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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Ideal ULF/Midbass integration by oxric on 2011-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Hi Roberts, Romy and others,Before this thread vanishes in undeserved obscurity, I have a question or two for you. I understand that the issue is a complex one and should be addressed with more care and paying attention to detail than I am do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: I do not agree with "Rubber Sound". by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Again, I do not agree with all notion of Rubber sound that Haralanov seeded.  I can not speak what was in the situation that “be” described and 400Hz crossover. I do have the 8” version of 25W driver (I think it is 21W) and my feeling that it sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: The lower bass problems...some unexpected thoughts. by cv on 2005-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP: I’m a line-level looser. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  cv wrote: I wonder if it is the reactive components (blocking caps etc) that are to blame here, seeing as much of the problem is in the lower bass.Chris, what you said made me to think. Loo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: The MiniMe First draft by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Sure I was not able to do not listen it as the pain dried. It was incredible ad-hog sting of the drivers. All woofers are series. I know, I know but they are 4R each and I wanted to drive it with 2A3 just for the first test. The post is tuned - I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Mazel Tov Koshka by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
2011 will be a busy audio year for me. I will have a nice large space 28 feet x 20 feet x 11 feet which I am free to modify for audio. The walls are 150 years old irregular stone the floor is cement and the ceiling is composed of structural...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: I wonder if it is an indication of the new S2. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] Not this year they won't be, that show is in September.Romy, Kevin at Living Voice has been using 'your' S2 since 1992. I understand these speakers have the first of the new Mike Harvey S2's fitted.I'm not sure what the th...

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 #11: Audible bass vs. edible bass by Antonio J. on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
I have no experience with bass horns, but I suppose that any sound source into a given size room can excite its modes, hence a big bass horn or a line array of boxed woofers can be equally annoying in that regard. So if the idea of using horns is to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Forget about the Hindenburg horns by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="Dominic"]I'd put your sub horns above your head. There are some big issues with that but you save a lot on concrete engineering, and assuming space remains in future you could apply what you learned from the overhead wood horns to a more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Macondo Frame, Version 4.0 by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
Well, this for the tip of multi-layering the vertical panel. I like it a lot. I will allow keeping the mild panel thinner and more “airy” visually. The total high of the thing will be not 8’ for rather somewhere slightly above 6’. Also, I review the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... by twogoodears on 2008-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy and thanks a lot for the always interesting topics and discussions going on... I'm quite new to DPoLS and consider the approach of "obtaining sound in a room" more than "speakers positioning" - too often to WAF fullfillment and aesthetics, th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Henry’s Grande Castine by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-19 
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"] For this Musique-Concrete horn system called "Grande Castine" (it was developped in Saint Cast Le Guildo, Britanny, France, from were females inhabitants are called "Castines" ) i prefered a modified 60Hz Le Cleac'h cylindri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: Yes! by Romy the Cat on 2022-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Edgar, I completely miss you in all of your findings and I also was thinking about 15-in toy with a pair of sunspeak passive radiators. Indeed, Tannoys reinforced by sanspeak passive radiators is a magical configuration. I wonder do you dri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Looking from multiple angles... by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Some time ago I also thought my upper bass channel is flawlessly integrated, but when I added another, symmetrically arranged UB driver (over my WR driver), I quickly understood the new configuration is MUCH more expressive a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
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 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The Milq LF amp is never wasted. by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]This is excellent information Romy.  I have been worried about crossing the woofers at 100Hz and would be much happier if I was able to cross them lower.  We will see how everything integrates into the room and if I do need t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: If it were up to me… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Arsenic bacteria & Goodsoundclub in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="AOK_Farmer"][/quote] Steve, you know me. If it were up to me and I would need to convert you room into my room ten I would starts with divorce, as anything following has little compliance with married status. Then I would add a fe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Boston Symphony Transcription Trust by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
If you are interested in “better” BSO recordings then here is a  wonderful site that that list BSO recordings. The wonderful about this site that it has the catalog of the Transcription Trust’s broadcasts as well as the know “live” off-the-air r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sometime less is more... by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Anthony, I am not so thrill that you are unlashing your into this direction. Not that it is my business and you can do whatever you want. Still, I feel that methodologically it is not right way to build a playback. What I mean is that to evaluate ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: ULF is ULF by Romy the Cat on 2015-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
ULF is a consent not implementation. I did experimented ULF based upon aura 18 in past and now I have the line-array with 10” ScanSpeeks. The ULF is something that you should not be able to hear without rest of the system. With my current ULF when...

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 #128: Some room dealing basics by Romy the Cat on 2016-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Two of my local audio folks asked me to put online my thoughts process about my listening room. Here are some basics. Yesterday, messuring my room I got the following response in lower octaves. That is a typical response in rondom rooms, or wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #208: Kind of LF depression… by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
The kids are growing up and twins sleep fine and walk already. So, the Bessnow’s household is calming down, a live-in nanny for sure helps… With more time at my heads I am trying to finalize my playback in our new home. I spent a few hours today t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #191: Deja vu by anthony on 2017-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Another this the I at this point has no idea why in my use of ULF channels. I mean I do not use it as it does not sound right. This is strange because it is VERY same ULD that I had before and that worked very well in my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: About the LF in multi-channel DSET by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Yes, Jessie, but in case you decide to go for DSET, would it be multi-channel Melquiades or anything else, then your consideration for type and topology of the lower bass would greatly dictate requirements for your DSET. If your lower bass channels r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Cat's view.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Here is my proposal for an ideal horn system. The concept derives from the really of the horns as I know them, the available park of the drivers, the drivers’ real capacity and from… everything else that I might comment upon if you would not figure o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: New WAMM: time-aligned but "angled". by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
It is great that Wilson did anything like this, thank for pointing out. I did not read the article passing 3rd paragraph and stooped reading when they start taking about listening impressions. The listening impressions from those people are truly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: From GoodSoundClub, with apologies. by Romy the Cat on 2012-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: From GoodSoundClub, with apologies. in Site Support Forum  10 Replies 
I have to inform you with regrets that due to presumable hacker attack to my site I lost data since October 6. So, the posts you made during last 3 week are unfortunately can’t not be recovered. Well, I have to say that it was due to the hacke...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: American National Recording Registry by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: American National Recording Registry in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Recordings are listed by year of release: "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Emile Berliner. (ca. 1888) Emile Berliner, the inventor of the microphone and founder of the first disc record company, lived and worked in Washi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Chasing the drivers… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You have no idea how loaded this question. The crossover point with the MiniMe is not a tactical question but actually the very strategic question of the entire speaker, let me to explain why. The woofers that I use are fai...
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