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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Www.Azurahorn.com by Wojtek on 2008-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
have all the info ,with gallery pictures , trade secrets (how to roll on your own),pricess etc. Azura AH204 dia is ~31.5" and default depth for 8" driver ~12.75" .With 1.4" it will probably  be close to 30" . Le Cleach flare is quite a bit bigge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: The coupling from chamber to horn by be on 2008-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Very nice project you have, an inspiring effort!Loking at the pictures it seems to me that you are using felt in front of the chamber front plate to seal the coupling between the horn and the chamber?This could cause some problems if the felt sheat i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: About the flower horn by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
The idea of conversion of “midbass hanging thing" into upright flower horn is brilliant in my view. To curve the leg of the horn to offset the sender of mass and the horn might be opening up as nuclear bop mushroom. I wonder how good it will with 500...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 400Hz horns: which length? by tuga on 2008-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: mid-range horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Hello Romy and everyone, I am going to order a pair of 400Hz/1" tractrix horns from http://www.stereo-lab.de/tractrix.html to replace/compare with a pair of 500Hz TAD-like square mouth horns. These are to be used initially with the drivers that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Garg wants more horns. by Gargoyle on 2015-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Garg wants more horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
This will be yet another log on building a maconalds inspired speaker conglomerates.So far what I gather is I need to first sort out a upperbass/mid frequency combination before I dive into the rest of the details.I too, will try to provide pretty sk...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Au revoir Grande Castine, Bonjour KornHent by Marc HENRY on 2019-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Thanks to mention my work :-)New pictures on https://www.kornhent.bzh The first idea with KornHent was to improve some things i do not love on La Grande Castine. Finally everything is different except the medium horn.The second idea was to delete eve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Hmm, scope out the pool before jumping in? by rowuk on 2020-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DIY Void acoustics Air motion // Azurahorns // Martion Orgon in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
TH,this is very much NOT a DIY site. It is however probably the most complete collection of „SOUND as it is related to horns“ articles.I suggest that you check out things here first before asking „the wrong“ questions. The horn systems that you show ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Yes, that is not a simulative playback by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eat your heart out, Mr. Romy. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Yes, even I disagree with some of your rationales but I would agree that the installation above is “not interesting”, it does look like it was practically thrown senselessly together and overall it is something that I typically call “not simulative i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Margin by Paul S on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Engström & Engström Lars.... in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Could anyone here get through the whole spiel?  I found it rough going at first and then impossible once I saw the pictures of the product.  The immediate sense I could not escape is that it is (at this point, anyway) more about a "total marketing pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Clarifications by decoud on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hi Romy,Many thanks: the answers are...1. The tweeter I thought could go below the MF.2. The room is 5m x 5m x 3.6m.3. Given size of room, corner location would be most practical.4. LF will have to be compact, hence tapped horn appeals.5. S2 diaphrag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #369: Improvement by skushino on 2012-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Bravo, and well done.  Your room has taken a leap forward in aesthetics, losing the geeky bachelor audio lab look, and gaining warmth and social interaction.  I'm envious of your regular access to live chamber music via Amy and her friends.  The reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Jordi, are you anywhere near US’ East cost? by Jordi on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Helo Romy the caT!  I see that you post here ALOT but who are you?  Believe me I have been doing this hobby for many many years and have heard hundres and hurddreds of systems and mine is by far the best. The secret is t...

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 #2: these are quite an interesting design by Dominic on 2007-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns / BMS drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I can't figure how Bert can mannage to successfully overcome the fact that the tweeter is sooo deep.I'm also curious about something else. I read in a recent post of yours that you have heard the mr. wolf's ultimates and that you consider that they a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: None of My Business by Paul S on 2012-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Hi, AndrewYou seem like a nice, sincere guy, and I hate to see you dangling.  Perhaps, at the least, you might want to read more of the site contents, to see if you can get a better feel for "what goes on here".  In the "what you do" instance, the qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: It might be an interesting project…. by cv on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I can’t see the pictures. What I was thinking to connect the ribbon’s array in series and drive them with one custom better Bad’s transformer. Or perhaps if it were I would say .3R ribbons then 5-6 drivers would make a coup...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Live Load/Dead Load/Breaking Bad by Paul S on 2010-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
No doubt you've given some thought to the relatively large load you will be placing on your new floor joists.  From pictures you have shown on this site, and guessing at the weight of all that equipment in it's racks, I figured your Back Bay set-up m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: My experience with Gelmec by oxric on 2011-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Silicone gel damping? in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
N-Set,When I looked very briefly into the subject, as I was looking for some damping material to use in my tube preamp/phonostage, I contacted Gelmec who were very helpful and professional as a company. They will send you a small selection of sam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: ABC Classical Music broadcast by peter foster on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
Dear Romy, it is possible.  I would need to obtain some cables to make the connection between my Sansui TU-X1 and Lavry Blue ADC.  Also, I do not have access yet to broadband so till then recordings could be to CDR and then I could post the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: SOME PIXES (will follow...) by twogoodears on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
... ooops... troubles with multiple pictures posting... apologize. Using a link with very same pixes... http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/10/thomas-mayer-and-we-437alcr-phono.htmlandhttp://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/09/extraterrestrial-l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Ah ha, so it's 220hz by Kcct82 on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Some days ago, I re-installed the Goto CF-1 active crossover (fixed x-frequencies: 220/1000/5000 hz) with the full plethora of my amps....I guess Goto's recommendation is to cross at 220hz then... although 300hz seems to sound better. I haven't ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Chair Safety: A Deep Subject by Paul S on 2009-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I have a dream, the dream about a Chair. in Playback Listening  31 Replies 
I was sitting there in a sushi place (eating sushi...), with "Sports TVs" buzzing away in the background, when the chairs the "sports talker guys" were sitting in suddenly caught my eye.  This was the first time I realized that some chairs like these...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: I do not know what you are building ... by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
[quote user="Dominik"]And I take care to move driver back and forth:[/quote]This is a very good solution if you know that your channel will be sitting right here. I would like also to see two holes on the side of those metal harnesses that would scre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1585: The Care and Feeding of Conventional Power Supplies by Paul S on 2017-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Yes, Romy, the pictures of the PP's switch-generated output traces are very different from the direct, clean AC outlet output traces, all right.  But this is not the same as a switch mode power supply, since what PP promoters here are talking about i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Rack still not here by N-set on 2013-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
de Charlus, the rack is still not at my place after the rework (it turned out to shake like a gelly fish--I refer everybody interested to the lencoheaven thread).I'll post pictures and some details when it's here and the slate is on it's place.Cost? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Pics by cb on 2007-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Hi Romy Here are a couple of pictures below. The chassis is 18mm mdf and the copper plate is cut from 0.7mm roofing/cladding copper sheets. Nothing too heavy attached the on copper plates and it seems to be ok. No fan for cooling, so lots of hol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: OK, I think I am all set with idea regarding the MiniMe. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Very, good, now I a clear pictures of what I will be doing and all that I need now is to spend some time on phone with London trying to find out where I can source a dozen or so those “unique” drivers on mine…. The 70-20XR tweeter will be arriving in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Rta is a tool by unicon on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
zanon Rta is a handy tool to start on. it shows you all ...now you need to know what you gonna do i suggest that you better get more help from your ears.if you cant be fucked learning physics and acoustics you end up with nothing especial ...it can b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The Buttressing by Paul S on 2010-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy, I am pleased but not surprised to hear that you have quietly ascertained and begun to implement corrective measures to ensure the overall balance of critical elements in your new situation, since without these in place, you would likely come to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mysterious Russian Trombones by Paul S on 2008-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mysterious Russian Trombones in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Since I can't read Cyrillic/Russian, I may never know anything significant about these wonderful piano/trombone duets. I am guessing from dates on the label that the compositions are from the early 1800s through the 1930s.The album jac...
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