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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: It should not be taken out of consideration… by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Luc, I am not ‘lucfm’ and I hope he will reply to you but I would like to pass some of my observation that you might find useful. In my past when I discovered Fane Studio 8M I went over a number of 5-8 inches. At that time I used AG’s Trio upperb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: 10 Footer : Some Details by jessie.dazzle on 2006-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Thanks for your comments Romy. You should like this bit of news... I forgot to mention, these will be round-section horns... And yes, they will be very heavy... Made from a metal armature and very thick, natural (hemp) fiber-reinforced, plaster...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: What's going on over here by ArmAlex on 2019-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]It certainly shows my ignorance but I am surprised at the apparent market in Iran but still am pretty sure that it is a very small „privileged“ group of people participating. Practicing audio certainly can reflect the local „cultu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #135: I would not go there. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"]Can you suggest the thread to read about it ? So, how many octaves from fs will be loaded properly ? [/quote] How many octaves from fs? We are taking about how many fractions of dB not octaves! Look for a threated:   ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #394: …and the few Thanks…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-29 
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"]I changed the new flash at my site to “Ok, the midbass horn project is successfully over. Over 3 months, over 400 posts, over 180 pictures… all publicly available…” The project started physically on July 16, 2010, ended...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #147: OK, good luck. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"]Yes, back chamber is very small. And it is tunable! So, I need 110Hz Tractrix...ok[/quote] You might tune the Fs by using a acoustically semitransparent fabric, like Audiotechnica does in their headphones. About the si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #206: The all is not so simple. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Assuming you go ahead with the mid-bass horn project: If you decide to run the woofer towers along with the mid-bass horns, it is logical to assume they'll produce much of the range produced by these new horns. [/quot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vox Olympian secrets unveiled by martinshorn on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vox Olympian secrets unveiled in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi folks. Who ever listened to Living Voice Vox Olympian Speakers might've liked them as much as I do. They got a great realism in their projection. Some things are obvious, some even claimed. Its claimed to use excellent drivers, high quality ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: So far I do not see a lot of creditability. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Mjloudspeaker, That is all fine. I get that you like them, even though said nothing about the “new” M4 sound. There is another “even though”. You do not log it into horn and like just the sound of open driver. It is absolutely not indicative. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: About the bug-screens by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]Romy, I just got a Vitavox S2 into my shop today. I notice that it has a very heavy stainless screen on the front, do you leave the screen on when using the drivers? It looks like it restricts about 50% or more of the thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The RAAL “Water Drop” – follow up a year later by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I have been asked by a number people who monitored my progress with RAAL’s “Water Drop” tweeter: “Romy was it worth it?” Well, I think after a year of leaving with tweeter, learning and satisfying it’s little habits I might pass some generalizing obs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
This article was written by Johan Dreyer in 2006 posted at AA and the reposted recently at a Johan's local South African forum: http://vinylsa.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1016 I desided to give to the Johan’ thoughts some exposure at the horn-citri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #214: A possible Midbass horn? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I was thinking about the throat of my hypothetic midbass horn. This is complex, controversial and it has pretty much no answer, at least in the formeat I ask it. I will share my thoughts with you. Let pretend that I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Some more background on that system by martinshorn on 2018-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Hi Romy, Again, good words (don't want to kiss your ass ;) ). Though, I get your point and agree, one should not think that this winter picture means Goto sound cold (u never know what one could read out of it) . What Klaus also highlighted, is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Community m4 front chamber use by mjloudspeaker on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
As can be seen in above photos, the front chamber is in reality "chamber of horrors" with highly polished surface interior, and look at the phase plug, after disassembly, I put it back together, and how can you align it? All that holds it togethe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: The ALE Acoustic midbass solution vs. right 15-incher by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Of cause it shall be mentioned in the context of thin there that there is always the ALE Acoustic solution. The Japanese ALE Acoustic make two midbass drivers: P1260 and P160. http://ns.tachyon.co.jp/~sichoya2/ale/drivers.html In ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
During the 2002 CES, late at night, a friend of mine demonstrate me something that was tying to address for a few years. It was a very different “tone” form a loudspeaker or I would rather say a different relationship between reproduced and auditable...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The SG146 Measures by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
With that Moscow guy it is not the question of his reliability but his sanity. I hope you understand that response he gets is rather a measuring of his horn then measuring his driver. He unfortunately neither intellectually (audio-wise) not psychol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Music and Arts of America Catalog update by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Music and Arts of America Catalog update in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
 NEW! CD-1180(4) Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier    Evelyne Crochet, pianoCD 1 : Book 1 - Preludes and Fugues I to XV (Total time: 65:45) CD 2: Book 1 - Preludes and Fugues XVI to XXIV Book 2 - Preludes and Fugues...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: Hm.... OK.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"] What will be your suggestion for upper bass channel using compression driver ? [/quote] I do not use compression driver for bass channel. I would like to have my system esthetically balanced, to get let say 120H...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Responses to Romy Paul & Ronnie by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Thanks Romy, Paul, and Ronnie for the comments and encouragement : Here are some responses : 1) Rubber gaskets : Maybe it is not so important to have an “air-tight” seal (???). The rubber gaskets are there to seal the cover to the rear chamber...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: Materials : 40Hz horn by jessie.dazzle on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Lbiefferies7 wrote : "... I am interested in knowing the material that you made these out of... I've read you mention doing patents, so if "mum's the word," I can certainly respect that..." ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: I just shared a tested and working method, nothing more by haralanov on 2014-01-26 
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="Romy the Cat"]The back plate is located a few mm from diaphragm and any back reflections are not compatible with wavelength. [/quote] Normal 0 21 false false false BG X-NONE X-NONE ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The windows have been restored. Now it is time to open them... by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
Opening nights, opening minds Innovative new conductors in LA, NY challenge the BSO to do more By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff  |  October 18, 2009 Opening night concerts at the most esteemed orchestras are usually a bit of a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Understanding Line Array Systems by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Understanding Line Array Systems in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Understanding Line Array SystemsBy John Murray Behind the buzz, there are a lot of factors at work in line arrays. An explanation and comparison of current models. This discussion can’t be contained in just a few paragraphs, so we must start with th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Ah ah, pressure not sound ! by martinshorn on 2018-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Sorry Romy, dont say i said how it sounds. I did not. In fact i was just about to take back the statement of not doing better than a K-horn.   Let me put it straight. Above shows what is possible (more or less) i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #130: Ok, get serious. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"] What Macondo axioms are breaking with using GOTO 146 with 4" exit in say 150Hz Tractix ?Why you don't recomment to do it ? [/quote] Of cause not but did you read and understand the Macondo Axioms? The Macondo Axioms p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Very nice. by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
So, basically you built a wall on the right side, separating the listening section from whatever it is behind the wall. A bold move. As the room become slightly smaller and you lost some time for bass dissipation you might try to drop the slope at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The wet dream of audio and ESD by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I would like to share more of my troughs about the ESD acoustic. That are not truly the troughs about the company but rather the troughs that come to mind inspired by the company come to existence.   I do feel that it is an ultimate we dream of et...
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