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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Midbass hors vs. flooding subwoofers - very different game. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I would think they might also compete with the mid-bass horns. The Auras can run up to 80, maybe 90Hz (you're probably going to say "60Hz max!!!"); would you really need to use the line arrays in the presence of a pair...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Ceiling horn ups and downsides by tuga on 2009-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Jessie’s comments about my idea to position midbass straight horns from basement, upper- firing and his warning that the horn will get converted into a giant garbage can made me to think. I did not think about it but it is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The KCCT82’s midbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 8" Goto Woofer for 60Hz Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Kcct82"]Thanks Romy, your comment above cleared some of the questions I had regarding 50/60hz midbass horns. I found some info on the driver after digging through Japanese sites. I don't know if these info will help interpret with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Interior walls by T3GGG on 2011-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dedicated Music Room Build in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
The visual element of the brief shoyld be able to be achieved by doing thing nicely, thought out and with good materials.I am aware of the no parallel walls and this may well be utilised into the design. A simple stud wall, set inside the perimeter w...

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 #15: I do not think it worth to continue. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="audiofilofine"] ???????????[/quote]   Come on, audiofilofine, it is simple to understand, I monitor (and I am sure others do the same) new pots from home page where presented just titles of the posts. If you name all your posts with the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #264: I need absolutely no noticeable vibration on the listening floor. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Again, none of the pneumatic methods would work as any pneumatic leak air with time and it will be no access to it after the horns are installed and the walls are finished.  Not mention that we have no high to play wit. We will be doing the follo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #339: Ambient noise and how I would minimise it by oxric on 2012-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Interesting the stressing the importance of the listening room Rakesh went into depth of discussing reference clocks and YL drivers that are very irrelevant to the subject of the rooms. The Rony’s comment about the expressi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Do not even remember what year was it.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-04-08 
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="jeff1225"]Romy,When you say that the Vitavox 15" was the best midbass you heard, was it in a Vitavox corner horn? I'm think about acquiring or building a pair of Vitavox corner horns as I have a perfect room for them. [/quote] Sor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: No in-between horn by noviygera on 2019-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
When commenting on Musique-Concrete System, Romy wrote: "In a horn the most important category is the ratio between the mouth and throat"  "the bass horn are dangers and it is better do not do it if they are not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Further steps by noviygera on 2015-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Back chamber in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] http://goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&postID=6011#6011The back chamber is very important...about half of the drivers energy goes back there so it needs to be strong if you don't want it to reson...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-way horn system Prelude in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="maxx"]Then i have problems with my tapped horn. He works  25-90hz range.What you recommending for bass or midbass?I do not have too much room for bigger horn system.[/quote]I do not have too much experience with tapped horns but I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A "proper" four or five-way system. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Danvprod, I hope you understand that “proper four or five-way system” is some kind of Unicornnish type of animal and we could talk about it only abstractly. Still, since you have mentioned it – what and how are you trying to accomplish with your five...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #196: Changing Macondo Configuration by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Lately I have been thinking a lot, trying figure out what I am and where I would like to go with Macondo. The Macondo base, the horns isle is still there and I have no motivation to change anything. The conceptualizing and assembling of what I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #175: I like it. by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Hm, I like the Cessaro thinking a few years back and I love it now. A very good move with this “Liszt” loudspeakers, even I am against the idiotic tendency to grand to the audio element the composers names.  Take a look what Cessaro did. A tweeter, p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: 1st priority: Upperbass and MF by Murataltuev on 2015-10-27 
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="Romy the Cat"]I do not understand what does it mean. Are you saying that you lost bottom response with closed exit hole on the driver back? If with the closed drift from back you have a (loaded!) response  no lower than 200Hz then it i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #203: The upperbass in the new room. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I had today a long listening session. I listened  a whole Mahler Second and I can tell you that I was the best upperbass I ever heard from a playback. I am not kidding.  The upperbass literally despaired in the new room but what it is being called up...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #311: The fiberglass aggravations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Somebody in this there warned me that the fiberglass pipe wall finishing that I employed on the wall with my midbass horn, behind my listening location might be environmentally not healthy. I have very high sensitivity to fiberglass and one singl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #162: Time alignment by noviygera on 2015-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Murat, I was looking at your midbass horn design and I am wondering, how are you planning to time align that long midbass with the rest of the channels that seem to be time aligned. I mean, currently the midbass is physically 4.3m behind all o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Bass compression driver is all I need by Murataltuev on 2015-10-20 
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="Romy the Cat"]Of cause not but did you read and understand the Macondo Axioms? The Macondo Axioms proclaims that an individual driver and individual channel have to be set in maximum suitable for own topology operation. According to Go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I would not worry about it. Set it once and forget. by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Back chamber in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]1. Let's say the my original back chamber from the manufacturer is a good "starting point". Is Romy saying that those last few hertz of the fine tuning of the chamber volume are very important and audible, in other words th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A mono LF channel – I do not like it. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
While the aftermath of the midbass horn project is not over I am strategizing how I might implement Macondo’s LF section. The leading idea is to bolt a triangular shape sealed enclosure juts behind the small wall that cover the load bearing beam from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dedicated horn loaded mid -- big dissapointment. by noviygera on 2009-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dedicated horn loaded mid -- big dissapointment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I purchased a pair of front loaded horns with JBL e120 12" drivers. They are crossed over at 200 and 800Hz  24/octave2 pictures here:http://picasaweb.google.com/noviygera/Midbass#dimensions are of the cabs are 28" wide-20" high and 24" deep.When I ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: The sequence, the sequence…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="zanon"]My room is big … So how to measure it's size? Just write in floorplan of the entire house.[/quote] I do not think that we need to measure room size but we need to understand the acoustic consequences of the room size and to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Midbass, final question 1.0.0a by chaos on 2008-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
romy, you said, you would place a 60hz midbass on the side, is this still your opinion? of, course i found no other solution in my small room. will do it the way you suggested, 60-300, 300-1000(thinking about gpa 288h(s2 is too expensive for me), may...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Green cones by KLegind on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
To me the big green drivers in the midbass horn look like old Siemens Klangfilm or Telefunken (or other German manufacturer) 10 inch units. Maybe 12 inch... I had a pair of 8 inch Klangfilm once and they do have interesting tone across a couple of oc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is not how I see the things… by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mid Bass horns help with plans please. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Tubebuilder, I am not sure what you are trying to do.  According to the “Romy’s Rules” (whatever it means) people do not build Midbass horns but they build an installation that might include the Mid Bass horns. You do not need to choose a project jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: It was a devilish pleasure! by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I do not do anything with my Opera Room, and I am not sure if I will. Still, from time to time I pick from the tree of possibilities some very kinky fruits. My love to Mussurgsky is know and last weekend I visited my local audio guy who has a very go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: The first interesting arrangement by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
I find an interring house that I like. Ironically it is very much not what I was looking audio-wise. It has a lot of real-estate lucidness and I feel it has a lot of very interesting audio opportunities. The listening room is small, 2 times small...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #144: Finding a home for midbass horns. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]1) Set horns to fire all in same direction (will require some modification to the house)2) Move to a new house[/quote]Jessie, As I understand you in the middle of your midbass horn project were forced (or whatever reasons ...
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