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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Let me introduce myself as GOTO US distributor by MINGSU on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hi All,This is Ming Su and I am the US distributor for GOTO and J.C. Verdier.  I thought that I will share with you about my new midbass horn.  As you know by now, Jeffrey Jackson from http://experiencemusic.net/ help me on this project.&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Dealing with horn decay asymmetry. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Ok, I will share with you some ideas that I have in my head how to deal with horn decay asymmetry. They are in a way the further development of the Haralanov’s idea of acoustic diode – the brilliant concept from my point of view. Before I will...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Vibation control vs Re-entry idea by unicon on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Active sound cancellation has been used widely in industry as ANC (Active Noise Control)They work best and functional in narrow band bass FRQ. To make it short it is not practical in your case... Bass FRQ have enough power to vibrate horn mouth and c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Any recorded measurements? by tuyen on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hi Keith,Is there any chance of sharing the measurements?    I agree with the your comment regarding the sound of them. Although in saying that, I have managed to only listen to a few other different compression drivers so far.   Is there somewhere I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Odeon: more speculations by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Regarding the Mid-Bass : If these guys are using the main block as a Mid-Bass horn (as Romy's illustration suggests), then the story is getting interesting, and the plot is definitely thickening... It would however seem i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Sorry by Markus on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Re-reading, I realise you stated your preference for a sealed bass array only in relation to Dreyer's bass horn, not to bass horns in general....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: Horn body resonance: Its true what they say... by jessie.dazzle on 2010-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
About horn body resonance:   I used to doubt the need for mass in horns; after all, how much energy can a flimsy paper cone generate? Still, I went ahead and followed the advice of others when building mine, making them very strong and heavy.   With ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bass horn by audiofilofine on 2010-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]audiofilofine, you need to form a question in a format that would indicate you do the your do some homework. To bulb or even to design 20Hz horn is complex task and it usually made to the specifics of the given circumstance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Why a 200Hz driver? The useful honk. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
I would like to expose what my intentions are what I was tiling above about Goto 555 or a similar 200Hz driver.  My S2 does not stress the bottom of my 183Hz horn. My multi-cell is expositional and those types of horns do pick honk very aggressively ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #412: Here is where Melquiades pays off. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Since I got my stable and good quality electricity back I recalibrated my bass horn. Again, I set it up with very precisely and absolutely without any measurements, juts by ear, to sound exactly how I want it to sound. This is in a way my crown jewel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Still trying to work it out. by Tubebuilder on 2011-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mid Bass horns help with plans please. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I am still here still trying to work it out. Read your mid bass horns article again. Learned a bit more. You right about open baffle I once foolishly sold everything I owned to buy a pair of km30. They never sounded good until one day...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Ok, let analyze it. by Romy the Cat on 2017-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Martinshorn , that for feedback, as I always preach: the bad result during audio show does not mean anything, only good results count. You see, there are zillion reason why during the show the sound might be horrible. The inadequacy of the people ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Industrial Design by skushino on 2012-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Midbass from horn in small room can be hugely benefited if it bounces but to make the assembly of horns visually pleasant, time aligned and functional at the same time is a big question. I do like the notion of Midbass fires t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to use Vitavox’s S2 by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Here is the list of the thing to do with Vitavox S2 in order to use it in 4-ways installations. The S2 must not be used in 2, 3 ways systems. It possible to do with S2 whatever you wish but pretty much any other way to utilize them produces some very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: Mid-bass horn integration by Murataltuev 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 
 Romy the Cat wrote: Well, you need to define what does it mean “can't oper...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: This was well discussed. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] For me personally, midbass is the most important frequency range when it comes to sound reproduction. I believe you will be on the right track to focus on this range because so often it is overlooked and treated with super...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think you misuse my terminology by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="Rewind"]Hi, I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. [/quote] OK, but it is not how I feel about the service of injection...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: I hope that good news will come later this week. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
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="msaudio"]Putting The Mid Bass horns behind your head will not work. This thread was about Mid Bass Horns Project, do you thank you will be able to use any frequency above 80 cycles with rear fired horns that are behind your head? Tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Looking at the Audio Tekne. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Yes, this English pace did not give a lot of new information.  I know nothing about the AudioTekne Company. I like that they wrote about their bass driver but I do not know how much truth and the actual results behind it. I do think that they wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Fuck the horns! by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"] I think you are saying the effects of my room may be dominating any problems with the Edgarhorn bass, or at least I can't know since I don't have any objective data.  Is this correct? Maybe you're right.  But here is wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The Japa-Brazilian horn: a short collective reply. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
[quote user="pe1mmk"]Well Cat you can call me whatever you like, but you still did not answer my question. Both have a horn for highs, for mids and for lows, only the sub lows are handled differently. [/quote] I do not think I called you with names...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Some follow ups… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Resonant frequency  : I did not try to measure it. Can anyone confirm the following : I assume this parameter is most easily determined by playing a series of tones at constant signal strength (volume setting) whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Derivative Design Methodology by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="homebuilder"]I am new to this interesting site, and am hopeful of getting some assistance with a project.  I have purchased a set of TAD 1201 mid-bass drivers to begin a 4-way active system for critical home listening.  (in a d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: Details : Mid & upper bass horns by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy's quotes in blue:Daniel J. Plach's quote in green:"...The back chamber mechanism is good. Are you planning to do the same in the midbass horn?..."Yes, it will be similar, but more robust; I have an idea for a locking-type seal, which I would pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Fundamental evolution by jessie.dazzle on 2008-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Romy wrote : "...This BTW expanse what we have such a differences in assessment of leaking he the S2’s back chamber. (It was somewhere in past)..." I would just the same like to confirm my findings one more time in the new room; I will run the test...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: Does Cessaro suffer from Lamm ML3’s syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="coops"] Cessaro will be playing ….  the full Gamma system at next years Munich show….[/quote] Since I promoted the Cessaro Gamma to be a contender for the most promising commercial loudspeaker I would like to pass a few critical co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Basshorn by Johan Dreyer on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Romy I think what I gained from the basshorns were 1. "Speed"or lack of momentum.Specifically deep notes on piano.The sensation of that leftmost keys with the initial impact then followed by the resonance from the instrument as separate entities.I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: An Easy Imbedded Macro-Positioning method. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
A guy read my site and sent me a series of emails complaining that it is too difficult to found Imbedded positioning for his new bass horn as it is too big and too balky. Moving the large and heavy thighs and measuring them is the hard. I agree, but ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Apart from being every woman's nightmare... by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Ok... Assuming the lack of time alignment is compensated for via a DSP: There are likely large chunks of the frequency spectrum that go un addressed, and equally large chunks that are mall-addressed. I would say that there are two main ranges ...

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 ...
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