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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: The Milq upperbass crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Romy, I appreciate that this is an old thread now and that you may not remember everything from your time developing these amplifiers, but I have a (hopefully) simple question about the upperbass crossover in the schematic ab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: There is “something”… by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="RF at Ona"] Romy,I might have overlooked something on your site but I understand that your ULF amp is driven directly by the preamp line stage. If that is the case, you may want to consider an old technique for integrating subwoofers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Welcome to the club by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Guy, here some unconnected comments that you might find worth considering. They are in no order or importance, just random thoughts. 1)      Talking and describing about horn we shall always mention at least 5 mandatory characteristics ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #181: If it is true.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Aga, you clearly see a split in the image referred above it means that the midhorns are no single solid horizontal assembly but two separate units that were so unlucky positioned probably for the sake of photogenicism. Jonathan Valin In his write u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: All sorts by speedysteve on 2014-02-21 
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="Romy the Cat"] speedysteve wrote:Well, I think it is horses for courses and the tapped horns are a bit of a different gigi.     I found it is imperative to suffocate the rubbish that is coming out of tapped horns above say 100Hz - min...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new G.I.P speakers. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The Japanese maker/reseller G.I.P: http://www.gip-laboratory.com/ http://blog.audio-life.nl/2011/01/western-electric-gip-laboratory_16.html … looks like came up with a new loudspeaker. I do not know a lot about the co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Looking at the Audio Tekne. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Yes, this English pace did not give a lot of new information.  I know nothing about the AudioTekne Company. I like that they wrote about their bass driver but I do not know how much truth and the actual results behind it. I do think that they wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: The commentaries about the Upper-bass sweep. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Similar to the famous sexist tail that women can be only ether pretty or smart the midbass horns unfortunately behave in the very same way: they can be only nicely placed in a room or they can sound good. You want the horn to place in a specific ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Testing the search functionality: some useful reading by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="JLH"] I don't recall you talking about Pressure and Tone SPL before. [/quote] http://www.RomyTheCat.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=3675   [quote user="Romy the Cat"] I know this effect but if it happen with bass h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The state of High-Efficiency: horns. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The state of High-Efficiency Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
It is not surprising that the subject of horn is as screwed as the subject of drivers. It is understandable as driver must be made for specific horn loading, not one make drivers properly, so what the horns are made for? A horn is a very simple dev...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Some basics of the horn equalization. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Ronnie, I’m sorry I was not able to detect the clipping you were taking about listening your file. However, if you can hear ANYTHING distorted at 1kHz (when ONLY your upper bass horn is playing) then you might consider the following: it has NOTHING ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Some guesses about modular construction of Cessaro line: by NBC on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
(Note: I've neither seen nor heard these speakers) Cessaro ALPHA: TAD TD-4001 2" driver on tractrix horn with 56cm bell (approximately 250Hz). TAD claims response from 600-20KHz. Given that the midbass is essentially a direct radiator (theref...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Looks VERY good. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I need to give it to you and I need to retract my comments about your bass pipes. I did find them to be ugly in your prototype drowning but assembled I find them look very present, in fact quite wonderful.  Connection al, of then in parallel is goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Siemens SL45 vs NAD Dynaudio by Amir on 2019-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Good luck. by Romy the Cat on 2021-02-21 
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Anthony, Yes, this is the exact configuration that I have. As you drive your LF channels down, probably it will be 30-35Hz with >2 order filter you will like the sound from them even more. I hope you have a good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Room treatment by anthony on 2018-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Thanks for the kind words Romy.  I am enjoying taking my time with this project and getting things just right.  It sure helps when there is little development involved, just duplication more or less.  Development may come later as I impose my exp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Small misunderstandings :) by martinshorn on 2018-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Folding introduce a bunch of resonating chambers and cost audio coloration in most of the cases that do MASK OUT the transient dynamics but folding itself should not have an impact to dynamics itself.[/quote]Might be the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Another soil might be ruined… by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How difficult is it to achieve Vox Olympian sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="Newtohorn"]Thanks for all your inputs.  I take Romy's words that the Olympian sound is not what customized horn systems in horn enthusiasts' room sound like.  Of course, I wanted to hear the opposite, that enthusiasts here get the so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Yep, very nice. by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Yep, indeed, it looks very nice. The 8 sections of bass line array look visually slightly overweening but I think when you put the upper bass horns in place it will visually balance the things out. I feel some sort of envy to the way how you plan ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 'A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth' - Thomas Man... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe, I think I would battle it. I would not be so certain. Mostly the SUV sized bass horns are notoriously bad sounding despite of the assurances of the system owners overwhelmed with so common in audio endowment effect. Not to mention that the Stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Ok, try this. by Romy the Cat on 2017-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"] Now, I am very happy down to 20hz. Do not get me wrong, it was sounding fine and was blending well. Now, I have spacious sound at the bass frequincies too and the sounds start and stop and die in the room more naturally. Ove...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ocean Way Audio HR2 loudspeaker by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Thanks, ferenc. I went to Ocean Way Recording the Federated Mike mentioned but I did not see anything in there and I did not know that they have also an oceanwayaudio.com site. They call it the HR2 and it was built for them by Allen Sides, so ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #212: There are plenty things to think about. by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"]The 75 cycle suckout likely resonates very long after, guess u can hear the tale after the impulse. I guess there must be an alisson effect around your seat of 3-4 feet (?) [/quote] I was wondering about the 75Hz su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #215: A semi-temporary solution for now. by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
After a few agonizing days I think a have decided for a provisional solution.  Listening and thinking about options on a table and my current desire to invest time and resources I went with 6+2 direction.  I have order 4 separate relatively-sma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #236: Some thinking required… by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Yesterday I finalized everything, made the crossovers permanent, arranged the cables, check the phases and levels per each channel and officially declared to my wide that the listening room setting up is over. Then as the kids went to bed I decide...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some initial thoughts... by Romy the Cat on 2018-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
All thinking about ULF are usually centered on 3 subjects: drivers, topology and amplification. Even though these 3 subsets very much intertwined I still would like to talk about it separately. We do presume that we have the proper drivers for pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Preamplifiers: keys to mystery. (Lamm L1, L2) by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Preamplifiers: keys to mystery. (Lamm L1, L2) in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Preamplifiers: keys to mystery – or…. how a preamp might be not only a load-driving gadget. Years after years the preamplifiers are being a “terra incognito” of audio people. I admit that preamps are a subject of my persistent curiosity. I was alway...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
“Do you hear the people singLost in the valley of the night?It is the music of a peopleWho are climbing to the light.”Les Miserables PREFACE I would like do not shape this article as a review: I do not write “reviews” religiously and I have many re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #168: Many variables in play by Romy the Cat on 2019-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
I do not care about the room treatment at this point. The treatment you use looks like very effective but it is very premature in my mind to think about it.  It is not to mention that the contribution the treatment has to LF frequency response is ...
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