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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Going Through Phases by Paul S on 2010-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Crossovers are so annoying, about impossible to nail down, and it's almost as though the more you study the problem, the fuzzier the "answer" gets.For now, I would like to more or less forget about "phase" considerations, partly in order to get this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Deep in the well of lower frequencies by Gregm on 2008-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Greg, I have written about my "DEBZ" speakers several times at this site, [/quote]D. Olsher's Basszilla -- of course! Sorry, Paul, I forgot.[quote user="Paul S"]If I were to do the DEBZ concept right now, I would tune the BR...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Greek Arcadian Audio new horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Arcadian Audio new horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
A Greek company Arcadian Audio come up with own new horn-loaded loudspeaker. http://www.arcadianaudio.com/description_style.html ... with Lowther-like single driver. I truly hate those tipe of speakers. Anyhow, the Arcadian Au...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, even if you did succeed to preserve dynamics in your line-level transformer then the LF cut off of this transformer will “get” you. The solution is very simple: do not run any transformer attenuators within a re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Mangerhorn by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
Moreart, somebody sent me this link last year. You are surely the DIY pioneer of back loaded Manger.As you probably know this is a touchy speaker to work with. Rated at 91 dB/W input by the factory, we measure ~91 up to near 92 dB/1W/1m in our two mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Driver in a horn by Jorge on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I have seen Beyma rewrite their specs when they redo a driver and even add a letter to the driver for that change,  even if it is the same driver.Now I have seen variable FS responses form different drivers of the same model also. I was joking with a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Pitch, Timbre, and Scale; Transients and Perspective by Paul S on 2011-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
So little free time, so much to listen to and decide...  Today I listened again to a close variant of the previous set-up, using several large-ish drivers basically piled +/- in place, along with a tweeter that will not make the cut.  Even though all...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: More on those Brazillian Horns!!...and Be Yamamura. by DERRICK on 2009-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
I bought those tweeters for Be Yamamura (second hand from Paul at Wembly Loudspeakers, in London)  I also took Be to Heathrow Airport to take a plane to Brazil to install one of his truly superb VT4c stereo amps!   It was the morning of a great wind ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Post dac chip simplification by mark on 2008-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
i am well aware of the problems the 47 labs approach brings along with the good things it does.i have at times in my setups good results,in other setups disaster.47 and audionote use no digital/oversampling filter.this obviously can have negative con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Test Bed by Paul S on 2008-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Being both fairly lazy and fairly cheap with respect to audio, I remain very interested in theFR SET/dynamic speaker dream.  Also, I am generally both weary and wary of the extreme complexity/difficulty engendered/entailed by othe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Death by Ribbon? by Paul S on 2010-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Haralanov, as far as I know, Madisound does not offer my ribbon. Mine is not a stock Fountek, but it is a re-worked version of the old, discontinued Fountek JP2, a very narrow "naked" ribbon (ie,. no coating), and 97+ dB efficient. I got my Audaphon ...

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 #5: More speakers attitude... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] I have listened to some expensive speakers from B&W, Wilson Audio, Dynaudio, and also owned the SF Amati, you know already. Musically these ones were more musically interesting to me than any of the others, but still wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: L.Cao by ulf on 2015-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Paul, The L.Cao are quite nice fullrange drivers at a reasonable price. Compared to Lowther EX the L.Cao lacks some dynamics but have a better tone and are more homogeneous. I am no fan of whizzer cones. To use it as a midrang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Dual-Quasi-Helmholz "Tapped", Doped Horn? by Paul S on 2009-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Other Ways of getting Special Tone from a loudspeaker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
MoreartDouble-driver "back horns"?  I am not sure what you are asking about, or what exactly you are promoting, but I do not agree with lightweight, square-section horns, because I have never heard one that worked, apart from shifting certain frequen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Corrections and comments by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
John, a few corrections for start First of all the gullible and moronic are not interchangeable words and I never use one instead of other. Second Audio Note Ginga does not look like traditional Micro. It has oil suspension and God knows what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The Sarcasm is intended… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]…Sorry for your disappointing experience. [/quote] Why was it a disappointing experience? I was not. It might be disappointing for him – he did close the sale, but it was not disappointing for me. I read his comments about his ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #380: Me and my DHT references… by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I was pointed at a site where people debating the subject of 2A3 vs. 45 vs. AD1 vs. RN604 vs. YO168.  Naturally they pointed out to my site, bringing my articles from this thread on the same subject as some kind of reference. I read their comm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: Lamm ML2, 6336 and Lowther by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I have not drawn any conclusions about how this amplifier might sound. I cannot imagine how the input stage you use will behave and how that will impact on what the 6C33 does. As I've said previously the Lamm amplifiers us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Good sounding SS amplifier for horns? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Chris, I have no experience with good sounding SS amplifier that might drive high sensitive horns. I also have no expertise to build such an amp. From what I trued before I have learned that in order to sound more or less acceptable the SS should run...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Finding and Using What Works by Paul S on 2010-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
The main "technique" I use in "problem solving" involves a sort of Hegelian turning and re-turning of/to the object of attention (or, my perspective...) to get as many "views" of the object as possible.  This sort of reflection has recently broug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Point/no point by Joe Roberts on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
First off, I will point out that neither Silbatone nor I claim or agree that the Aporia horn is a point source, because clearly it is not. The sound comes from two "areas" but even that is not a particularly useful notion.Although some do make that c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: The JJ Electronic amp. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
This is the idea that I like. It looks like it is a Slovakian company and this amps is two stage with a reasonable driver and it looks like they make their own 2A3. http://www.jj-electronic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: 2A3 tube impressions by drdna on 2009-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Just some additional thoughts on the new generation of 2A3 tubes. The only ones I would seriously consider are the Kron Enterprises, the Sophia Electric, and the Emission Labs tubes. If I did not hear these side by side over an extended period of ti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: And what would be the difference? by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: Horny Book in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I feel you may be doing John Attwood a disservice here. There are two reviews of this book. The first one which you quote extensively from appears to have been written by Lynn Olson. The second, much shorter review is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: MF Compresion drivers by Jorge on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
This is something I have been at for the last few years, I have tried a few drivers, at the moment some of my favorite are the vintage RCA MI 1443,  yes filed coil and some funny cone diaphragm,  they are used from 500 hz to 5 khz with a Fostex T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Explanation of magic dust... by martinshorn on 2018-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Hi everyone,Ive been tracking this exciting conversation for some days. One from outside may think this is weird, we are making a lot of air about some sound-description without getting to the point. Im (or was) normally more rational. And if I read ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Looking at the pictures of CES I came across a new Seoul-based company Silbatone Acoustics that show off a new speaker “APORIA” in Vegas. It is a back-loaded Manger. What I read the company philosophy I was not pleased. http://silbatoneacoustics.co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Do not confuse upperbass horn with midbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] "I think the ultimate length of the upperbass horn is 3”- 4” throat. With longer horn it would be very complicated to time-align it as the horn will mask out the MF driver."  Is this also why you use tractrix curve f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: If to bring our possibility to the level of our capacity…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe, The “decoration” you described came from the fact that you wrote your message on MS Word that adds ugly formatting when you paste it into native HTML editors. I also write in Word and I uselessly before I unload my posts I paste my Word’s text ...
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