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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 #25: Classy and sophisticated Romy. by oxric on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is all because you are a primitive person with very simplistic and amateurish understanding of many things. You need to learn from much more sophisticated people, of cause I mean myself.  Take a look: I do not run like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Quite interesting ideas you put in there. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="ayebee"] The horns that Stereo Lab make are very good, especially considering the relatively modest prices. I bought the "Ultra-Fi" version of the 140Hz horns and they are of course not completely free of resonance ….Present system consi...

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 #76: A LF solution for a new room by Romy the Cat on 2016-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Well, I kind of begin to think what kind LF solution I might have in the new room. The ULF might be fun to load on the ceiling in the way how I described above. For the midbass I most likely will go for the line-arrays with my beloved Scan Speak 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn Speaker Leftovers for Sale by skushino on 2013-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Speaker Leftovers for Sale in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I'm wrapping up my horn building activities and have some leftover items available.  1) Edgarhorn 80Hz Mid-bass horns - Pick-up in Seattle - $350Condition -  8/10 based solely on age.  No visible imperfections.  They are in the identical condition as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The elusive “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
It is very uncommon, practically never happens but still very rarely it is possible to talk about sound or playback systems from a prospective of “absolute tone”. Yes, the audio people love to take about tone of their audio but in 99.999% those audio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Avantgarde, BMS and Orphean. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy a good sound in a room does not depend only on the speaker chain, but essencially also of the room acoustics. Probably many of the Trio systems didn’t sound right just because of that…. I was at Holgers Home in Lautersbach back in 94. He ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #260: The new room is officially open. by Romy the Cat on 2017-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Today is a first day since we moved to the new house last June when a local audio guy comes on over to do some listening as I feel that the room and playback setup is over. It is kind of important to me to have this introvertial milestone, to know...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Recently Macondo was altered and converted into… nope, not into a Super Macondo :-) but in a “Larger Macondo”. The Super Macondo it will be when I resolved how to implement time delays along with a low pass flirter at midbass horn, that would enable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Contributing factors of compressed sound. by malinowski on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I would have thanked you sooner but I had the day OFF of my day job today and had no time to post until now. *cracking up* I had a feeling there was no easy answer, wasn't sure if I was missing something, had scoured posts for a whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Just strategizing by Romy the Cat on 2016-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Well, I did not crawl to the specific attic area where it might be done. Hell, I did not close the house yet - it will be in distant May. I am just strategizing…     Hypothetically the problem with infinite baffle would be that drivers exposed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Macondo alteration: first results by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Interesting, Very interesting. I might make some observations now, claming this recent modification as a success. The minor gain of sensitively certainly did not heart but the major advantage was defiantly the “activation of ceiling”. It is hard to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #149: Which passive radiator by N-set on 2021-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
...do you use? Scan Speak 25W/8565-00? Do you also feel that the reduced 2cu feet volume works better than the original 3cu? I've just acquired a pair of nice looking Reds and think of moving slowly forward. My listening space is quite small. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: If not a midbass horn? by Romy the Cat on 2016-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
It is so funny. As Kitty and I are looking for different houses we look at different listening rooms and we have different ways to think about room sizes. She think about space for her piano and size of oriental ran she would drop on the floor. Wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Bottom exhaust and some rant about “fast and tight bass” stupidity. by Romy the Cat on 2016-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"] Bottom exhaust.  Could keep it simple and fire straight down onto the floor.  I think there are benefits to adding a very robust floor platform beneath the mouth, maybe with a reflector, similar to Bruce Edgar's Seismic Sub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
All below is written by Thomas Dunker Yeah, "sound consistent independent of signal level" is a very precise way to sum up my whole speaker philosophy. Anything that is assumed to be constant, but which actually changes with signal dynamics is what ...
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