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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I have no wet dreams about horns… by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Make your own horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
…and I do not imagine the Santa is bringing me a new pair of horns at New Year. For whatever reasons people think that there are such things as “better horns”. Also, many horn people dream about “bigger horns”. Ironically I personally do not suffer f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Lamm ML2 and Jessie’s system by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I don’t have a pair of Melquaid DSETs. I drive the horns with a pair of Lamm ML2s, running full range. I use a second pair of M1.1s for lower bass. The ML2s are hard to fault. In fact at this point, I can only find positi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Someone need to educate Mr. Goto by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-24 
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="MINGSU"]Most users use it for 200Hz down to 10 Hz above the horn cutoff frequency.[/quote] Ming, I do not think you are “getting” what I am trying to say.  OK, let to make bold statements: the people who use the 24Hz SG146LD4 drive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The Cogent architectural problem or the Cogent++ by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
I do not know the characteristics of the Cogent bass driver. I do not like the entire idea of a bass driver be electromagnetic as bass defeat itself first with field coils, still if electromagnets is something that Cogent intend to do then they are w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: The sub-subject. Terra Incognita of audio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Josh, I think that you touched more complicated subject then you think. Let me to explain why I feel this way. The fact that I advocate a dogmatic, religiously-stubborn, almost paranoid time alignment of the channels is not a secret. I do feel very c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Decisions decisions by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Thanks guys for all the suggestions.Klaus wrote :"...there are a lot of questions, but if one thinks to much, then he will end up like this lynn olson, pages and pages of endless talk and no horns..."Very true, I need to get cracking, but I'm&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: Update : "Painless" Mid-bass Horn by jessie.dazzle on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
jd wrote : "...I may have come up with a way of making the BIG horns fairly painlessly..." Yes well, I really must give up the absinthe !Lbjefferies7 wrote :"...Not "end-of-life"in the sense that it will be built and then I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New speaker system by guy sergeant on 2010-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I recently completed some upper bass horns which I'm now enjoying very much. Sadly I lack the skills of someone like Jessie so my efforts are crude in comparison, but they are working well for me which is the main thing.I already had some old frontlo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: The upperbass is very important by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]As for balancing the amplitude between channels by driving them from different taps: I drive the upper bass horns form the 16 Ohm taps, and everything else from the 8 Ohm taps. An 8 Ohm versoin of the upper-bass driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Curves and straight lines by oxric on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
 oxric wrote: Hi Anthony,I am amazed by the work you have accomplished so far and love your stands and horns st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #274: Coupling vs Decoupling at Mouth End by RF at Ona on 2010-09-16 
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"]  RF at Ona wrote:Personally, I think it debatable whether the mouth edge should be free or attached as there are desirable aspects to both approaches. If attached, it need not be attached with great pressure.  Robert, ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind 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 
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. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Throat size & future projections by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Klaus,Yes, I assumed that you had found the spec sheet; I only included the link for the convenience of others following the thread.Klaus wrote : "...whats wrong with 9,9"? its rougly 55% of sd? you think, 43" is too short for a 62hz h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The various compromises made... and Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] However, these sorts of basshorns with twin 15" drivers and a very large mouth (larger than the cones of the drivers) have a long history. The Altec 210 cabinet, as used in the Altec A2 systems with two 515-type woofers, is a prime ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: RTA by Jorge 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 
Do get an RTA,  it is amazing how different the frecuencies are from what we imagine, 50 hz is very low!  150 hz is a vital freq, and a lot of female voices have a very nice fullness at 150 hz.  It is hard to tell without measuring what is happening ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Tax smiles whilst enjoying .... by Tax on 2011-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The initial post of this thread  was posted in Melquiades forum, then I moved it to Playback Listening forum and I think now I need to move it to Horn Forum. Tax, I would like to rename the thread into something more cha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: It does not need to have knowledge to know… by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
None of the commercial speakers might relay on the Imbedded principles because the obvious reasons. They always look for as neutral as possible location because they mostly designed for anechoic operation. However, if the Imbedded techniques are used...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: I feel the same way by anthony on 2018-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is very nice, Anthony. From aesthetic prospective I would like to have it to be 2 sections less as I feel that the bass sections overcomes horns visually but it is never too many bass sections. You might want to start...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Here is some tapped horns read by Tom Danley. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
From: Tom DanleySent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:56 PMTo: RomySubject: From Tom DanleyHi Romy http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=10359#10359 I hope you don’t mind the intrusion, it was suggested I could answer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Well, in context of a full-range speaker, like largest Wilsons or the similar, the answer would be unquestionably no.  Even if we biamp those speakers then the LF still is too wide bandwidth and too geographically bind to the MF section.  The wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading by Blaukopf on 2015-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Hi everybody, after reading RomytheCat's Macondo Setup I am very impressed ( phantastic music room ...) . Presently I have no working horns ( they are boxed), just questions.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Stupid!?? by moreart on 2010-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
Hey boy,is it a kindergarten,"does not change anything"you don´t understand my construktion, your are not able to interpret measurements and simulation,if you are so blind, to see and understand,why do you post, little boy.it is so boring. read again...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Testing the search functionality: some useful reading by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="JLH"] I don't recall you talking about Pressure and Tone SPL before. [/quote] http://www.RomyTheCat.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=3675   [quote user="Romy the Cat"] I know this effect but if it happen with bass h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Some comments... by Romy the Cat on 2018-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Well, as uselessly the host who did the interview is an idiot but it is nothing new. The music played is idiotic as well, there is nothing new in there as well, the high-end audio today is made to play this music. A few short words about the desig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Some points regarding your comments. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, I pulled posts from Macondo Axioms thread and encapsulated them onto a new thread dedicated explicitly to your project. I hope you do not mind. [quote user="jessie.dazzle"] This would impose a design that is not round but octagonal. It would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Some thoughts by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Here I share some thoughts about what you have shown. I will share only critical and warning thoughts not because I have nothing but critiques. All nessesary compliments for your planning come as a default and I do not think you posted it here to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: The commentaries about the Upper-bass sweep. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Similar to the famous sexist tail that women can be only ether pretty or smart the midbass horns unfortunately behave in the very same way: they can be only nicely placed in a room or they can sound good. You want the horn to place in a specific ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Since you are in planning phase... by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-19 
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 
kodomo, there is a thing that you need to understand. The objective to have bass channels outside is valid but it is applied to a perfect condition when you have unlimited width.  In the situation like you’re the objective to have bass channels ou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some comments about GOTO-Jackson upperbass horn. by Romy the Cat 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 
Yes, it turned out to be the emails from GOTO importer. I am not completely understood if the horn at the picture above is an official GOTO product. The Ming Su said that the horn was build locally by Jeffrey Jackson with the support of GOTO but then...
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