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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Time misalignment in bass by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 1) Horn loaded drivers are narrow-bandwidth transducing system. The wider range a horn channel covers the more it conflicts with restrictions of own topology. 2) All channels shell have strictly parallel axis 3) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Initial set of the Macondo's axioms by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
1) Horn loaded drivers are narrow-bandwidth transducing system. The wider range a horn channel covers the more it conflicts with restrictions of own topology. 2) All channels shell have strictly parallel axis 3) All channels shell be time-a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #394: …and the few Thanks…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I changed the new flash at my site to “Ok, the midbass horn project is successfully over. Over 3 months, over 400 posts, over 180 pictures… all publicly available…” The project started physically on July 16, 2010, ended...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Different frames for different directions. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] My mistake. I should not use the term Lecleach on this site. [/quote] There is absolutely nothing prohibitive in Lecleach profile, it works very nice for HF but the La profile shall not be used in cases where vertical clea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: The long wall, wide angle. Just-continue configuration by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="twogoodears"]Dear Roman and all... also unrequested/unsolicited, MUST give my opinion on the above... I had to translate my 2,3 meters from my Gotorama speakers system, and obtained 7,6 or so feet... it's angled 110° in front of my h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The rest of it by anthony on 2016-01-22 
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="Romy the Cat"]  Well, acg, I am not wild about your idea of the curved frame, primary on the reason of esthetics but it is your speaker not mine and you shall do whatever pleases you. A few mandatory things that I would like to men...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: ribbons, ribbons, ribbons. Ribbons? by Paul S on 2006-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I believe that the Arum Cantus is typical of most ribbons in mirroring one of the principal failings of MC cartridges, a rising top end (over 20k), although I have not actually heard this - at all - with my own small Arum Cantus, and I just go n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: There is “something”… by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="RF at Ona"] Romy,I might have overlooked something on your site but I understand that your ULF amp is driven directly by the preamp line stage. If that is the case, you may want to consider an old technique for integrating subwoofers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: "Midrange floats over a dense and soft upper bass cloud"... by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Romy, the actual sound benefit of this 4-channel upper bass configuration, is rather in the type of sound presentation. The commonly used single upper bass horn (or direct radiator) sitting under the midrange horn, gives the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: Some follow ups… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Resonant frequency  : I did not try to measure it. Can anyone confirm the following : I assume this parameter is most easily determined by playing a series of tones at constant signal strength (volume setting) whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some comments about GOTO-Jackson upperbass horn. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Yes, it turned out to be the emails from GOTO importer. I am not completely understood if the horn at the picture above is an official GOTO product. The Ming Su said that the horn was build locally by Jeffrey Jackson with the support of GOTO but then...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Well, I feel that there are no other ways. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
[quote user="chaos"]macondo: searched it, but its far out;-) you and jezzie work on another base.[/quote] Klaus, it does not need to be searched - Macondo has own page: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/MacondoAcousticSystem.aspx I would like to note t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Cessaro Gamma tweeter criticism + some solutions. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Coops, I less care about the attacks on me, I know that I am a pH-indicator of Moronity among audio freaks. So, if some specific idiots out there are not happy about me then… it is good for me. The higher we climb in mountains the stronger wind and l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Vacuum caps and more by kodomo on 2016-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
Yes, the crossover looks fancy :) More than that it does the job. The vacuum caps are only for the tweeter and the upper-mid beryllium. Still they are bridged with micas as they wont do much alone. Adding vacuum caps smoothens the transitions and sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: EdgarHorns crash survival guide by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Now I have had the EdgarHorns in my system for a number of weeks and have been moving them around the room and moving things in the room around to make them sound their best. [/quote] If you are not familiar with horns then it u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Don’t pull out so quickly by CO on 2007-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Romy, I value your input so don’t pull out so quickly.. I was expecting your reaction though. I,m not the 'typical Audio Moron' type, just planning ahead of time because remodeling is involved. Imagine YOU were forced to move into this room with yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #265: About Width-Importance balance. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I meant to have this post as a separate thread in the “Playback Listing section “– the “load” of it is well-deserve it but then I decided that it would be too easy for the readers of my site. The subject of this post is well related to results of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: More ideas and drawbacks by Saturntube on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Just to answer a couple of question and post some more... The Mouth changing sectors in the horn,  according to the preliminary data posted here, would be as follow: For the 40 hz horn:  4¨ Throat to 6¨ = 53 cm  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: One shot - two rabbits by haralanov on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] In fact I do feel that my MF and upperbass are very good integrated. But again, I might not know how different it might be if it was otherwise. [/quote] Exactly! Some time ago I also thought my upper bass channel is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: An amplifier for an ‘active' horn by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="Dresden"]… One very important component I'm leaving out of the cost of the horn is amplification (the horns will be active, using class-D amps).  The reason for my choosing class-D amplification is that the modules and various compo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Cogent 2007, True-to-Life Horn Loudspeaker - the criticism by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
The AudioFederation guy posted pictures from RMAF show with Cogent room. (The images are courtesy to http://www.audiofederation.com) I was wrong in my previous post, as Cogent did demonstrate their loudspeakers with Ionovac ion tweeter. Yester...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2016-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I sometimes visit an Australian site and familiarize myself with progress of “acg” who it trying to build Macondo like acoustic system.   http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php/topic/75784-deep-end-diy-my-first-speaker-project   A few weeks a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to use Vitavox’s S2 by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Here is the list of the thing to do with Vitavox S2 in order to use it in 4-ways installations. The S2 must not be used in 2, 3 ways systems. It possible to do with S2 whatever you wish but pretty much any other way to utilize them produces some very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Corner-loaded horn option (correction) by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
(I screwed my first attempt to respond by trying to get fancy with the code, so here it is again)Romy the Cat wrote : "...there is another solution that you might consider, that might be viewed as compromise for one-side as might not be view is compr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Wisdom of making a good frame for horns by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
Considering the conclusions of my recent experiences that I described in the following thread: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6876 I would like to share some of my observation that the people who would go multi-way horns might fi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Room as ally, integration, corner-loading and ... Virgin Mary 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 
Jessie, there is another solution that you might consider, that might be viewed as compromise for one-side as might not be view is compromised from other side. If to allowed ourselves to close eyes to midbass timing-integration and if the geography o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #419: It is nice to be back. by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Yesterday I retune and recalibrated the whole Macondo and Milqs, tubes, drives, horns, angles, timing… everything. The snapshot or fully calibrated Macondo that I made in the page 14 of this thread was phenomenal help. I think everyone who runs m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Some words of warning. by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]You provided very good starting points on the driver selection and I am also corresponding with a gentleman that may help me with actual horn design. I have found a couple of drivers that seem to work based on your guideli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: On Preference For Class-D Amplification by Dresden on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
hmm...I didn't realise I had left my browser logged-in to your site (I left my PC on over night, downloading some files).'..the only advantage that class-D amplification has is cost, size, heat generation and power.'In my eyes, that's more than I cou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: High-speed precision hair splitters by jessie.dazzle on 2008-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...The table on the picture above is very good but it is $180 each. It will be my way out if I do not found anything beter..."Romy, $180 does not seem expensive for such a table; for that price it is likely to have been "Made in China",...
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