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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Cutting a big horn... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Wonderful horn, Chris. 160Hz is very-very interesting size for using S2 at it bottom knee for a lover mid-range channel. I when to 250Hz (I did not go lower because some my own reasons) but I think the 180Hz should the perfect frequency. With damping...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The TAD 1201 drivers can take you on a road by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="homebuilder"]...active EQ will be a part of this project, along with in room measurement. My friend will do the honors on that. I have not purchased an EQ yet. [/quote] You might eventually revise your view about the active EQ and pres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Ronnie's horns by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Ronnie, Very nice, though I do not know where you would like me to move the thread.  (It looks like it’s OK where it is). There are some comments that I might to pass. You decided to go for a large MF driver. This is fine if you like it but I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: The upperbass is very important by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]As for balancing the amplitude between channels by driving them from different taps: I drive the upper bass horns form the 16 Ohm taps, and everything else from the 8 Ohm taps. An 8 Ohm versoin of the upper-bass driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #291: This project is on fire! by oxric on 2010-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] OK, now I am happier as I did my duty and the back chambers are ready to be attached to the horns and to be lifted up. Yesterday I spent 5 hours trying to build the back chamber displacement that Jessie and my carpenter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: What about light metals? by Antonio J. on 2008-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
Some have been used to build box speaker enclosures like aerolam (aluminium alloy I believe), which are pretty dead acoustically, can be moulded and machined, resistent, light (that can be very convenient), and you can finish them  brushed ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Lie to yourself. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Romy wrote : "...if you outsource the job of making your 40Hz horn then what price you feel would  be reasonable to pay for the pair?..."I will take the question to mean the price it might cost to pay someone to&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Opportunity to improve v1 by scooter on 2013-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Volti Audio's Vittora in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
"A tweeter positioned inside the MF horn"I wasn't sure how that could be done effectively but was looking forward to a creative solution. That photo image is not what I expected; on hindsight it is not a surprise. Of course one could rip the tweeter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Vitavox’s Constructor Series by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
6moon published the news: June 2014 - DIYers unite - Vitavox HiFi announce the launch of their Constructor Series bass enclosures. "For home builders constructing their own multi-way horn systems, the bass enclosure is often the most daunting prospec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The horno-live is defiantly is a bitch… by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]So how do you suppose the proper DPoLS can be located? With a system like Steve Schell and I are working with, everything weighs hundreds of pounds and to properly evaluate changes would take days, maybe even weeks f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #182: Ok, now the concept becomes a reality. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The mouth of the left channel is done.  Now it has the corners are glued in - you can see in the joins between the pans are chorded – you can see it on the first image.  It is left just to finks beefing up the frame – you can see on the second im...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Winter Is But A Season by Dresden on 2008-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
In terms of the length of the horn, I'm allowing myself a total height of 7'6" (just below the average ceiling height of 8').  In regards to the mouth diameter, that's another matter.  (It appears that I will have to build two [2] different...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The midbass merge and about the new environment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Marc HENRY"]La Grande Castine will not be as expensive as Cessaro Gamma. i am sorry but i cannot answer to all questions, for several reasons you can understand.we have tested many drivers since the early prototype of La Grande Ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Roman ,You got it all wrong. by JLH on 2005-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “theories” about the audio industry…. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]That is really funny about the Macondo's, I think they are just incredible looking. It's amazing how people have such different likes and dislikes.Rich Drysdale[/quote]Rich,     The appearance of the Macond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #187: Two up by anthony on 2020-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Impatience got the better of me, and I called two mates who prompty showed up yesterday afternoon and we hefted the second DSET into place on the horn stack.  A couple of hours of connecting and checking things and it was all ready to fire up for my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Out-sourcing 40Hz by jessie.dazzle on 2008-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Romy wrote : "...if you outsource the job of making your 40Hz horn then what price you feel would  be reasonable to pay for the pair?..."I will take the question to mean the price it might cost to pay someone to make similar horns...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  30 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Make an experiment, and I will simplify the case quite assertively. Take a typical compression driver, cross it at 800Hz, second order and load it into a proper contemporary horn (Tratrix or JMLC) of 300Hz. Listen that hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? by angeloitacare-idiot on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Romy i read some time ago, you said wood horn with a certain porosity on surface is best sounding. I doubt abought that, as i thought the differences of finish  ore even material would affect sound in a way no perceivable. today i saw a thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Throat size doesn´t make any price difference by Kiom on 2007-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Hello Romy, hi all I can make the horns with any requested throat size, 30cm or 10cm diameter, price is the same- USD 4000 the pair.The wood lathe will be ready probably end of this week.As soon as I have pictures, I´ll post them.Price is for a pair...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #370: That is what I was hopping. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
That is exactly what I was counting at and it has happened. Measuring this morning the resonance frequency I saw that it dropped from 43.7Hz to 38.7Hz. That is very very good, though I expected even more drop for a 2-3Hz during next week or two. My h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: It is hard to do something for the first time without full knowledge..... by Dominik on 2010-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Is speakers like altec 19 have time aligned drivers? I think I have never seen in internet time aligned  3-4 way horn speakers with oken/jensn as a bass.Slowly I am closer to finish my first speakers with horns, the frame is adjustable (35-45cm drive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Back to 2006 I had a thread “Adding one more spherical to Macondo.” The thread itself and the concept that it lead to - the Fundamentals Channel - turned to be a phenomenal success. I know, I know for someone it might appear like nothing but if y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Thinking about the sound at that show. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Serge"] The SIlbatone room was very large. They played an Edith Piaf record on a mono WE16B (or A, not sure). They played it very loud which I don't like, ever. I felt the system was made to show dynamics and it did it. The dynamic r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: horn surfacing by Markus on 2007-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Sorry if this is OT - I could start a new thread but my post is inspired by the quote below - [quote user="drdna"]the lathe-work is rough on some of the horns.  [/quote]I can't decide whether that's good or bad. I'm slowly working up to getting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Here is an interesting setup. It is nowhere in Moscow Russia. I did not hear it but it does not mean that we can’t analyze what the authored was trying to accomplish. It is 3-way installation. Bass looks like dual G...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Musique-Concrete bass issues. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
I visitor of my site shat me an email informing that that above depicted horn installation by Marc Henri and Andre Klein was made French Musique-Concrete company. I do not know a lot about those people, beside that they hand around Jean Michel Le Clé...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Crossing in the middle by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
For anyone playing with S2s and horns, particularly if contemplating splitting the mid-range between two drivers/horns... Jessie Dazzle wrote (in the context of the compressed recordings thread) : "...Another thing that seems to make compressed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bass Horn vs. Sealed Enclosures. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Actually it is very interesting question and I almost feel you pain for decision you will be making. I do not think that anyone would be able to express any arbitral opinion about the subject, as least an opinion that worth to follow. You see, buildi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: New Old horn-maker in US by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
It looks like a new horn maker wanted to be know: the Eleven Horns http://www.elevenhorns.com/welcome.htm "... so.. what is a junkie?   well, I guess an example is the best way to explain...  between the two of us, we own a few dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A response. by Gargoyle on 2016-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Practicality of paper mache horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
"Gargoyle, YMMV, but I associate LF propagation/amplification with mass; there has to be some way to really "anchor" at least the LF driver. "Noted"I was thinking MF for the felt and/or paper horns, although I guess you could begin with a chi...
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