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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: JBL 2482 by KLegind on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]Good start Dan!The JBL phenolic 2" driver is 2482.I would lower the crossover point as far as you dare, 300Hz or so.Now the 2226 will do what they are pretty good at.Later you will likely want to filter the 2445 around 2k.A 600Hz h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cessaro: Samarium vs. Neodymium by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Well, it was not trick question; I thought initially that they were TADs. However, TAD uses Alnico7, Alnico 5 and Neodymium magnets not the cobalt magnet. The TADs drivers do not cost €4K but rather €1.5K.  I never heard TAD use Samarium-Cobalt ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: What would be possible advantage by Wojtek on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
of MTM arrangement of two TAD 1201 in <100 Hz Horn ? I assume they would both work in the same frequency range . Also JBL LE8 is only 89 db driver and it doesn't look like it can take any power . Difference in efficiency within the channels would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Vitavox 35hz Cone is ideal by msaudio on 2010-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
49Hz To 52Hz will be your peak, so the best you could hope for would be 3 hz below that flat with a perfect tuning of your length of your horn and back chamber of your box housing your woofers. If you shoot for the free air low res of your design, of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Rola by guy sergeant on 2006-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Hi Dominic, I have some Rola's. Although intended (in organs etc) for quite widerange use I'm not sure that for listening to music they should be allowed to go too high. The other thing I found was that what lower frequencies they produced were more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #443: Recharging the Alnico by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Well I was thinking how I can verify that my midbass drivers had sunk magnets. I can take one of the drivers off; take them apart and compare them with another of my Vitavox 15 inchers. I can measure the magnetic force in the gap and it will be objec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Well, it does sound cryptic. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]I usually manage to read you quite well, but this   Romy the Cat wrote: direct or indirect phase constructors. has me baffled. What do you mean, please?[/quote] When I wrote it I meant different ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Milq’s amorphous core and Vitavox S2 driver by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] For above 550hz you might use the same LL1627A if you wish, for MF the 200-250mA gap will be fine. Yes it would be reasonable to desire less inductance in the transformer, mean less turns but honestly I personally did not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Something about most things by dl on 2015-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Thanks, Romy, for your generous reply. I won't try to address everything about everything, but let me bore you with a mini-history of what is going on with my playback so you will understand where I'm coming from and where I'm trying to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
All below is written by Thomas Dunker Yeah, "sound consistent independent of signal level" is a very precise way to sum up my whole speaker philosophy. Anything that is assumed to be constant, but which actually changes with signal dynamics is what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Some guesses about modular construction of Cessaro line: by NBC on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
(Note: I've neither seen nor heard these speakers) Cessaro ALPHA: TAD TD-4001 2" driver on tractrix horn with 56cm bell (approximately 250Hz). TAD claims response from 600-20KHz. Given that the midbass is essentially a direct radiator (theref...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Size might be an issue by martinshorn on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
hi Romy! Good thought with the current on the damping... I had another thought. High excusion might create lots of distortion in a compression chamber. No surprise. But in my oppinion the sizes are often not in proportion. Lets calculate......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fane impedance and other drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Back when Fane were still in business, I ordered a pair in 16O (I don't know if there is a theoretical best choice between the two for horn loading... Any thoughts ? However, the 8O model will require a smaller coil in th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: No question, ML2 is more capable than my speakers (and everything else... by Paul S on 2006-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
ML2 is also making me hear my modified AI M3A pre-amp, not to mention I guess I could now benefit from all shielded cables.  All this stuff was fine with the Wright 2A3s. Speakers:  I built a version of Dick Olsher's 3-way Diamond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Driver for chickens by audiofilofine on 2011-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="vinylithicum"]Here are some of my observations regarding the Wolf von Langa RCA 1428 replica. I long time wondered where mr. von Langa gets his phase correction elements and the diaphragm for his RCA 1428 replica. It's obvious that a nic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Well, being more than a little facetious about the configuration... by cv on 2009-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Let's just pretend for the moment that you haven't heard the particular TAD driver Kevin is using , and consider the possibility that for at least for some portion of its frequency range, it has a tone similar to the S2 - perhaps it uses an alnico ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #246: Could be interesting though... by oxric on 2016-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Well, I cannot say that i have much interest in the installations on his Facebook page and this should be a strong indicator of the type of audience being targeted by the driver manufacturer.Nonetheless, he has sent me some frequency responses, but n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: 450 volt by audiofilofine on 2010-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Haralanov,I spoke with a guy who consulted me during my Electo-Vitavox project. He helped me with selection of core material, deliberated the core and calculated the right coil to keep the core mass optimally magnetized....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Process : Templates : Injection by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Paul, Thanks for the compliments. You are exactly correct with regard to how I use a plotted curve and a sheet metal template... The part I like least is cutting out the metal template... This is because I use fairly heavy metal. Which is neces...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The 'fake' S2 diaphragms. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fake Vitavox S2 diaphragms on ebay in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
He might be a fraud or it might be that he did found some stock of “different” Vitavox or Mike’s diaphragm. I do not think that there were any standards and the make different production runs, and some of them might be better or worse than other....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: It would be easier .. by Wojtek on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
"Borrow somewhere Lamm ML2.0 to drive them (very critical) and you with those old  and crappy JBLs will get a quality of Sound that will be more superior than anything else about which “The Absolute Sound” has wrote for the last 10 years, par...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Magnets and temperature. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I was under impression that neodymium is more resistant against temperature, mechanical shock and flux modulation, it turned out that I was wrong about temperature: http://www.intemag.com/magnetic_properties.html It turn out that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: DSET is NOT a SET in context of this conversation. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite conten...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Few remarks on FC PS, back-modulation and FC + perm. combo (unintentio... by N-set on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Zdravstvui Roman, hi Chris, I know almost nothing about the relation between sonical effect and physics, so I will only try to speak about the latter. Take it as you wish, I can  as well delete the post if it just increases the entropy. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: L-9=>Closed box by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wouldn't call it an "open baf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A few things is needed to be to reviewed. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"] The difference soundwise in this half range 180hz and up horn module between the Leak TL12.1 amps and the First watt F5 clone was big,  mainly the tonal balance is very different with the midrange sounding thin.  Highs w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Organizing Bass Playback by skushino on 2013-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
I'm also of the opinion that the bass is one of the most critical and most challenging parts of playback. Not talking about quantity, but rather the quality of bass reproduction. My approach has been to split the bass in two parts - Low and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: An active thermo-stabilized blanket around back chamber? by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Miab, I have very limited knowledge in construction techniques, moist prevention and how all of it might affect a big horn. My very uneducated production suggests me that it is not truly a bid deal, but of cause if go this route then I certainly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: F120A -- end of the game? by wchang on 2009-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I got my pair of F120A by-the-book bookshelves a few weeks ago and yes, in the beginning they were very much "compressed" sounding.  Things improved a bit over time, but the low treble (which gives instruments their "color") is still recessed.  So I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Why so much surprises about the Monitors? by Wojtek on 2006-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Roman. This last "venture " of yours is most welcome .A lot of of the people I know and most of the listeners from audio shows are always surprised when small monitors produce big bass and try to impress with big sound. I never liked this "pushe...
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