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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: It will be different magnetic field. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="be"]Hi!Let me point out that two field coil magnets with identical iron parts, but different field coil wire thiknesses, will at the same field coil power dissipation produce exactly the same magnetic field and the loudspeaker will hence...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The old technology resurrected for … by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Ralph and Thomas are friends there would have been no price premium for the field coil option …[/quote]Considering that Cessaro claims that they pay for $500 worth TAD drivers (OEM) over $5000 then I might only imagine how much pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox S2 vs. the World by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="jweiss"] When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The CH Audio Design’s take. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Here is the similar approach undertaken with Altec 288C to the one that I took with my Vitavox http://chaudioroom.com/CH288287.html Some critiques. A minor mistake in the text is that the author says that “magnetic fields generated will go down to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The new Kilimanjaro driver. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
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[quote user="audiofilofine"]to reel from 7 volts or 700 volts is equal to the reel. should rather ask why or why 7 or  700 volts. should be asked how you intend to use the horn driver, you should ask graphs of frequency response and power handlin...

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 #22: Cesarro, field coil and TADs. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]and especially "perfectionists" markets like Germany. Sound is of a secondary importance. I bet the new driver from Cesarro will be field coil driver because that's what peoplewant NOW. They want "the best" and field coil is now ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: I don't know exactly. by xandcg on 2015-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
True, I don't know exactly what is that modification!I am not able to find where I saw they modify the drivers but here you can find some pictures of the Cessaro power supply at least and some generic citations:http://www.audioexotics.hk/index.php?op...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Prejudices-centric vs. results-centric views and ... cash. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]I have re-read your post and your tone sugests that field coil drivers  wi be used by manufacturers purely for their marketing appeal and not for any sonic improvement, Thomas Woschnick has just taken delivery of a pair of Ce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #199: APS Purepower 2000: Sound #8 and the ‘softness’ by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Ok, this is probably the most important section as besides all positive changes that PP2000 does to sound it does this one, the one that I call “softness”, and the values of this “softness” have to properly understood and interpreted. The “softness”...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Fieldcoil parameters and coil voltage. by be on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Hi!Let me point out that two field coil magnets with identical iron parts, but different field coil wire thiknesses, will at the same field coil power dissipation produce exactly the same magnetic field and the loudspeaker will hence have same parame...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Thank you by jackydai on 2019-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Well that was my father. We founded the company together - he invests, I researches, mostly. Bruce Edgar and Sam Saye taught me how to design, and we built our first prototype system in California.Think I need a bit more clarification on the five tim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Statical flux vs. move vivid flux? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-12 
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Erik, I do not think a resistor in series would do as it will burn on itself some voltage and the coil will be driven by the same voltages. It would be good to put in place of the resistor a rheostat and to slide it up and down while slide up and dow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Earl Geddes on the field-coils.... by MochaMike on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not know any advantages because the fact that the sound softer. I personally believe that the electromagnets have HIGHER MOMENTUM FLUX MODULATION and that make them to “sit” slightly…  or exactly what I would like t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: He might be surprised to hear such a difference . . . by cdwitmer on 2008-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yesterday, I spoke to a very knowledgeable guy who is working with theories and practice of magnetic cores for 40 years and asked him about any possible benefits of making whole magnetic pathways from Permendur. He was laug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The field-coil loading vs. plate loading. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-01 
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Yes, CV, I thought about it myself and I fine that this might be VERY interesting to play with. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I am months away from the position when I will be able to do it. The subject is devilishly interesting however. I think it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Hi. i'm audiofilofine from italy and theese are my field coil by audiofilofine on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
are pair of jbl 2420work with 100-130 voltpower supply is with 5u4 tubei use with diy tactrix horn and jensen field coil woofers.crossover at 800 hz 6 db or when use 3 way multiamplification 800-8000 in this case tweeter is old jensen-magnavox.no sel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: field strength a red herring by guy sergeant on 2006-01-12 
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In the case of the Audio Note field coil cartridge the field strength (and hence output) was significantly less than that from the permanent (AlNiCo) magnet equipped Io. Yet the performance of the field coil version (Io Ltd) was 100x better despite a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: A microscopic pneumatic valve? The field-coil… diaphragm damping? by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
What I think I would need is microscopic pneumatic valve that I would be able to stick into my back chamber and that would have a little-bolt that would allow adjusting the diameter of the leaking “port”... Sure, it would be fun to have the valve to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Ahahhahahahahahaha by audiofilofine on 2011-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]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[/quote] for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-12 
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A few years ago playing with my favorite Vitavox S2 driver I was asking myself how it might sound if instead of the Alnico magnet the electromagnets would be used. As many other driver of the period the Vitavox did not utilized the only one magnet ty...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: Truth, pricing, bs ... by guy sergeant on 2006-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Hi Romy,I've seen and heard many products in which an aspect of the design is interesting, even thought provoking but where that idea's implementation is poorly achieved. It doesn't mean that one can't learn anything from the product even if it's onl...

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 
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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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Field will (in a way) be the same. by be on 2010-08-12 
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I agree that the total flux will be the same but therefor in the same iron structure, the field in the gap will be the same, at least in the statical case.If the system is modulated by the speach coil, a simpel measure of how well the...

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 #4: Reply by electronluv on 2007-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electronluv systems questions and perhaps answers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
"Eyes do the hearing" is a comment geared toward you as you make alot of assumptions based on just wait you see in photo .Your reality or  mine?I was reading your comments on you s2 field coil and i think you have alot of good info about field c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Field coils again by coops on 2008-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
Romy , I don't doubt any marketing opurtunity will be seized upon, have you experimented with field coils ? I  have't  heard the driver in the Beta, I am told that there isn't a great deal of difference sonically between  the fiel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The usual, overlong post/reverse paristalasis response. by Bud on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate HF output transformer? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Romy, Air core is ok, but. 1. Self inductance in an unmitigated field clumps. You can easily see this by unwinding a hockey puck style air core inductor and measuring the inductance with each turn removed. Never will you have the smooth loss of indu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Field coil drivers by coops on 2008-03-20 
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I have re-read your post and your tone sugests that field coil drivers  wi be used by manufacturers purely for their marketing appeal and not for any sonic improvement, Thomas Woschnick has just taken delivery of a pair of Cessaro Beta's which u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Here's the actual rullit site by Dominic on 2008-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
http://www.field-coil.com/ ... sorry i've got a soft spot for his stuff ...
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