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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Inexplicable vitriol and scorn vs. mockery and sarcasm by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] You have often questioned the nature of my relationship with Fane. There is none but as this project comes close to a final conclusion, I would say there have been moments when Fane have been less than helpful. They had never men...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn placements - horns occluding each other a problem? by KS on 2010-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn placements - horns occluding each other a problem? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I'd like to ask if anyone sees and appreciable problem with the following.I'm trying to arrange a 4-way, 3 horns sitting on top of a big bass box. As I have it the 42cm midrange horn (800-8k) is in front of the 95cm lower midrange horn (250-800hz). T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: TH design priciple by Jorge on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Skushino.  Yes TH is designed to play 2 octaves and no more, this derives from the design which actually  uses a labrynth, in the shape of a horn, to return (and amplify) the back wave of the driver to the front and add its strenght to the output, no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Not all DSP! by noviygera on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
In this case something like 5khz to 15khz -- only for the tweeter and only for DELAY. However, if the cellular midrange horns have smooth coverage above 5khz, all the better. But I have no experience with them - maybe they sound good to 8khz....Of co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #283: The back chambers are done. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
OK, now I am happier as I did my duty and the back chambers are ready to be attached to the horns and to be lifted up. Yesterday I spent 5 hours trying to build the back chamber displacement that Jessie and my carpenter recommended me. I bought t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Re: ShostoQuad or VitaBritten? by cv on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
AlloThese weren't quads but ML CLS panels (well, just the one actually, leaning against a chair, clip leaded up ). How's that for even more unethical... To be honest, *I* didn't actually like the sound; found it a bit uninvolving, and muddl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Paul, it was said not by Michelson but Mencken by Romy the Cat on 2022-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jonathan Weiss Introduces New High-End TT! in Audio News  11 Replies 
It is very interesting to hear this idiot pontificate about turntable able reproduce element of time in music. Some years back when I visited him, I played to him Tchaikovsky 6 symphony that he never heard, and after listening to the 1st movement ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Digital: small steps and further update… by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Jeremy, another few lead that I think might conceder. Manly Labs has their 20-bit digital to analogue converter that uses the Pacific Microsonics processor inside. I was told that is available as the “street price” for ~$6K-$7K and it might be a “f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1086: Ok, it is what it is. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="SOS "]First the other customers of PP that are having a hum problem are NOT my customers and use different components than I. Second it is not just the turntable motor but also get the hum from the phono stage when plugged in. Again plug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #426: A nice asymmetrical listening Room by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Nope, it is not my listening room but I it is a very nice looking listening room, I hope to post it here. The room has very nice dealing with first reflections, ceiling and many other aspects. I wish the right speaker were further from the wall. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Interesting.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Well, Bill, I disagree what you're saying. I disagree with surround sound, I disagree with the concert Hall experience and I disagree with objectives to reconstruct concert Hall experience. I'm not denying concert Hall experience itself I'm just s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Ignorant affirmation. by xandcg on 2017-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new strange but predicable Lamm LP2.1 in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Karavitis wrote: “...There is one, concerning a well-known US-based designer and his obsession for air transport as being the only safe way for shipping his enormous crates filled with tube amps...” [/quote]This is a comple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Here is some tapped horns read by Tom Danley. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
From: Tom DanleySent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:56 PMTo: RomySubject: From Tom DanleyHi Romy http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=10359#10359 I hope you don’t mind the intrusion, it was suggested I could answer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1380: PurePower Canada stole my PurePower 2000... by david82 on 2015-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
PurePower Canada has officially earned the title of the single worst company I have ever had to deal with. They are either stunningly incompetent, or simply criminal. The degree of incompetence would have to be so great, though, as to be virtually im...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Lamms, Tenors, Melq, others... and a big room. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"] Sorry for the delay but my computer is down! I would like you to tell me squarely why your amp sounds to your ears better than the lamms tenors and the likes! what is if you prefer the impact of yur driver stage compared ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Melquiades For Dummies™ - planning and ordering parts step. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Here is the general specification for the parts that I used. The selection of the parts implies some liberty of course. It will be your amp after all, not mine - do whatever you wish. In some case when I feel that requirement is critical I will stres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lamm ML3 – 3LAMA worth SET by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I got a forwarded email today containing the Lamm Industry’s release notes about their new SET amplifiers. http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/PDF/LammML3.pdf The good thing in this is that Vladimir is still Vladimir and he did changed since the Rich ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Dima's time alignment machine. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
The Dima’s idea of delaying the modulated signal still not in the auditable format. As I understand he designed the circuit and we get all parts we need but it moves forwards slow. The devise will have modulator, delay mechanism, demodulator and outp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: The Delay of Time Delay by jessie.dazzle on 2006-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Romy and Dima, Thanks for the update on the delayed Time Delay research. I sincerely hope the device performs to your expectations. I will follow your progress with self-centered interest, because in my case, the best scenario still puts the ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: More about angling the horns by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
As some of your know Anthony live in AU and they have for themselves a site where Anthony regularly post the progress of his project. I do not post in there, I was banned from there, I am not sure why but usually it is because I refuse to suck the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Differences by kodomo on 2019-06-17 
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 
I have 2nd order crossover both on the upper knee of the ob bass section and on the lower knee of the midbass section. My measurements show phase response and the summed spl is as good as it can get. Have you tried the direct servo technology or do y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Ralf Stegmueller’s horns. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ralf Stegmueller’s horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
http://mailconf.wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de/artcore-audio/english/index.html http://mailconf.wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de/artcore-audio/english/gallerie.html#nogo “Artore audio is non com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1255: It is not a matter of if, but when and what I have to do for it. by eli8888 on 2014-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="PurePower"]HiFi store in the Czech Republic is an excellent, knowledgeable dealer and more than reputable. PurePower did have a 3 week shipping delay in December for the 3000 while we resolved a parts quality problem from a vendor. The e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #174: KHorn facts and truth by martinshorn on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Some wrong oppinions here :) As a fan I studiet it very precise. I mean very down to each inch.The path length is 1.68 Meters, Throat 250 square centimeter (7.5x33), mouth 2x25 / 50 x 97 cm = 5000sqcmThat makes a compression of almost 4:1Gives a cuto...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #106: ça m'est égal by oxric on 2011-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I am with great pleasure observe the craziness that “rakeshpoorun” created around the buy of a Fane’s new production run of Studio 8M drivers.  The Cat[/quote]Romy, In another life, I would have derived some pleasure fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Fixated on spatial separation? by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]Is it not strange that we are so fixated on spatial separation in sound? Instruments in an orchestra are spatially separated because you can't have one musician sitting in another's lap, not because the music demands it. Music is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: I do not agree as well, sometimes with myself.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Bill, I know that we have a designment on this and the more I am thinking about it the more departing from your view of Surround Sound. What is interesting is that we are taking about the very same thing and have no disagreement about the result, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio Digital Equ... by Thorsten on 2005-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio D... in Didital Things  9 Replies 
.... in home systems for Room correction and general system EQFolks,This is from my own Yahoo group, but may be of interest here....Since writing this I have in fact changed my speakers to dipoles and do not currently use a PADEQ (it will return thou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! by HifiOrDie on 2021-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
   First off, let me say Hello to all fellow Audiophiles!   I'm an audio-obsessed 29 year old currently living in the United States (Minnesota), and have spent years perfecting HIFI systems in vehicles, and over...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Just Hi.. and my audio believes by dedobot on 2018-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Just Hi.. and my audio believes in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Hey to everybody.  Long time lurker and now bored and little bit drunk - finally registered . To introduce my self I choose this forum section - looked most appropriate. Excuse me please if I'm wrong. I'm from Bulg...
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