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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #574: Again, about my hate of recommendations. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I always hesitant to make recommendations regarding purchasing decision in audio. The last time I made a recommendation to a local audio guy was to get Altec 19 loudspeaker instead of the crap that he had.  The problem that you can make recommendatio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Altec 19 - on hold by DonM on 2010-09-26 
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Romy, I'm also very interested in how you deal with a replacement for the 811b horn. I have not seen another hobbyist who has posted a suitable alternative with measurements. Its possible that the Azura horn recommended in the th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: No one want to bite my Cetla Ledom? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-07 
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I think the Morons do not take me seriously and no one has enquired about my proposed Cetla Ledom 91 loudspeakers and offered me my $50K. That is pity as somebody out there is losing a very rare chance to get an acoustic system that will be hand-tune...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: The Morons are unhappy. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-26 
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I always thought that I have to have a dedicated thread where I would upload all those unhappy emails that audio-morons from around the world send me. This is so entertaining and surprisingly demonstrable! Here is I got just now. It comes from Kerry ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: How to get better lower MF from Altec 21S … by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-12 
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Listening my Altec 21S, even for movies, I do detect that it has some kind of lower MF problem, somewhere within 500-2000Hz. Here is the dilemma, what to do with it in 2–way speaker? Pretty much nothing… Since I use the original Altec 19 crossove...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: It is very simple and it is very complicated. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Many Mani's options: My first horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a solution to a problem – how to recreate through speakers the same sound that I get through headphones. [/quote]I very much applaud to the desire to have speakers that do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Did you make your Altec tattoo yet? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-18 
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Msaudio, I also had all 1” Altec drivers and learned that what Altec does in those drivers it very good to sound reinforce Sarah Palin speeches during in her Midwest redneck rallies but they are hardly acceptable for serious music reproduction. Brad ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #579: Way off from the Electricity Tread.... by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-07 
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[quote user="zanon"]Romy:you must mean person with Zu Druid. What did he not like about Druid in the end (bass aside)? What did he not like about Altec? What off-the-shelf speaker is he going to try next, or will he throw it all in and stick with Bos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: A "new" video room with Altec 21s by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Perhaps that sick idiot who was popping up at my site last year and who insisted that I am gay was right. Perhaps I am a gay as I lately discover my unhealthy interest for cheap room decoration…. Oh, well I wish I was…  The reality is that the appear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Beyond of anything acceptable. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-19 
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[quote user="Serge"]Romy consider that the engineers who did your Altecs in their worst nightmare could not imagine their lovely cinema speakers would be used with solid state amplifier which badly distorts on LOW power levels. It has 100 crappy watt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Multi-cells are fine for larger spaces. by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-18 
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[quote user="jeff1225"]Roomy,I have read the posts from two years ago on your multi-cell horns. What was the final verdict? I don't see them for sale so I assume you've kept them. I'm curious where you stand on using 18 cell horns as the main midrang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About Stupid Dynamic by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-21 
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Yesterday a local audio guy came over and I played to him my Altec 19 in the finally cleared fireplace room. While he enjoyed his frumpy music I paid attention to how unintelligent sound was. I do not know if it was Altec 19 or the electronics that d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: No one buy my New Altec 19 for $50K? by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-24 
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No, the speakers like Altec 19 have time miss-aligned drivers. The majority of 3-4 way horn speakers with oken/jensn as a bass that you might see in internet also very seldom time-aligned but it is excusable as the DIY-audio people are mostly Morons ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Being my first customer? by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-19 
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[quote user="tokyo john"] I just stumbled on this thread, and am thinking about being your first customer.I am planning to move to New York from Tokyo end of this year - not just escape the nuclear radiation but to let my kids experience a different ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Multicells by Romy the Cat on 2019-07-25 
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It certainly has nothing to do with my ear or with being acceptable. We attribute too much attention frequently to a topology/hardware and too little to specific efforts over given implementations. So, what is the subject? The Multicellular horns?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 21S by mats on 2016-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Lansing model 19 conundrum in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Have you read the thread on Altec 19 becoming 21S?http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&postID=13135#13135The Opera room thread is also relevant.  To answer your immediate question, an EV T350 with a small enough cap can s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: In a way it is boring by Wojtek on 2008-03-29 
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What's there to speculate about ?? Speakers are rare  and expensive and the principle is old JBL altec 19 solution. It is 100dB efficient probably from 80hz up .Whats the purpose of your post ??Did you hear them or looking for encouragement to b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Bas time align by Dominik on 2010-10-08 
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[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 #94: The beter monitors? by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I am not so impressed bout BD Design speakers. I truly hated the BMS drivers that they use and I truly hate the network of the blabbering cretins that BD Design built around itself. Any single critical mentioning of BD Design lead to a sudden sho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dukane 5A540 Compression Drivers by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dukane 5A540 Compression Drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
A six year ago or so when I played with different compression drivers I bought a pair of Dukane 5A540 and at that time I was not able to find any information about them. Nowadays I was pointed out that an eBay sealer “ bayleafs” actions a pair of Duk...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: It is hard to do something for the first time without full knowledge..... by Dominik on 2010-10-24 
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Is speakers like altec 19 have time aligned drivers? I think I have never seen in internet time aligned  3-4 way horn speakers with oken/jensn as a bass.Slowly I am closer to finish my first speakers with horns, the frame is adjustable (35-45cm drive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: These speakers are capable of great things. by brad on 2010-05-17 
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symbiotic diaphragms were never used in the 19's.  this may be part of the "bad sound" that this guy was experiencing.they used the 802-8g driver with ultra light epoxy and aluminum diaphragm that allowed hf response up to 22,000 cycles when pairedwi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: A HT? I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
A few local audio guys temporarily donated to me some gear that completely out of blue made me to have my Opera Room operational. I have a big screen, some kind of a good projector, in few days I will have a good player. The sound is the Altec 19 and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
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Stefano Bertoncello's posted at his blog a comment about Tony’s playback. I do not know him; I guess he is an Italian fellow or somewhere near Italy. http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/12/goto-again-visiting-my-friend-toni-and.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: I do not know what you are building ... by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-25 
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[quote user="Dominik"]And I take care to move driver back and forth:[/quote]This is a very good solution if you know that your channel will be sitting right here. I would like also to see two holes on the side of those metal harnesses that would scre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Altec Lansing model 19 conundrum by Sean19 on 2016-02-24 
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Hi i am a new forum member and recently i built some speakers using Altec model 19 components 416-8b & 802 G. I built some 7.5 cu ft cabinets with two 4" diameter 5" deep ports this is the optimum cabinet size for the 416 i ditched the 811 horns ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: No-nonsense Bentwood Horns from Canada. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
I made a few calls to a few horn makers with a perspective to build for me a substitute for the horrible Altec 19 horn.  While talking with people I was given an interesting lead about the guy that I did not know. He is a Canadian and his name is And...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The year 2010-2011. My Audio by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
It was as a year with a 2 major of audio events: New listening room, New Midbass horns, New ULF channel. It took almost 6 months to get any more or less reasonable sound in my new listening room, not that I was working so long on the room but rather ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Of course you can do it. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Single Driver Speakers and their idiots owners. in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
[quote user="zanon"]Romy:I was not aware that manufacturers of multidriver system let you attenuate individual drivers. I guess if you multi-amp, then you have control at that level. I have never encountered such a system so I cannot say, but if it i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Single cross over by unicon on 2010-11-11 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]And it is not that you can do it but it is a very common practice. Some manufacturers offer actuators of sometime tapping pads. I think even the largest Wilsons offer a set of series resistors for crossovers to attenuate HF...
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