 Horn Super TweeterArticle By Bill Gaw at www.enjoythemusic.com As most of you know by now, I'm a horny type of guy. While my wife may dispute this, my audio system (actually my second partner) would have to agree as all seven spea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Latest YouTube. by Bill on 2023-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
In his latest YouTube,Romy mentioned using my prepro to time align my drivers.I use the Trinnov Altitude 16 prepro which has a total of 20 channels. 16 of the channels have balanced analog outputs and the othe four Channels use the rca and optical sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Semantics: a first order on the bass units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I spoke this morning with Yoshi and he made a phenomenal comment. He was complaining something about his bass. He uses a pair of big 15’ JBL in a box with an active second order crossover. So, when I asked him to describe what he feels is wrong Yoshi...
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