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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: Be my guest.... 25 days left. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="eduardo"] YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Read too much Internet, don't you? 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="Rewind"]You said are lucky to get hornloading down to 150Hz. Then I guess you suggest you will end up at maybe 175Hz. Hornloading a compression driver down to 175Hz is not too difficult and the horn will not be larger than the Avantgarde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Getting more from DX4 by Paul S on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Perhaps there are ways to horn load Lowthers that do not screw up the sound, but I don't know of any, and there are other reasons, as well, for not asking LF from Lowthers.For me the best thing about the high-pass-limited Lowther DX4 in OB is th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: "If the waveform is wrong, the sound is wrong..." by Gregm on 2007-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Mind boggling iteration! I.e. & eliminating common denominators, "If the sound is wrong... it is wrong."Agreed. IMO they are right -- ain't no two ways about it.[quote]The Cybernetic Audio System, on the other hand, uses a closed-loop feedba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Hi Jeffrey, Hi Romy by rdrysdale on 2005-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Hi Romy, Hi Jeffrey     Steve and I have been working on the bass compression driver for quite some time now, about 3 weeks ago we made some design changes that really paid off, as of now I'm convinced that a compression driver is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: I would like to use my 15-incher, the question is HOW? 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 see where you go with it. I afraid that I will not be making my drivers – I have no idea how to make them in order them to sound the way I need. I have no problem to design and to make 4" exit compression driver or to undertake a project to r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My horn speakers system. (from Thailand) by touch on 2008-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My horn speakers system. (from Thailand) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Hello all (from Thailand)!I found this very intersting horn society here by accident and would like to show and share my first experience with horn speakers system.It's consist of 4 way system .[IMG]http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/krairerk/hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Hobohorn by Rewind on 2013-08-23 
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 
I built a prototype of a Avantgarde Trio in newspaper and tape, with the Beyma CP380/M, Community M200, and the Fane S 8M, and I also used a Behringer CX3400 and a 45 tube amp. CX3400 is soon replaced by digital active XO.Paper may have made the midb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Re: Midbass ..............( longish ) by cv on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Don't worry Romy, I know exactly what you mean. I tend to discount the opinion of anyone who raves about a system's ability to play back patricia barber. Speaking of which, if I were in her shoes, bunions and corns aside, I'd be mildly...

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 #40: Sorry, this was juts a fantasy on your part. by Romy the Cat on 2018-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]I was thinking ESD drivers may have a true advantage over ALE/GOTO/Others (apparently they actually know how their drivers work) if that allow to someone design the horn exactly the way he/she want, and later order the driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Practice is a criterion of truthfulness. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]…. acoustic filter does not rotate electrical phase of the signal. [/quote] I do not think it is correct. The rotation of electrical phase is not the subject of filtration method but subject of slop and Q. Of you write the sam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Earl Geddes on the field-coils.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Very interesting… Earl Geddes just posted his thoughts for the Morons at the AA. I do not know is he was inspired by my post of by the completely foolish nose that the AA’s idiots razed around the Cogent’s Steve and Rich experiments but still – it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Specs & speculation by jessie.dazzle 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 
Romy wrote:"...jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them...""...The biggest thing that I wonder is how Mick made the Vitavox bass drivers to has 35Hz resonance. You can always use softer suspension and it will drive r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: A compression driver as a musical instrument. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-10 
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="Johan Dreyer"] I had a SG370 mid apart only yesterday.I should have taken a photograph. I have also seen the inside of the tweeter. They are very similar, so I have no reason to suppose the low mid SG 505 will be much different. I'll try...

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 #1: The bogusness of the coaxial compression drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The bogusness of the coaxial compression drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I have written in past about my lack of love to the BMS drivers. The crazy, as far as I concerned “annoyingly wiling” angeloitacare brought this subject to this forum while he was galloping across Web, “picking from graves” about his new dB-Design’s ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: On Preference For Class-D Amplification by Dresden on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
hmm...I didn't realise I had left my browser logged-in to your site (I left my PC on over night, downloading some files).'..the only advantage that class-D amplification has is cost, size, heat generation and power.'In my eyes, that's more than I cou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Looking deeper by haralanov on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Looking wider.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Your response is a very good illustration of how you redirect attention away from the actual discussing subject and point it to a completely different direction that has absolutely no relation to that subject. You asked me wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Here is another example … by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meyer X-10 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"]Here is a link describing Meyer Sound's design philosophy, production and implementation: http://www.meyersound.com/support/forums/talkshop/drivers.htm They began production of their own drivers to improve l...

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 #24: Any technology in the hands of barbarian… by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
[quote user="CO"]I have tried a BMS driver a while ago and it was really bad. About a year ago i heard Berts setup at his house and it did not impress me... It was also with the coaxial BMS.Not much depth or resolution. Did have alot of power though...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: I see not needs for electromagnet in tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="cdwitmer"]I'm probably revealing my ignorance by even asking this, but I'm curious to know if a field coil ribbon tweeter could be practical. It occurs to me that if one could be made, it would be a lot safer since it wouldn't be a black...

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 #1: An ultimate horn profile? by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An ultimate horn profile? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Looking at the variety of exponential, parabolic, conical, tractrix, hyperbolic and whatever ales horn profiles out there I was thinking that we probably incorrectly approach the entire subject of horn profile analyses. We listen the horns and we fe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Midbass Horn by Jorge on 2013-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Hi Gera"Has anyone done this and what were the observations of comparing different topologies."I have done just what you propose,  I tried the JBL2490 compresion driver with a 3" mouth in a 110 hz horn well made, MDF round tactrix horn,  it goes ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Aries Cerat Symphonia, version 2020 by Romy the Cat on 2020-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aries Cerat Contendo - the newest "fat" kid in the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Nine years ago, when I posted the initial post in this thread the Aries Cerat was a different company with different products.  As I understand in 2014 they changed a lot and today they have a speaker that I would like to talk a little: Aries Cera...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: System details by Saturntube on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Romy, The upper bass horn has a Ceramic driver 18sound 8M400,  the MF horn has an 18sound 2060A Neodymium magnet, tweeter is Beyma Ceramic driver and supertweeter is Fostex Alnico.  The Leak amps are PP deep class A, we do have a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: I do not insist but I do not think so. 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 
[quote user="be"]"the cavities behind the coil are not the cavities where pressure passes" Yes, but the speach coil and diphragm can "see" the air volumes behind the magnetic gap and will be loaded by the resonanses created, and the radiated s...
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