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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: 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 #154: I hope I do not need to do for the alternative option by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Yes, Jessie, this is the direction that I am contemplating - to put up a vertical poll to support the attic main beam and to cut the 4-5 diagonal lowering beams that lead to my working triangular wall.  Also the residue of the attic roof under th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I except suggestions and critique. by kodomo on 2015-06-21 
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 except suggestions and critique. I live in Turkey and I am not living in a city, I live at the coast. It is not possible for me to go and experience most of the stuff first hand. There is no one really interested in horns or have multi-way horn sys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Order your own music…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Order your own music…. in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
I was reading in the today’s New York Times as this weekend the NY Philharmonic played in Center Park and accepted the pre-announced encored from the 63.000 audiences via text messages and thought that is was such a cool idea. A few years back I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Interesting, educational but in many aspects debatable in my view by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"] What Klaus also highlighted, is the importance to him to unlimit dynamics - in order to achieve the most live-alike sound. First of all, he noticed that Goto pleases him the most with uncompressed transient attacks more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I wonder what makes playback to stop. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo: new horizons. A few thoughts in context Zander’s B5 in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
I most likely do not talk about decays or noise. It might be some kind harmonic inflictions in ultra low frequencies that have longer reverberation time, I do not know. What I do know that when playback enters a state of sonic audio silence some play...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 7mS of Boston Conservatory by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"] We are using about an 18 foot path for the sub. What we need is for some smart electronics guy to design and build a processor just strictly for time correction, and nothing else, no EQ, or crossover built in. [/quote] Hey, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: My view over Analog vs. Digital... without BS. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
As I said: most debates on the subject that I ever heard so far are not accurate representation of Analog vs. Digital dilemma.  The same as the discussion in this thread about the “natural continuous process”, the “discrete process” and the “brain re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ultimate buffer #2...? by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer #2...? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
If you remember it was the way how it started:    HELP: I’m a line-level looser.Then there was this one: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunneland course then it lead to the following: Reviewing preamps by imbeciles.it is r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Acoustic diode!!! by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Your midbass horns have delay with decay, because there are a lot of internal reflections (acoustic resonances) that takes some time to settle down below the treshold of hearing. It can not be compensated by "special type...

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 #5: What can I do… let it be big. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Input choke for Low Currents? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Well, I also would like to have a spare ability to care current but 10A is 35 pounds monster and… it has just 100mH. I would prefer to have extra inductance then exacta current. The current wise is juts the thickness of the wire as I understand…I pre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: You must NOT do class "B" with horns. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]"would it mean that your use the same type SS receiver for MF channels as well?"<BR><BR>-Da! I'll do better.[/quote]Ronnie, I did not realize that you drive all your horns with those cheap SS receiver. You absolutely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About the pre-warming of playback by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
I did not play my playback since Sunday and turned it last night after 4 days not being off. It was very pity sound. Even I felt that it was getting better after 2 hours I shut down the system as I has other things to do.   In the past I have mention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The location of last cap and about the Milq6 cables by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Yes, the last cap of power supply much be on the side of load as it shell have a short path to ground. Without it you will have “less bass”, more crosstalk in case it is a stereo amp with single PS and a few other negative things. With cables is mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: “All world sleeps under the same blanket” by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Very interesting company and their GAMMA model looks very promising. http://www.cessaro-horn-acoustics.com/gamma.html It is essentially the very same Macondo idea - as I told when you go for 4-5 ways horn loaded installation then there are not a lo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Delay of LF by jessie.dazzle on 2007-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Knightcrawler wrote : "...I've always like the subs to be in front and close to where the mid and highs are coming from, even though bass is slower and will arrive at the listener position later if a time delay is not used..." This must be corr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Sorry for your allergy by atilsley169 on 2012-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Ok, Andrew, this is allergy something. I would highly advise you in future before you post any discrete updates, questions, and ideas about what you to inform about the holistic objective of your project, sort of a view from 50.000 feet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Common sense horns without GOTOnization :-) by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Kcct82"] I know you're not a big fan of digital delay, but I'm using behringer DCX 2496 to make things easier... this way I get to keep all horn mouths on the same plane which avoids some reflections (from other horn mouths). [/quote] S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: They all are juts microphone fantasies… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Andy Simpson"]  (2) Yes, in most recordings - which are unlistenable - multiple microphones are used in close proximity in order to artificially generate 'clarity'. The side effects (as you noted) are massively exagerated (but uncon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Where the FM quality comes from? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
I have noted before that the quietly of sound that I’m getting from FM broadcast, or even from the regular FM transmissions of the regular CDs, is insultingly beautiful and not really compatible with Sound that I get out of my CD and LPs. http://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: An absolutely ridicules "fix". by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Second stereo arm problem in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
I today was abusing my damn Second arm, trying to get my bass back from it. It was not that it had no bass but it was very shallow and very different bass. It had a feeling that it was not from there, it was almost as some kind of time delay in b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
I need to say that with all huge advantages I have in my room with my midbass horns there is something that lost. I lost a great impulse response that I use to have on my old room with my direct radiating bass array covering up to 70Hz. I did not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: You Say, Pajamas by Paul S on 2024-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Passes for "Space" in Home Audio? in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
So far, I am listening without specialized electro-mechanical delay enhancement, so any space I am hearing is either a matter of "cues" captured during recordings, cues added to recordings by engineers or similar, or they are sonic artifacts result...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Delays and a typical rant... by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Although all of it has no relation to digital crossovers but still: [quote user="cv"] On a vaguely related note: I dunno if you realise this, but conventional (ie excluding horn or large area ESL) speaker systems, even if measuring flat amplitude, i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Srajan, 6Moons, sex industry and sapphire horns by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Srajan, 6Moons, sex industry and sapphire horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
In my observations about the SEC 2006 I associated the high-end industry with a strip join. Continuing this thinking I have to admit that Srajan Ebaen’s 6Moons.com site remind me a strip join with inflatable robotic girls. The all girls there ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Starting the project by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] - Regarding C2 the 2000uF/450v cap, he suggests to replace it with 5 x 200uF/200V by Mundorf (he can get them for a good price, probably better those five caps than a single 2000/450). I'm not sure about this replacement, it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: JMLC comments on S2 in Stereolab Tractrix horn by oxric on 2010-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: French Horns/drivers shootout (oops! S2 came last) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
Thankfully, JMLC chose to use english  as the common language for he event, not altogether surprising given the many nationalities that probably attended.JMLC writes: "N°13 : Stereolab tractrix horn + Vitavox S2 driver ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #137: Damn crossovers by anthony on 2019-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I think it takes around 60 seconds on my amps. I have 2 minutes delay for high voltage, so it all within the limit. [/quote] That is good to know Romy.  It was quite frustrating when I tho...
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