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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Why? by Wojtek on 2013-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Looking at Vox as a glorified 2-way Altec speaker with tweeter and supertwiter with all " not optimal" choices ,folded 70's PA thunderbolt mid bass cab time misaligned  crap ( Romy's opinion ) bi-radial Vitavox midrange suitable for derby races and d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Fane specs according to Fane. by oxric on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]I have seen Beyma rewrite their specs when they redo a driver and even add a letter to the driver for that change,  even if it is the same driver.Now I have seen variable FS responses form different drivers of the same model also....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: JBL 375/2440 by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]One more thing about the JBL 375, I did play around with them enough, I aligned the diaphragms several times untill they sounded their best and were very listenable,  This was some time ago now, I didnt turn my horns then, so I tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Idiosyncratic Sound by Paul S on 2011-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Of course I am not really talking about Rullit but only holding up his implimentations against his stated aims.  This is certainly no special case, since most smart people learn the talk and the "look" long before they learn practicum, if they ever d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: tunnel vision - the way forward? by guy sergeant on 2005-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The EdgarHorns: the new old business plan in Audio News  17 Replies 
Surely one of the objectives of this site is to allow people to be guided towards good sound by discussing the issues involved in getting there. Whether that entails discussing the merits of different recordings or performances or whether it entails ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Onkyo Scepter 500 and others by derik736 on 2018-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
So, two almost two years later and this contraption is still in my room and "ain´t goin nowhere" :-)Guys, I became obsessed with horn speakers and specially with Onkyo product so I would like to share with you my latest experiences.The speakers I tal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I wish you the best of luck selling the bargain system of the decade by oxric on 2011-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Hi Jorge,If $18,600 is the price of your 4-way horn system, even without knowing more about the sound and the choice of drivers, I think it is an amazing bargain by anybody's standards in the current high-end audio landscape. I hope you are inundated...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Hybrid (Tom Evans) by RonyWeissman on 2008-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi,  yes i agree that my solid-state amplifiers were not best choice for compressio drivers, they were my second amps when electricity was bad, otherwise I use a custom made 300B from La maison de l'audiophile for my system when electricity is v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Drivers, Dope and Radio Flyers by Paul S on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Wojtek, I am indeed hemmed in by the fricking electricity these days, to the extent that it is about impossible to hold on to a baseline for reference.  And the Lowthers only make the problem more apparent.Yes, I still wonder about how I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #133: Prices and value! by coops on 2008-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Mike Hi, prices and value well the new Gamut speaker was next door to us in Munich, Euros 95K it was unbelievably poor , Avantgarde charge how much for their large Trios yet the modified conventional drivers they use cost only a few bucks each, as to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: How Important Is Present Box to Sound? by Paul S on 2012-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Not that it matters, but I can't remember if that speaker was originally ported or really "sealed".  Some of the old drivers were actually put in "tuned boxes", for better or for worse.  I understand that your objectives for this driver afford you a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Latest setup by Bill on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
 My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Front to Back by Paul S on 2021-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dannoy 2021 Loudspeakers in Audio For Dummies ™  24 Replies 
Yes, the way you came up with the Dunnoy is FUNNY! But I will tell you now that I was thinking of the 10" Tannoy for the reverb channels, not because it "does everything well", but because it is acceptable in terms of scale, and it has tone, and it m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Auro 3D by Bill on 2023-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
To follow up on Romy's latest broadcast on his visit to my house.My left and right speakers consist of Jl Audio 113 revision 2 subs to 70 Hz., Edgar 50 Hz. 6 foot Straight horns with two 12 inch electravoice drivers each to 500 Hz, Edgar round mid ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Particular Driver + Objectives by Paul S on 2016-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Well, there are standing waves, and there's SPL, on and on, and there are plenty of good arguments against any implementation. Not many drivers today that would be a fit for IB, which might include ways to damp s.w. resonance, such as interior "curta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Odd Find by Paul S on 2009-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some kind of Grundig… in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Curious to know if this guy nails just the pitch, timbre and attack, or maybe it also does dynamics?I have run across a few car speakers that are simply astounding in a narrow range, provided the going does not get too tough.Bob Fulton (RIP) found on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Not to belabor the obvious, but by Paul S on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
Big 93 dB woofers with a "split" no-feedback SET?Perhaps if you re-think the LF drivers you might indeed start with a vanilla version/pair of the Melquiades, just to get a sense of what you're dealing with.  If you are able to get or get a sense...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression drivers saga by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers saga in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
John Hasquin showed up a couple days ago and suggested that many of modern compression driver manufacturers design thier products to get the "best" publishable parameters while completely disregarding any basic horn design rules and actual sound resu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Well, you need to read a whole book. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]But when the frequency where the dipole acoustic short circuit "kicks in" is clearly below the Fs of the driver, everything "dipoly" that can happen are rear wall reflections with the wrong phase, and that danger is also reduced b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Speaker Proposal by de charlus on 2013-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
I am not "working backwards" from a tweeter. I presently use Harbeth M40.1s, but having recently heard the Living Voice Vox Olympian and an Audio Tekne horn implementation of Ale Acoustics drivers, the experiences opened up new vistas of what is poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Not unequivocal evil. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Hm,… yes and no. Inductance is not necessary an evil. Well, it is an evil for open-top-end drivers but you need to look at the life of compression driver all around and then you understand that inductance is not limiting evil. Sure with grow of diame...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #432: There won't be a need for it by Wojtek on 2013-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Those who publicly hate you the most will line up to buy the house the same way they buy Lamm amps with plastic speaker postsand Vitavox drivers , don't forget to leave the antenna mast and as many artifacts as you can ,down to  Koshka poop, heheheMa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Clarification by Purite Audio on 2015-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
I think it best you speak to Ralph directly ,he works with these drivers every day.I do recollect that inthe case of the Supravox ,where there are permanent and field coil versions of the same driver,Ralph told me that there wasn't a huge difference ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: One Example by Paul S on 2011-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Here's something from a guy perhaps better known for his direct radiators:http://cgi.ebay.com/Atelier-Rullit-RH-T903-field-coil-drivers-/330581513356?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4cf831948cBest regards,Paul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Interesting, educational but in many aspects debatable in my view by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="martinshorn"] What Klaus also highlighted, is the importance to him to unlimit dynamics - in order to achieve the most live-alike sound. First of all, he noticed that Goto pleases him the most with uncompressed transient attacks more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: String bite by RonyWeissman on 2012-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Hi Romy,  i used S2 for about last ten years and recently gave up on them, i don't have the skills to get the soundI want out of them.  They were giving me lots of string bite, but not the fat wood sound, they were closer with old multicell horns tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Put That Way by Paul S on 2013-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
Robin, I guess I got off on the wrong foot when I phrased the first paragraph as I did.  I meant to agree with Herman about "dissimilar" drivers, but I also meant to continue thereafter with other thoughts on the initial topic, musical vs. audio pitc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #273: The Irony of Scanspeak Subs by Paul S on 2022-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Another thing to consider here is a specific reason or reasons to use the "PR Type" Scanspeaks as subs, since Romy says outright that the Dannoy's PR cones have "no ouput", but the (rather amemic) LF from the Dannoy'ed Tannoy is all there is from the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Sound of Paper by Paul S on 2017-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Large La or Tratrix horns supplier in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Nice to see someone actually try it.  I know that fast rates "work" from MF and up; but I have not tried it with compression drivers/high gain/LF.Thanks for sharing.Best regards,Paul S...
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