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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Here are a number of threads at my site where the concept of “Rightsizing from extreme systems....” is pitched. I looked into the “second” systems not because I was interested in “different sound”. In fact I insist that multiple playbacks in the same...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Yes, I know those drivers by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"]I found these a few days ago...https://www.solen.ca/pdf/atd/14w2608agti.pdfAny experience or speculation about these drivers?[/quote]They are ADT version of Görlich. I spoke in some extend about Görlich at my site, do the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The very specific space of house, where art thou? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Assuming one will not get anything under 50Hz (usable) from a 40Hz horn, I interpret the mission of lower-bass channels in the context of a horn system as follows….[/quote] Hm, this is a bit tricky with bass. A pla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #163: My Cat as a jet propulsion engine by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"]I will be laughing my ass off when I visit the GoodSoundClub website and read about a certain Cat who was finally motivated into tuning the ports on the Mini's specifically to "adjust" Macondo's sound!  I am reminded of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Totem Mani-2 anti-monitors by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Yes, you are correct. The UHF are pro Canadian people and they do have the Canadian bias. Interestingly that the Canadian audio generally has very Canadian bias as well. It is very unfortunate as I always thought that bias should be for better Sound ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Step 1 Revisited by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Samuel wrote : "...Step 1) no way .... i will never buy Cabass speakers..." Samuel, I did not at all mean to recommend Cabasse speakers... My point is not brand-specific... I just happen to stop on that pair as an example of a more or less c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Siegfried - the monsters killing hero. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Merlin, I have nothing against Bernings, in fact I found it all educational as I never had exposure to them. Well, perhaps I did hear them at some kind of hi-fi show but just did not paid attention. I hardly believe that I will hear Bernings as I’m l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Looking at what Azzolina’s boys do.... 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="hagtech"]Perhaps the book falls under the "theory of irrelativity".  I thought maybe there could be a useful tidbit inside.  One good thing about blogs - people may not agree with you - but at least you can safely post an opini...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Danny's Horny day with Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
I have no idea who he is but I thought that this might be interesting in context of this thread. It is a Hong Kong guy who replaces his looks like Avalon Eidolon with some kind of 3-way Cessaro. It looks as he uses 833 amp. I do not know a lot about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A horny newcomer: Pink Faun Euphrosyne by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A horny newcomer: Pink Faun Euphrosyne in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
A Netherlands company that makes loudspeaker of the color of lesbian solidarity announced their flagman model: Euphrosyne. http://www.pinkfaun.com/ It is 101dB d'Appolito configured ported Altec 414 supplemented with a 20” horn armed with Altec com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Odeon: more speculations by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Regarding the Mid-Bass : If these guys are using the main block as a Mid-Bass horn (as Romy's illustration suggests), then the story is getting interesting, and the plot is definitely thickening... It would however seem i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A speaker frame with swappable arm-boards. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
I would like to point out something that is going on here that I found truly remarkable. For advanced people ho play with horns there is no second opinion that the vertical array, the Macondo/Cressaro-Gamma type of architecture, is THE ONLY one tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Magico Ultimate and Lamm ML3 by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico: Robert Harley’s upperbass mouth. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do not know what fantasies Tom Martin and Robert Harley had but it looks to me  that Magico Ultimate II is very much the same as Magico Ultimate I, the prefix II mean a new round of marketing BS… Here are the picture...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Let practice more applied audio. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Andy Simpson"]Usually, this is a _time-domain_ artefact of microphone diaphragm resonance, made worse by excessive proximity. [/quote] Very interesting! [quote user="Andy Simpson"]Then, finally and most horribly, we have the brain, wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: I guess I did not get this memo by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]Your Typical Acoustical Suspension-type Loudspeaker enclosure witch has less then 90 db at 1 watt does not belong with a horn system that starts at 110db at 1 watt, even when you ad more then 1 driver, it is still way to far...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Scan Speak and the wolves tickets... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"] I don't know any industry wolves unfortunately(?), but more new -01 drivers have appeared at half the price. I think I'll go ahead and make the speakers full range in time for my upcoming 30-years-on-earth-celebration. :-) [/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Stefano Bertoncello's posted at his blog a comment about Tony’s playback. I do not know him; I guess he is an Italian fellow or somewhere near Italy. http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/12/goto-again-visiting-my-friend-toni-and.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: What is important in Midbass Horn? by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I realized that this thread is slowly becoming the most sophisticated web recourse about Midbass Horn available. Trying to keep the thread educational I would like to introduce to my readers one more objective of my project. The subject is super ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Derivative Design Methodology by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="homebuilder"]I am new to this interesting site, and am hopeful of getting some assistance with a project.  I have purchased a set of TAD 1201 mid-bass drivers to begin a 4-way active system for critical home listening.  (in a d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Ok, let me know how it goes. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]I thought I'd let you know that I ordered four of those Aura subs. Thanks for the advice, if I receive them (I hope so), I will install them into my new listening room. This will take a while because I still have a few mon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Listening audio without ULF. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
You know, it surprises me how much less fan to listen my playback without ULF.  Nope, the playback does not sound bad from audio perspective without ULF but it for sure a bit different experience. From a certain perspective to be in a room with U...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Fane 8's in 4 inch throated horn tuned to 115Hz by Tax on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Tax, do not go over yourself with “building paranoia”, looking for drivers, horns, boxes and etc. If you are looking for 80Hz to 200Hz range (you will need higher upper knee for AG Dou) then you do not need a bass d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The guessing about the Mantis… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="starboy"] Romy wrote... He will go away over it in a few years... That he may just like Fannie mac or whatever, until then I guess he will be hand making those carts in his workshop. [/quote] Actually it was my typical mistype. I met t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 by vakman on 2019-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Hi All,This is my 1st ever post, but extremely disappointed I never came across this site beforeHere is my current setup, for which I'm desperately seeking some help from fellow membersCabinet - Layered Birch Ply with curved sidesWoofers [93.67dB]- 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: An easy ULF solution for someone. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I am usually not a big fun of somebody refer to eBay Items and I myself do it very seldom. Still, here I am as I think it is an interesting deal for someone. There is a guy out there that is damping a few of Aura RS-8.1 bass modules. htt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Better among worst? by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="dazzdax"] what is your experience with passive transformer based preamps? Is this the ultimate way to get a perfect variable gain? Or do you prefer to use an active preamp?[/quote]Chris, I think the terms of ultimate might be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: A possibly overly simplified view by jessie.dazzle on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
What would be most interesting would be to capitalize on the possiblity you have to make use of the basement volume as an enclosure for the lower-bass channels. This wold however, almost certainly introduce floor vibrations requring that you find...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: My experience with Lamm ML2.0 loading. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6C33C loading in Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
After a few years I have again pair of Lamm ML2 in my room and I decide to take advantage and render my experience with this amp into a format of my today’s understanding. I know ML2 quiet we and used it with a number of loads. Over the time I develo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #201: Actually… by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Since Anthony posted his post this morning I have been thinking about it. Ok, I have drivers, If I pile 10 of them then I will have 88.7+9X1.4 = 101.2dB sensitivity. This always is workable number more or less. I will get a lot of room gas with it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The Big Throat Approach and the Wide Horns by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Within that horn-loaded range, the 210/515 type combo does reasonably well, and produces rather more inspirational midbass than most direct-radiator type strategies. There is a reason why these designs persisted for roughly forty ye...
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