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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Frequency response by anthony on 2023-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Yes, a cheap inductive l-pad between OPT and S2 in midrange channel.  Interestingly, the frequency response of the first order Lazy Ribbon is remarkably similar to a response you posted somewhere on this site of the Water Drop with third order filter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Water drop by anthony on 2022-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 2.0? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Romy,Interesting video.  The first thing that came to my mind when you were talking about HF colours and the "clean" RAAL Waterdrop tweeter, is perhaps adding colour to the RAAL.  Instead of blanding out the midrange S2 and injecting HF colour with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Same as free-air resonance? by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Horn Savant"] I think it's about the same as free-air resonance - backwave to entire basement. Precedent: pre-war theatre horns(open rear like Shearer/ERPI)(unlike post-war reflex tuned designs like Altec A4)(I don't like reflex boxes - ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: I think you are misting the other side of the picture. by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="DERRICK"]  Although I think that Romy has voiced some fair criticisms (bearing in mind that he has not heard these speakers, I am sure that he would moderate his opinions if he were to hear them.  [/quote] Derrick, you might be wr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Manger and solid state by el`Ol on 2010-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"]At Munich, we cranked the Aporias up with a 20w 845 SE and they did not catch on fire but our goal for the speaker is "big horn sound in normal sized rooms"--and 8W will do that.[/quote]The Manger catches on fire with some m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: OTL for S2 by cv on 2007-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
AlloWell this could be very interesting.... the Melq driver (at lower voltage) direct coupled to a 6C33 cathode follower run at low voltage, high current. Vincent looks like he's running about 80V 500mA, though in this case you'd need to use a r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: 40 - 400 or 90 - 400 Hz? by serenechaos on 2008-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
There's a big difference in 40 - 400 and 90 - 400 Hz.  40 - 400 might also be stretching the bandwidth which will be horn loaded?  (FLHs by nature are narrow band, 40 - 400 is over three octaves...) And, besides the coloration Romy mentione...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Limits by decoud on 2012-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
No, I have not pushed it hard at all: I am just trying to understand it in the mean before I look at the extremes. Though 100db sensitive, the SH50 is designed to handle 1000W or some such absurd power, so it is surprising that it works so well. It i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: HF Line-level filtering mystery? by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
I really do not what is gong on there and why. Thorsten's comment that line-level crossovers do not act like speakers’ level crossover confirms what I feel and what some other people suggested me. Yes, the reactance of the crossover component, the in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The miserable line-arrays with 25W8565 by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Ronnie, Arranging the driver in a line array is a fierily straight forward thing. Also be advised that the arrays will less likely work across a short wall, and you need to use a long wall. Generally it is imposable to advise anything as any rooms a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Is it the money? by Paul S on 2007-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
So what's wrong with the 6SN7, apart from the high prices fetched by good ones?  If building a 2A3 amp for personal use, it seems a likely choice.  I do not know the 6E5P, but I do love the tone of the 6SN7, and I especially like it driving...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Usual Snub by hagtech on 2008-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Snubbers are more effective when there is no inductor - just a diode/capacitor rectification.  That's when they become useful.  To snub out the ringing caused by leakage inductance.  Keeps the "buzz" from coupling to other areas of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Super Milq 6 channels diaries #11 by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I did not expected that the main impediments in the super Milq project will be the organization (sound) of the filters, particularly the high-pass filters. [/quote] After some experiments it looks like the input stage of t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #214: Injection Pilot? by Romy the Cat on 2013-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
The idea just came to my mind and it is in a way brilliant. It is not implementable in my playback because my Injection Channel is driver by 1/6 of 6ch Milq and because my Injection Channel is high-passed.  However the idea is still conceptually very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #138: Cap and Coil by Paul S on 2009-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Romy, I suspect that 200 Hz high-pass will be too low for that driver, even 2nd order, and almost certainly with just 6 dB roll-off.  I think more like 500 Hz with 1st order, and might still require the coil.Yellow-type drivers take on and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #148: Hm, either I am an idiot or anybody else are. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I got today the Fostex F120A with all latest and greatest modifications on it. I put is in a temp .7 cu feet box with pretty much open back to see what the Fostex will be all about. I drive it from a bad consumer SS, composite-chip Hitachi amp from 8...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: You'd think it would be a slam dunk... by Paul S on 2009-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Looking at what's currently easily available, I was reminded once again how desparate the SS amp situation has become.  Of the offerings I saw, I might consider (in no order of "preference") Halcro, Herron, Edge, Ayre, Lamm, or the Pass Ale...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Thanks by Jorge on 2015-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Romy, Thank you for sharing the link! The second part is better! Scooter We only use the Beringher for bass under 100 hz, driven by the main amp. We tried a lot of different solutions, including analog active xovers, the DCX is cl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Off The Wall by Paul S on 2021-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Romy, you have said part of the Magic is the interaction between the Red and the Scanspeak "passive radiator". Could it be that reducing LF to the Red would decrease the "potency" of the intraction between the Red and current passive driver? If yes, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maxwell Maltz's LOUDspeakers by Paul S on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Cybernetic phase blah blah blah...I (barely) managed to resist commenting about those pathetic little 4" drivers huffing away in that long narrow box, but I can't pass this one up!Just the buzz-words alone; it's got to be a translation thing!Too abso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Who Has All the Good Stuff??? by Paul S on 2009-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
The paranoia has long since set in: I am convinced that career record shoppers have already gotten to and picked over everything any place I am likely to think of to shop.  I very rarely find anything really great.  But it does happen occasionally.Ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: CEC vs. PC by TonyB on 2005-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
Hi Romy,Your findings are interesting, I expected TL0 and PC with Linx16 digital output to be close. What digital output did you use on the PC at that time?What does Linx16 card do in your tuner recording set up? Do the digital A/D signals only ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Welcome to the club... by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]This $5 discontinued Belkin blue cable may be as good a piece of gear as I own, I kid you not. Among other things it does a great job of limiting noise without screwing everything else up. [/quote] Exactly, it acts in a way as a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Oh, no! That's me! by yoshi on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Jordi:As another paralyzed (I have a problem in my leg), deaf (problem in my left ear), coma (I take a downer everyday for my anxiety problem) and nearly unemployed (my 2 self-employed business barely covers our household expenses along with the tuit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Creative design by ArmAlex on 2011-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Steinway and Lyngdorf loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Lets pray to God to create more and more of these designers, brands etc. As in shortage of good comedians around the world they supply enoughmaterial to keep us laughig.Read this one which was wrote by Paul Messenger of HIFICRITIC April-June 2010...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: It shall be vice-versa by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
The powerful PassLabs are incredibly bad amps and Mr. Pass well knows it. PassLabs has a series of very low power, SS, class A, single-ended amp and they might be interesting. I personally never had them and I do not extend a lot of trustworthiness t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: 50 watt class A, PP... by Axel on 2009-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
well fine, my X350.5 does 50 watt class A, and of course in push-pull. I use it with 120 watt max rated 3 way speakers of about 87 dB efficiency. You can see on the 350.5's  centre instrument dial if you go out of class A. If I go out, I usually fear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Soon. by Alex Yakovlev on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Great! Please let me know when you are ready to unveil it. In the meantime, is there something I could start working on? Can you pass me transformer parameters? What about tubes and sockets? Caps? Thank you....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? by Paul S on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Not to go overboard after only 2 days of operation, but the Bent TAP (transformer-attenuator [passive] pre-amp) is a pip in my system.  It is as "neutral" as anything I am familiar with, compared to by-pass (with CD).  I love havi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Line level vs. speaker level by Paul S on 2007-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
I'm sorry, I thought I mentioned that I was responding to the earlier post about HF, up the thread.  I guess I misunderstood from other reading that you much preferred your crossovers at line level, while I was proposing it a...
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