Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
The site is back....!!!
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» The Brain Inertia.
» The state of High-Effici»
» The Home Theater thought»
» Music and WW3
» A stunning contra-Bruckn»
» Avantgarde method of cap»
» Don't evaluate audio by »
» Tanglewood Music Center »
» How Mussorgsky should so»
» Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Ra»
» Miniumum sample rate for»
» Interesting use of Lunda»
» Altec cabinet: 815a
» A lucidly implemented di»
» The Abington Something =»
» A Moscow setup with Horn»
» About the Audio Neutrali»
» Nice pair of S2s on eBay»
» Custom made woofers.
» The high-end audio, as i»
» Stands for Super Melquia»
» Weber’s "Andante e »
» The dynamic range of our»
» Bad orchestras shell not»
» The BSO and Digital Musi»
» Bias help
» Loit Eagle Player – the »
» Time Alignment : Live Pe»
» Kitties go to London
» Polish Chamber Choir - S»
» It is about timbres, stu»
» Editing your own posts
» Rach’s Prelude in C-shar»
» Analog: a reduction of s»
» Bravo, Stereophile: Adve»
» How to switch moving coi»
» Hungarian folded horn
» The Shielding Condoms on»
Bookmarked are red
Volvotreter Homepage
Japanese Translator
Parnassus Records
The Air This Week
Nornan Lebrecht's blog
Doremi CD label
Adnan Arduman's site.
Rachmaninoff Society
THL Audio
Toccata Classics
Russian Records
Archives of Canada
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 10, Posts: 285    Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Had it ;) by martinshorn on 2017-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
hi! Funny... i just passed it in Munich yesterday. Now its mentioned here. Of course i had to stop and have a listen with such cool look. Sorry to tell you, that things a imposter. I left in less than five minutes. It hurts my ears. Totally cold, sha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The sound of cults by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, I have for some time called this phenomenon the "necessary roughness", and one of the things I liked (loved, actually) about Cogent's main field coil was that it did this very well indeed over about 2 octaves; in fact, it w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Wolf Von Langa'sB&C DCM50 1428 clones by Kerry Brown on 2013-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Romy,To clear up a few things about the Kilimanjaro RCA1428 clones.The B&C DCM50 is a modern, neodymium clone/copy of the RCA MI-1428B. It was designed and built by B&C in Italy after Bill Woods of AHhorns talked the CEO into it. The DCM50 is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Still, a complementary upper bass channel is missing. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]Romy, the main driver in this acoustic system has nothing to do with the funny Lowthers. It is very high class field coil speaker unit made by Oleg Rullit. The owner of the system has tried the highest class of the Feastrex li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Acolytes by guy sergeant on 2004-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
| agree with your feline wariness with regard to torch bearing disciples of any given faith, be they believers in Altec, Audio Note or even Vitavox. In the case of Audio Note the fervour has often been exacerbated by the activities, pricing and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: S2 repro by thierry on 2006-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The idea of making a copy of an s2 driver also intrest me, but i have some other ideas than just copying this driver.I have been thinking to make this driver with an field coil magnet a 12 volts (using a car or camping battery) and a 250 volts versio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: further air core heads 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 
CV,Nicely put.... and thanks for the Rp information on the 6C33. Do you have any thoughts, or a curve trace source, about the Rl ratio?  Now, since air core's are to be your weapon, here are some thoughts to explore. 1. Wind biffilar or ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: fascinating by Dominic on 2006-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
I find this project so fascinating. I find it particularly interesting because one of my first experiences of good sound involved a field coil driver. Many years ago my grandfather bought an old hammond chord organ(predates the b3 and other...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Vitavox S2 inside. by cv on 2006-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Thanks for the picture Romy. I couldn't unscrew the top threaded piece myself. Perhaps I was turning it the wrong way?! Any guidance you could give on dismantling the driver would be appreciated. Regarding the active flux modulation idea; I think yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: The Rich’s driver by rdrysdale on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Romy,     Our bass driver has a 12v field coil motor, it developes just over 20 kilogauss flux density using a low carbon steel pole piece. The exit diameter is 4 inches at the moment. The diaphragm is 6 inches in diameter and mad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Rca 1443 continued by cv on 2009-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
No, the 1443 is also a field coil, just a different voltage.Re: the configuration - indeed; I am hoping to get 300Hz with the RCA, then the S2 from between 1k-1500 and up, + tweeter. Below the RCA willbe a compromise to begin with, but hope...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Cinema/PA type drivers by Paul S on 2013-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Not to dismiss the matter of the (non) existence of the FC L405, since I have not seen one, and I do not know (or care) about this...Regarding the "applications" for the cinema/PA-type drivers, broadly speaking, these drivers were/are "purpose built"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Its all relative by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
At CES there were Viagra-junkie sized power cords everywhere for $5000. Around our room were $10k and $20k speakers that sounded like a wet jukebox. It was the land of delusion.Value per topology is one way to measure but let's instead start with a p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Higher impedance lading with field-coils by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another electromagnet driver: Great Vintage Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Josh, I see, for a time being you target your driver to use with your horns. That is fine. BTW, did you come across to an observation that you tend to load your anodes that drive the field-coil drivers idler than when the same anode drive perm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: I really do not see a problem with it. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Superior electric binding posts in Melquiades Amplifier  26 Replies 
The BP30-2 post has hex head. You might get any hex wrench and it is no problem anymore. I found that that the Audioquest wrench is VERY comfortable as my posts are flimsy for my cables (Dominus is VERY heavy) and I shall not apply overly high to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Friendly magnets by be on 2010-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Hi Haralanov. My "friend" said that he made an experiment where he heated a permanent magnet up and thereby made it sound more like a field coil magnet, both with the same front. If we can take this claim as true, it is evidence that the ac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: More on the field coil damping - and an easy way to adjust it by cv on 2010-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Hello chaps,Firstly, something I forgot before was that the high impedance coil will have more turns... so the DCR etc will be stepped down as seen by the voice coil. My guess is that overall it will still provide slightly less damping, due to imperf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Wolf von Langa A1428WVL presumed RCA replica. by vinylithicum on 2011-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Here are some of my observations regarding the Wolf von Langa RCA 1428 replica. I long time wondered where mr. von Langa gets his phase correction elements and the diaphragm for his RCA 1428 replica. It's obvious that a niche-manufacturer such as W. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Mode filed-coil semi-BS by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Somebody at AA asked about the difference between electromagnets and perm magnet. Thankfully the AA idiots who pick the pieces of brain at my site and already learned that the idiotic blabbering about “the electromagnets have more flux” is comple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The prison of language and the lie in the symbol by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
I would agree that the Lowther is not hard to beat but the question is where and in whose mind does this competition exist? Is the Lowther, Manger, or other full range single driver in competition with different multi-driver approaches, other single ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The talking through the horns. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
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="Jeffrey Jackson"] so a few things... one, there is a pair of Goto 370 on eBay and pictures of insides... the newer ones are made the same, but it seems that the execution has gotten a better/cleaner compared to these.. my diaphragms look...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Six days from the life of GOTO drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-12 
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="Jeffrey Jackson"] first, basshorns... the basshorns that I posted here some years back are my straight ~50Hz horns (my memory is fading)... they are 8' long... then rear chamber.. mouth ~ 3' x 4'... throat ~8" x 8"... rear chambers of va...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: 450 volt by audiofilofine on 2010-02-28 
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"] Haralanov,I spoke with a guy who consulted me during my Electo-Vitavox project. He helped me with selection of core material, deliberated the core and calculated the right coil to keep the core mass optimally magnetized....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Beryllium and inversed phase plug by martinshorn on 2018-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Something they mustve obviously done better than others using beryllium. Judging the sound. In a positive way. The lower 3 are titanium, but all upper 3 are 4/3/2 inch BE sourced from truextend. The suspensenion however is soft and allows excursion.I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Thoughts on midbass horn approach by noviygera on 2018-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thoughts on midbass horn approach in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I have identified a direction for my next speaker system. Whether it is a good one or not is a different topic -- I think it's a good one because I've lived with my current horn system for 10 years and have since developed an understanding of it's st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: If not hammers, then glass? by Bud on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Hi Paul,The net gauge for one cable of the 140 strands of #40 stuff is #15 AWG, as far as circular mils of area vs current induced heating goes. The surface area is some 13 times that of a solid #15 gauge copper wire. A minimum of 10 times the surfac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: I am still on a fence with all of it. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Decoud, I do reject any speculations about flux modulation in compression drivers as I do presume that it is absolutely negligible. It is like using a SS amp with ultra low output impedance, to drive a ribbon tweeter and to worry about return current...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: 2420 jbl 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: DCM50 and 1428 by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Thanks, Kerry.  It was interesting.  I never used neither RCA1428 driver nor it’s clones. I heard them I think once at Oswald Mils. It was for sure a pleasant midrange but it was nothing else wothe attention in there, so it is difficult to say anythi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: My field coil driver 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  haralanov wrote:And the very same is with electromagnets. With those so widely used 12V power supplies (Fertin, Feastrex for instance) the sound is always softer than it should be in reality with severally restricted dy...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  2  
Total human visitors:  42,940,829  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 1 Cantos y Suspiros in»
AUG 1 Danish String Quarte»
AUG 2 Les Delices in Vario»
AUG 2 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 2 Boston Pops in Lenox»
AUG 3 Brahms & Dvorák: Son»
AUG 3 Boston Pops in Lenox»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
More Music News »»
Froberger, Johann Jacob (1»
Böhm, Georg (2 Septem»
Goldmark, Carl (18 May 183»
Zweers, Bernard (18 May 18»
Mahler, Gustav (7 July 186»
Albéniz, Isaac (29 Ma»
Sauguet, Henri (18 May 190»
Zeisl, Eric(h) (18 May 190»
Anderson, Leroy (29 June 1»
van de Woestijne, David (1»
Pickenhayn, Jorge Oscar (3»
Allori, Pietro (18 May 192»
Wissing, Norbert (18 May 1»
Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201»
Lamm ML-2 Single-Ended »
Electro-Voice T350 twee»
Hillock TV-2 tube tester
Micro Seiki RX-5000
Vitavox 330Hz Horn for »
Rohde & Schwarz MSDC Mu»
Pacific Microsonics Mod»
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
Vitavox AK151 15" bass »
Mid-range tantrix round»
More Leftovers »»