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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: I deserved that by anthony on 2019-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, it might sound as a heresy to you, but I personally consider the impedance curve is a bit irrelevant in this application. In this application you need to care only about only 2 things: if you have enough power in yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #192: It is all depend of your roo by Romy the Cat 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="anthony"]I seem to remember you had this sort of issue when setting up your previous room and eventually you moved them time aligned. The one stack of 15" and 10" sounds like a nice solution.  Do you think more 10" scanspeak instead ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Let wait. by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bermuda Triangles of Audio in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
*** I am positive that if you get 100 pieces of exactly your model of Tannoy, they will ALL sound different.  Very likely, I have 6 drivers and one of them sound as I need, all the rest of them are compromised. They still have the similar char...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #194: What about at a lower volume... by anthony on 2017-07-26 
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"]Last night I did an interesting experiment. I took the bass towers, just 4 driver per side, crossed them at 90Hz, line-level and drove them not with the Milq’s bass channel but with SS Yamaha B2. I use it with the tube cr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Macondo and not only Macondo positioning by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]I'm curious about how you set up your horns in the room.From photos it looks as if they are fairly close together, compared to the wide setting you suggested I try, while our room dimensions are fairly similar?When I started push...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: About the Rogero’s or Johan Dreyer’s approach. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
A visitor of my site sent me email with following: “I take it you don't like the Rogero style (or Johan Dreyer) bass horns with wings, but you could add compression to a similar setup and make it work properly. I have made several design...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #284: Eventually! by Romy the Cat on 2018-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Yesterday was a truly wonderfully day. I spent the whole day to play with playback, had a LOT of fun with it found some unexpectedly good solutions that made me very excited.     The project with IB is over, the result is surprisingly good. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Macondo and Melquiades in the NEW room. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Reading my old post about my new R&E adventures Midbass Horns and Real Estate http://www.romythecat.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=11190  ….and contemplating on my prospective move to a big room I am strategizing what change...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Another midbass?!!? by Romy the Cat on 2016-05-14 
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We are closing our new house in 2 weeks and while packing and preparing to move I am thinking about the configuration of my new playback installation. I am debating with myself about going with sub 100Hz woofer tower as I described above vs. intro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: Your bass is better then you music, be carefull... by Romy the Cat on 2019-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Well, it might sound as a heresy to you, but I personally consider the impedance curve is a bit irrelevant in this application. In this application you need to care only about only 2 things: if you have enough power in you LF DSET to drive your li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Re: Why the lovers the WE-555 also like electrostats? by cv on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Ah electrostats...I am fairly sure that problem with esls is trying to take them down to low and them not being driven properly. If you actually calculate how much current you need to drive transient peaks into an ESL, it's horrifying. I can't imagin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: A next day. by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I think my dysfunctional one 15” driver in my Midbass was for a while and THAT was something the make me to feel that I need to move Macondo to 9-9-1 position. With the recent changes (recovery of a woofer, recalibration of channels, EQ of the mid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Bass as an alien force. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Personally, I am probably going to do a line array like Romy's using the same drivers but twice as many...so eight each side.  I have the drivers.  This configuration should give somewhere around 109dB @ 20Hz from 15w in room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Summary 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 
Thanks for the detailed answers. I will explain my setup.You are right about the dipole bass correction instead of the injection channel. Since I am waiting for both a subwoofer and the Fane Studio 8M and their horn, I am using the 12" as a b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Some psychological stories and tips. by Romy the Cat on 2017-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Anthony, I visited you thread and glance the progress you are going with Milq DSET. I do not exactly how you feel, I went over it myself. Let me to tell you how I dealt with what your experience. I am not sure that my dealing with the problem is a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #224: Some listening today. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-02 
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Spent great time and with happy with result. Not the results are so spectacularly good but the playback is back to be operational that I was missing for a while.   Starting with films. The damn OPPO has not enough output for my Milq. I decided to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Planning my DSET by anthony on 2015-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy, I am planning my own DSET build.  I have based my speakers on your Macondo and am busy turning MDF horns in my spare time.  Once that is over I will move onto amplifiers.  I plan to build a fullrange Melquiades for a friend and the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #126: A ULF solution for my new listening room by Romy the Cat on 2016-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
It looks to me that I will be able to live with my 6 driver line array. Again no measurements were made but it is what it “looks”.  Sound-wise it is very reputable and I just might leave it as is. My current room is 6 larger to what I had in downto...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dannoy and oxytocin... by Romy the Cat on 2022-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dannoy and oxytocin... in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
It was very interesting experience today. My son have a birthday party and they decided to do it in our house. I was obliged to play Harry Potter in a big screen for 15 kids, so it's naturally make me too move all the speaker along the wall...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: This weekend by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This weekend wife told me that I should not do nothing else but to fix my playback and this was exactly what I wanted to do. Yesterday I took good 14 hours to play with it, moving boxes, trying to find a good configuration, making measurements, th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: High End -THE ULTIMATE KEY by Stitch on 2013-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Found some interesting comments on an independent web site, Twogoodears. I'll copy it, it is from 2009 with original lines from Arthur Salvatore and a comment from Stefano Bertocello - Twogoodears owner -, we will n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Some comment about Accuphase T-1100 by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
A site reader sent me last nigh a link to a Yahoo newsgroup where a guy posted at feedback about Accuphase T-1100 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/FMtuners/message/66682 Here is the  content of the newsgroup post: David...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1023: The problems with Smart Grids by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The problems with Smart Grids by B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning How is it that so many intelligent, inside-the-beltway environmentalists are buying into an eco-health-safety-finance debacle with the potential to increase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Audio Gravity force and drivers’ integration by haralanov on 2013-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"] I propose to array the drivers, and horns, as laid out beneath, from top to bottom;Ale Acoustics 160Super (15hZ-1000hZ, 110db/w)15hZ - 150hZ Lower bassVitavox AK 151 (50HZ-8kHZ, 100db/w)              150hZ - 350hZ Upper bass...
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