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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Japanese Cone Suspensions. 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 
From the perspective of pumping of atmospheric pressure the ALE bass drivers might be more capable transducers. It or might not be so as well. To get 40Hz at 110dB in 5” it would take some excursion.  I am sorry but you can’t bend the law o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: First order experience by mats on 2018-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A nice Vandersteen interview in Audio News  3 Replies 
Thanks for posting the Vandersteen interview.It inspired me to try once more to tame my TAD 1601sthat reside in sealed 3cuft boxes. It worked, but the numbersare slightly shocking. 12mH translates to 100Hz, and 25 uFon 4 Ohm Altec 290’s in 260 Hz hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Lesson learned? What Lesson?! Learned what?! by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]You need to find an individual who can design series crossovers. Both JBL and Altec used these, because they sounded best. You will need to look for an individual near where you live because they will have to test the drivers as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Operatic Doldrums by Paul S on 2012-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Serge, it is a common misconception that the old Altec cinema/PA systems were lovingly built and installed with tubes or high-fidelity "music playback" in mind.  In fact, they were meant to be LOUD and durable sound reinforcement tools, while maintai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A horny newcomer: Pink Faun Euphrosyne by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A horny newcomer: Pink Faun Euphrosyne in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
A Netherlands company that makes loudspeaker of the color of lesbian solidarity announced their flagman model: Euphrosyne. http://www.pinkfaun.com/ It is 101dB d'Appolito configured ported Altec 414 supplemented with a 20” horn armed with Altec com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Romy the Cat as a “great” speaker designer. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
As I have finished remodeling my new Opera room:  http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=16948 …I modified my Altec 19. The one ordinal that I had was truly phenomenal item. I went to recue what was done in there I was very impre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The debate continue, but what is all about? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"] I feel I am being objective when I say that a Mirrophonic system simply blows away Altec, Vitavox, TAD, etc. [/quote] Joe, I am not a reader of your magazine and the phrase like “blows away” impress me very little. P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The myth of demagnetization. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Listening the argument of the field-coil’s people I note that they constantly stress the demagnetization subject of the driver’s magnet, advocating that with electromagnet “the field coil will always produce the same strength now and 100 years in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #122: Some very good points... and... possibly more logical reasoning? by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, Some very good points here... if I downloaded the correct schematic from your site for the 6-channel Melq amp (also has the term DSET in the title) then you have created a 6-channel SET amp with built-in crossover points. Your first ...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
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 #57: Goto vs. Goto? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"] The 37 is 20 year old model and it is not in production anymore.  The current production model for export market are 370(110dB), 370DX(113dB), 3880S(116dB).The driver spec. is 400Hz to 18kHz but the recommended crossover range i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
I had quite a number emails from different people who picked 515G or AK15X drivers and would like to build a midbass horn from 60-80Hz to ~500Hz. I played a lot with different 515 (B, E, D, A) and with different AK15X but I never went for the right h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Neodymium vs. Cobalt as far as TAD concern. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Well, let start with factual data: http://www.mceproducts.com/knowledge-base/article/article-dtl.asp?id=32 How relevant it is for us, the audio people? Probably very little, and the most important it does not answer why TAD use cobalt in their twee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Let see how it all work out. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them. I do not know the AK150 drivers. I know AK157, AK151 and K15/40. If they have significantly lower free-air resonance, at 30-35Hz then I am not sure that they would be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 8" Goto Woofer for 60Hz Horn by Kcct82 on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 8" Goto Woofer for 60Hz Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Hey Romy,Goto makes 12" and 15" woofers at 100db. I recently found out they make a small two way system using an 8" woofer. The 8 incher's range is 55hz-8000hz so I'm thinking it might be a good candidate for use with 60Hz horns. Looking at Goto's 12...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: The boxes for Aura 1808? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] You might be able to get away with a bit less; if I remember correctly, my calculations at the time (based on the above driver) yielded a theoretical ideal volume of something like 23 cubic feet (sealed), so still not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Some attempts to reach the MFH by mats on 2005-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Trying to explore the upper bass channel reaching up to a Victor Sierra 360 Hz horn with an Altec 804 with a 4 uF oilcap, I first used my OB Supravox 215, then a B&C 8" woofer in a large BR originally used with EV 15"  (the latter not good) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: More goto... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello again Romy and cats... sorry so slow in replying to this thread... the recent posts generated an automatic email reminder... :^)so a few things... one, there is a pair of Goto 370 on eBay and pictures of insides... the newer ones are made the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: upper bass by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
This there is the last in the “THE PROBLEMS WITH HORNS” cycle. The previous threads might be found at: Problems with horns: tweeters.Problems with horns: mid-range horns.Problems with horns: mid-range drivers. This would be probably the most contro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The terrible ringing problems in Vitavox S2. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: S2 Hissing Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
From Email that I got today: “….. I see that you are considering trying the metal diaphragm again in your S2s. I am using the metal diaphram for the moment (it is all that i have), but have the terrible ringing problem, especially on female vocals. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Why Louisiana has no wood for contraction…. by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I never was fan of the Oris 150. They meant be used with Lowther type of drivers, that never worked properly. The Oris 150’s upper bass is not really the bass that might be obtained form the Oris’ mouth. Should this Oris has twice smaller throat and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Pass Band by Paul S on 2019-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multicellular horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I was one of the people who bagged on the Altec 811 metal horn in the old thread. I also heard a version of this horn that was supposedly made of tar that had an Altec label on it, and a friend of mine built us a couple of tar copies of the next size...

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 #2: Do not spoil horns with dirty hands.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: Horny Book in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
... or wondering if it has any new insight into horn design.I did not read the book but I find funny that person who presumably do not “believe” in horn write a review about the presumably horn related book. It would be similar to ask a blind person ...

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 #8: Drivers, drivers, drivers…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
It is interesting… complaining about the fact that the “promising to be claver” Cessaro Horn using the TAD drivers (still it is not completely known as they said that that MD driver cost €4000) I asked myself: what else they might use?  Really, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Double drivers by ygoh on 2008-02-17 
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="Romy the Cat"] ygoh wrote: 1.) Why is it that you do not support using teo compression drivers in the same throat?   Is the distortions increases, such as wavefront distortion? Sure the wavefront gets spread; it is what Wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The audio Herbs? by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
de Charlus, this “are not afraid of cabinet resonance per se” is complicated subject. I have raised the topic in the “How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers” thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=3833 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Rolling off 15” drivers - I wish life would be so easy. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"]Romy, if you see my post you will notice that I mentioned I did not know of any drive units that could successfully be employed. Can you list some? Here is a typical high quality 15" cone - indeed one of the finest on the mar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: I guess I did not get this memo by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]Your Typical Acoustical Suspension-type Loudspeaker enclosure witch has less then 90 db at 1 watt does not belong with a horn system that starts at 110db at 1 watt, even when you ad more then 1 driver, it is still way to far...
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