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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Faital chamber/ratio by KS on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Hi Skushino, hope you dont mind me jumping on to your old thread, but I can upon it while looking for ideas re chamber volume and compression ratios for the same Faital driver into a 160hz Azurahorn. Could I ask how you were using yours? Ta,K.S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #337: About the foam by el`Ol on 2010-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy, I think you have neither a system with back chamber now (because the foam is closed pore), nor a "true compression driver" (because the foam is not rigid). Probably you mainly have a second vibrating system coupled to the cone that enhances mec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Straight / J Horn - Why? by skushino on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
What is the purpose of having the flexibility to re-configure from straight to J horn?This thing will be large and massive enough that physically moving it from one configuration to another will be difficult and require a lot of effort.  Conceptually...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Horn color control by Jorge on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
I think the usage of Romys Injection Channel has misguided you to think it was implemented because of a certian lack of tone or some sterile sound,  nothing of the sort,  I cannot blame you for not having listened to Romys system,  but theo...

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 #36: The throat considerations. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
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 went for exponential midbass profi...

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 #7: Beautiful Horn by Jorge on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
I just love the way this Carfrae looks!I have been tempted to make something similar, but turn it into a front loaded horn (of course),  say turn the driver around and add a back chamber on the back of it.  Make a nice volume tuning device.  And then...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: RE: Straight / J Horn – Why? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"]What is the purpose of having the flexibility to re-configure from straight to J horn? This thing will be large and massive enough that physically moving it from one configuration to another will be difficult and require...

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 #17: Getting better sounding "lower knee" out of compression driv... by haralanov on 2014-01-24 
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"]I was very slightly open the back chamber of the driver that gave to me some ease at lower knee.[/quote]Congratulations you have found and use this principle, otherwise the back chamber acts like pneumatic brake for the low...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #161: The skeleton of the very first sections are "ready" by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Plain and simple. This is the very first section, right after the throat. The front compression chamber will be blowing into this first section… Does not look like much, dos't it? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Throat’s side thickness... by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transition : Driver to throat, when throat is smaller than d... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Jessie, at the home page, in the left, within the GoodSoundClub Section there is the “Announcements” item of menu, which will bring you to the thread with the instruction how to upload the images to the site. Regarding the issues that you are trying...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: AG Trios, compression and misunderstanding.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Collin, I do not remember that I wrote that Trios are “duller”. In fact I do not remember I ever wrote anything about Trios in comparing to my current hors. Furthermore, my “Macondo” derived for the Trios and practically fully inherited the Trio’s ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: It is OK by me. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-25 
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 
Nope, it was not a joke. For sure it is not the “whole point in a compression driver” but it is very much derivative from the compression driver design and anything that a compression driver has on back is irrelevant and impact only resonance frequen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Not your normal cone driver by anthony on 2015-08-26 
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"] anthony wrote: Murataltuev wrote:So, the question is still opened: how to get 300-400hz.Perhaps give the JBL 2169H a try.  It is supposedly very good from 300Hz to 2.2kHz, but I have never tried it.  Use it in a sub 200Hz t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” midrange by horny on 2008-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” mid... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
For those seeking some decent compression drivers that don`t cost fortune, I can suggest to try the Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver. It has aluminum dome and polyester suspension and 1,4 inch exit throat. Does it sound like S2 ? Probably no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: resonances, resonances ... by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
It is depends what kind horn it is. For LF horn the resonance should not be “an octave lower then lowest frequency you can realistically get from the horn”.  In fact the common way is to much the assembly resonance to the horn cut off by squashi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: ....puzzled with your response.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
John, I am bit puzzled with your response. I do not know what would be a proper material for cone/dome of diaphragm. The source where “tone” is born in compression drivers is absolute mystery to me and I in my holly naiveté believe that no one else k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #237: A word of warning and some comments. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
One of the emails that I receive is very interesting. The author warns:   “...when experimenting with throaths I found that if the compression is big, near 2 or higher you get some big, smooth, unfocused aqualung sound. You are never scared at listen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Hi, Jeffrey, and welcome. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] so, my straight horns... I like them very much.. I built mine similar in style to what Greg B linked, but obviously much smaller.. mine are just under eight feet long (length of a sheet of plywood) and have a mouth roug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: An opening into magnetizing cavity? by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Be, this is an interesting thinking and if you are correct and if there is an opening from front chamber into magnet assembly then the volume of the magnet chamber would certainly affect the sound of the driver. The point that I argue is that suc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Some further considerations by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Be, if you look at the picture of the S2 then you will see that between the exit of the phase plug and beginning of throat there is a circular channel that violates my view of proper transition in compression driver. This channel is on the side o...

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 #140: Pretend you are a diaphragm. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Pretend a driver diaphragm, any driver. From front diaphragm "sees" the horn throat and the mass of air in the horn that diaphragm needs to "push". This creates let call front spring.  If a driver has a front chamber than let discard it for now. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Size might be an issue by martinshorn on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
hi Romy! Good thought with the current on the damping... I had another thought. High excusion might create lots of distortion in a compression chamber. No surprise. But in my oppinion the sizes are often not in proportion. Lets calculate......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Yes and no... 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 
[quote user="de charlus"]It is indeed an interesting subject; I am instinctively drawn to it due to the fact that the majority of orchestral instruments - the majority of my listening is orchestral/chamber/classical soloists - produce their own sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Pictures - Third Time's a Charm by skushino on 2013-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Another very quick post - I have guests arriving from Japan in a couple of hours.  Will respond more thoughtfully when I have some free time.University Dean plans:  Mouth - 1080 in^2Throat - 78 in ^2S(d) - 132.7 in^2Compression ratio - 1.70Path lengt...
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