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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Midbass injection channel by noviygera on 2016-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass injection channel in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I want to share what I feel is a good application of an injection channel, as introduced by Romy. But this is different and also useful and i can tell you it works and very well. Of course, I do not recommend to use this application in the same exact...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: There are lowest bass horns and there are not lowest bass horns by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About bass horns by Johan Dreyer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Re-reading, I realise you stated your preference for a sealed bass array only in relation to Dreyer's bass horn, not to bass horns in general.[/quote]Markus, it is not only about the Dreyer's bass horn. It is about lower bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #112: You again sound like a fish thrown to a beach. 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 
[quote user="msaudio"] Romy   If you would thank about what you are building and what it does, you would grasp the concept of my thanking. You have a 7inch hole on your bafflle with your woofer on the back side of it in a sealed box. The only...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #208: Kind of LF depression… by Romy the Cat on 2017-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
The kids are growing up and twins sleep fine and walk already. So, the Bessnow’s household is calming down, a live-in nanny for sure helps… With more time at my heads I am trying to finalize my playback in our new home. I spent a few hours today t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn by skushino on 2012-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I've had a long-time desire to replace my Edgar 80hz midbass shells with a better performing solution.  My Edgarhorns arrived in 2005, and I made incremental improvements over the years until now they have little in common with the original Edgarhorn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Many thanks by anthony on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Output transformer. Here is what the thing become complicated. Of you drive ultra-low impedance with step down transformer then your secondary turns will decrease. They primary will have whatever they have for all case b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: There's no plasma tweeter on the 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 
[quote user="Markus"]There's no plasma tweeter on the Cessaro. The tweeter is the TAD ET-703. The HK owner has a gold-coloured horn for the tweeter, but there's no plasma driver. I'm pretty sure the horn on the Lansche plasma tweeter is a good bit la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Some guesses about modular construction of Cessaro line: by NBC on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
(Note: I've neither seen nor heard these speakers) Cessaro ALPHA: TAD TD-4001 2" driver on tractrix horn with 56cm bell (approximately 250Hz). TAD claims response from 600-20KHz. Given that the midbass is essentially a direct radiator (theref...

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 #25: The pipes, the pipes are ringing... by anthony on 2017-07-04 
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="Jorge"]Hello Anthony,I did experiment with metal tubes for bass in a sealed configuration as you are planning. The weight of them, even made out of thinner than you would like steel, is prohibitive.  If you make them out of aluminum pipe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: You maybe right by unicon on 2010-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
It is right that when you do not have bass problem then why to do any absorption for it ...But how do you know you do not have any problem ?o0 To make it simple and easy just forget about the impedance : it happens this wayyou have distributed mass a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Barn Conversion - James' Project by op.9 on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Dear Romy and all, I’ve been lurking here for a few months and - after a sceptical start! - I have found this site an Invaluable Help. Many many thanks to Romy and all involved. My system is now starting to sing and make nice noises for the first ti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What a delicious conundrum! by Paul S on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
As a builder I can pre-warn you that this could be a fairly complex and very expensive proposition if done in cast concrete.  For that matter excavation, per se, is expensive, and municipalities differ about what you can...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: A lead for the Speakers..... or for a Result? by AOK_Farmer on 2004-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speaker hunting in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Well yesterday this miserable Catographer was cleaning out his garage when he made a instructive discovery in the beer refridgerator out there. I vaguely remember un plugging it in April during a suspect electrical project, but what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
As some of you know I’m playing last couple days with Red 10” Tannoys from 60s. My selection of 10” was not accidental -I would like to get as less as possible of that “Tannoy bass” but I did run very far  the “Reds” turned out to have 27Hz open...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A typical upperbass horn mistake. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The biggest problem that usually people face when they listen the middbas horn is that people tend to make the middbas horns too short. In the short horn the driver shot right through the horn and the LF go not “get loaded”...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: 110cf tractrix for 150hz ? by Murataltuev on 2015-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]Here is my response for the Supravox 285-2000 in 110cf tractrix. I designed a sealed chamber and with the qtc 0.707 it is tuned to 160hz. However I hope the modified version will be even better![/quote]I think that Group Delay an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Something about most things by dl on 2015-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Thanks, Romy, for your generous reply. I won't try to address everything about everything, but let me bore you with a mini-history of what is going on with my playback so you will understand where I'm coming from and where I'm trying to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Different players in the auditable game by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="be"] Instead of defining the ULF range from the reproduced instruments, it is much smarter to do it based on the first resonance frequency of the listening room, because the frequency response of a closed room has a 12dB/oct rise in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: No problems with necessary power by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Upper Bass : Frequency range between 100 and 500Hz – Driver loaded into a 120Hz straight horn, driven by DSET dedicated channel. Mid Bass : Frequency range between 40 and 100Hz – Driver loaded into a 45Hz straight hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: This weekend by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This weekend wife told me that I should not do nothing else but to fix my playback and this was exactly what I wanted to do. Yesterday I took good 14 hours to play with it, moving boxes, trying to find a good configuration, making measurements, th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wiring for box speakers? by miab on 2010-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wiring for box speakers? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
I'm looking to internally wire to binding posts on exterior of box from woofers in a sealed cabinet. I was wondering what are some options for wiring that will not be a hinder. Would a heavy gauge copper 6nine's copper be sufficient? I'm using so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A Cable for Bass? I wish I would know a right cable by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wiring for box speakers? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
 Miab, since what I became an expert in cables? I am as much as anyone else – a subject of accidental discovering... I do not use in Injection Channel any fancy cables. There is not a lot of need for it.  The Injection Channel is mixed with M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Port o guess by DHT4ME on 2008-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Honestly there is not enough info here to make a usefull recommendation. If the drivers are going to be used from the 95hz crossover point up then you might not even have to worry about it if the Fs is well below that. I would not do it anyway since ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: With my tubed vision this is how I feel by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"]It is right that when you do not have bass problem then why to do any absorption for it ...But how do you know you do not have any problem ? [/quote] I was under impression that my criterion is my judgment if what I would like to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The vintage tubes paranoia and a custom bass transformer by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I have been surprised that you have not already pursued the Zarathustra for your multi-driver, sealed LF.  From your early descriptions of both, this seemed like a natural pairing and the most likely way to go, to keep the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New speaker system by guy sergeant on 2010-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I recently completed some upper bass horns which I'm now enjoying very much. Sadly I lack the skills of someone like Jessie so my efforts are crude in comparison, but they are working well for me which is the main thing.I already had some old frontlo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Approaching the LF DSET by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy, So it is time to think about the bass output transformer in my DSET.  My bass channel will be 8 x 25W/8565-00 each side set in a sealed box and will cover the frequency range below say 100Hz.  These drivers can be ...

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 #1: Some kind of Grundig… by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some kind of Grundig… in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
It happen that I thought that my old Sony XBR Trinitron TV when sound and I was forced to by a new one. The old TV turner out to be fine and I was stupid to be left with the new one. It is a contemporary LED TV, they say the it is the best. I say...
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