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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
With the project of the 6-chennal Super Melquiades is about to hit its final stage I might to review my summarizing observations. The 6-chennals Macondo is driven by 6-chennals dedicated DSET Melquiades, that looks like properly orgies for the job. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Lacking bass? by el`Ol on 2010-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
About the bass, which must be lacking in such a construction:I once made an experiment with something similar (single "cut" horn with "mouth" directly adjacent to the driver), and subjectively there was much less bass extension when I placed a barrie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #259: Passive Radiator Part2 by rowuk on 2022-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
The Fs resonance does have its width BUT that means that the 30 Hz PR resonance out of my example is excited when the driver is not exactly at 30 Hz (not that a 30Hz PR can resonate at 32 0r 28Hz!). By definition a Helmholtz Resonator has one frequen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Actually it might be conceptually a very interesting idea… by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experimental horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I am taking about a “Default Evaluation Loudspeaker”. Let pretend that all people who do SET appointed one single full-range driver: like some kind of Fostex of Feastrex… and all agree that the driver is placed dead center of 100cm by 100cm open baff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Interesting... by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-12 
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 
Haralanov, this is very interesting way of looking about the things. So, you feel if to slice the upperbass vertically by multiple channels then it has some benefits, kind of odd to hear it from a person who advocates a single driver approach :-). So...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Please, not another back-loaded single driver! by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn Enclosures & "Non-standard" Drivers. Some... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Teodor, if you read my site then you know that I am not a big supporter of the acoustic system topology that you describe. It is not matter of driver but many other aspects. So, I do not think, or frankly speaking do not care about back-loaded single...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Interesting.... by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"]The RCA1428 is a great sounding driver on RCA multi-cell horns. Not that I like multi-cell sound.[/quote] Hmmmmm… If you feel that RCA1428 sound great in multi-cell then hat make it to sound different in single-cell? What I ...

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 #32: Omni by moreart on 2009-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Omni-directional 'horny' speaker from RAAL in Horn-Loaded Speakers  31 Replies 
HI,dipol bass, not happend in nature,yes different listening, because of reflections,below ~300 Hz the listening room is dominat,you listen more the room, not the single driver.If you look my horns, the double horns,you can see my OMNI-bass experienc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: More Horns propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Horns propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Another particle of a good Horn Propaganda. It was published in Sound Practices in 1994 and written by Joe Roberts. I disagree with quite many of the author’s statements but his strategic view that the majority of the horns and the horn installations...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: input voltage by hagtech on 2007-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
For a single driver, looks to me like you need an input signal of at least 3Vrms.  A lot of linestages can do that, so a single tube power amp seems both reasonable and interesting.  Yes, I was looking at wrong data sheet.  You kn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The West-Silba LochTone Ness Manga-Electric? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"] Interesting concept but let me point out a few considerations. The diffusor does performs a mild "equalization" function if you want to call it that but it is also an aid to dispersion. It is light "EQ"...3dB might be abou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Double drivers by ygoh on 2008-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ygoh wrote: 1.) Why is it that you do not support using teo compression drivers in the same throat?   Is the distortions increases, such as wavefront distortion? Sure the wavefront gets spread; it is what Wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Looking wider.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Your response is a very good illustration of how you redirect attention away from the actual discussing subject and point it to a completely different direction that has absolutely no relation to that subject. You asked me wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I would not use PP for compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove int... by floobydust on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 This thread has been pretty interesting overall. I've read most of it and would at least like to provide some feedback on the technical side of designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... at least from my personal experience. A few years back I decid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Feastrex Flow-up. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
I was pointed out to me that my Feastrex thread is mapped to the search engines and some folks searching for limited information about Feastrex find given thread as some kind of reference. It is important to point of that I had juts one and juts mome...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Buddanization and again: about the S2's diaphragms. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
This post is split form the thread:http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=4549http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=4556[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] "...I very much might try to use the metal suspension again when I will be dri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Lamm LM3: a correction is warranted. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Because GM70 can work in A2 class the ML3 has a very powerful high current-capable second stage (I do not know it they are 4 parallel 6H30 of some kind of composite follower) to be able to handle the GM70’s grid current.[/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Sex with anorexic woman? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I don't think I'd be tempted to make a back loaded horn to begin with. [/quote] Yep, it is what it is. The back-loaded horns might have as convoluted back path as Scriabin music is but the sad truth about them is th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I was thinking about it in past. I do not particularly believe too much in point source. We have no vertical resolution by our hearing and if drivers located strictly in a vertical line then in longitude domain they are single point source. Of course...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Understanding Line Array Systems by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Understanding Line Array Systems in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Understanding Line Array SystemsBy John Murray Behind the buzz, there are a lot of factors at work in line arrays. An explanation and comparison of current models. This discussion can’t be contained in just a few paragraphs, so we must start with th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Spelled out for the cats and other mammals in the audience by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[Quote] would you accept a photograph from a camera if it didn't do "blacks" and "extreme darks"? [/Quote]CRITICAL POINT 1VISUAL PERCEPTION AND AESTHETICS ARE NOT VALID MODELING SYSTEMS FOR MUSICThis is why imaging is a screwed up way to talk about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A few things is needed to be to reviewed. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"] The difference soundwise in this half range 180hz and up horn module between the Leak TL12.1 amps and the First watt F5 clone was big,  mainly the tonal balance is very different with the midrange sounding thin.  Highs w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Relativity, redux by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
I am in academics. In this world it is no challenge to find people who want to tell me that they are right and everybody else is wrong.The problem with any scholar stuck in his/her theoretical bubble is that there is no room for that person to change...

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 #59: Do I need to be hissing? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
nl, [quote user="nl"] I offered to be of assistance, as I have a little experience in these matters, but assistance is not appreciated so I will be leaving the Kingdom of Romy for more productive environments. [/quote] where did this come from are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Do your Korean guy pay traveling refund? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"] Imaging...another hi-fi delusion. I used to record the Philadelphia Orchestra. The orchestra does not image.[/quote] Would it be in 80 sunder Riccardo Muti? No wonder that it did not image. To be more serious I have to say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: What would be possible advantage by Wojtek on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
of MTM arrangement of two TAD 1201 in <100 Hz Horn ? I assume they would both work in the same frequency range . Also JBL LE8 is only 89 db driver and it doesn't look like it can take any power . Difference in efficiency within the channels would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Looking at two options. Really need some advice here. by noviygera on 2009-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Got new mid/high horns. Now need suggestions for a lower ran... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
First off, the crossover point will be 530 to 600Hz. the RES 1.5 midhigh is 16" x 8" x 10" deep.Keeping in mind, I'm trying to cover 600Hz and below... Given space constraints of a medium size basement room, I came up with 2 options.1st option is to ...
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