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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: A project Prelude. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-way horn system Prelude in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Maxx, you run your tweeter at relatively low crossover point for this configuration. So, you electively run two MF channels at the same reference acoustic output, which generally is not so great ide in my view for this configuration.  Try to find ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: 6-channels Milq: the design phase is over. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
OK, it took for a while but at this point I have nailed down all design aspects of the new 6-channels Super Milq, and particularly its input stage. I have listen and evaluated all solutions that will be implemented in there; selected, appraised and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: And sure, you will do the experiments. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-22 
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 
[quote user="kodomo"]In my first design, I kept them all in a vertical line. It had one channel less back then. When I added the 1" throat JMLC 1000, I decided, as the tweeter operates over 9.6k, the slight misalignment may not matter. Still, I k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: G.I.P. 9700A System by xandcg on 2015-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Romy,These are the G.I.P. 9700A System. Here are the specs, I asked to GIP some time ago:Regarding Dimension without horn and Tweeter (only enclosure)W: 1240mm × D: 1200mm × H: 1120mm  weight: roughly 350 kg / 1 pieceDimension with full setW: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Quite sure they are English by anthony on 2015-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Studio AU projects. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I had a look at the website and the AU stands for gold (from the periodic table) not Australia.  Plus the prices are in pounds not dollars.  Interesting turning them in walnut though and I agree totally about the "horns underwear" and industrial thre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Hm, that sucks. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Volti Audio's Vittora in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Thanks, jsd. I have received an email from a site visitor telling that the tweeter is not aligned and the image above does confirm it. That transforms Vittora loudspeakers into a realm of uninteresting designs. There is peaty much nothing else to say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: “Show to me your middbas solution and I will tell you how your playbac... by horny on 2007-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Another bogus idea.If a perfect upper bass could be achieved by means of spherical (approx. 1m diameter horn), what would be the next acceptable solution,if space considerations do not allow big horns? Perhaps that could be a line array of small dire...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the Avantgard... by Tax on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Hi Fellow Forumers,This is my first newbie post :-) Do any of you have any experience with running a Lundahl 1627 in a Full Range Melquiades with Avantgarde Duo Omega speakers?The other options are to get some custom Amorphous OPT's <50R 350mA 8:1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Yamaha 6681B by T3GGG on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha 6681B in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
HI AllHas anyone one here have any experience with Yamaha 6681B. I have a good pair with working original diaphragms lined up. I will be looking at using them in a 400hz Le Cleac'h above a 100cm 160hz Horn, possibly with a Fane 8m from the current GB...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do curved room corners improve sound quality? by fulcrum on 2010-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do curved corners help??? in Audio Discussions  15 Replies 
Looks like a whole bunch of people looked at the thread but nobody replied.Does that mean nobody knows, nobody cares or I just posted it in the wrong place??Seems like nice curvy corners ought to help but maybe I'm woofing up the wrong tweeter!cedwar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Focal tweeter by Amir on 2009-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
I think Utopia is alittle soft with less sharpness than wilson , I have no idea but maybe one of the reasons is internal wiring of utopia.personally i prefer wilson but in this level of difference maybe choosing right cable and upstream help compensa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Table Radio Re-dux by Paul S on 2012-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: UHF capable tweeters and the moronic conclusions in Audio For Dummies ™  16 Replies 
Something else too obvious to mention (yet mentioned here...) is that the tweeter works better if it is also +/- "balanced" against the LF.  Broadly speaking, it is partly this "balance" (combined with the brain's ability to fill in "missing" informa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: HF and a naked ribbon by drdna on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Regarding your HF: Do you use a naked ribbon over 10k? If the PP2000 has worked for you, you might want to try it.[/quote]Well, I will try the PP2000 after I have finished evaluating the new 2A3 tubes. The EdgarHorn Titans use a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #214: The PP2000's curve equalization? I do not know yet. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Actually, Adrian, I think you took it out of context. I the quote above I was talking about the Injection Channel and I did not talk about the whole system equalization. I just said that the Injection Channel might be driver harder. Do not forget tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Tweeter for Vitavox S2: silk dome? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I put a couple days ago a silk dome tweeter in the game.  I look in my storages to see what I had there among the traditional silk domes. I ended up pulling out my North Creek Music D25 driver. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/NorthD25.pdf I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The SA8535: final conclusion. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
OK, now the SA8535 driver is fully broken-in and well-habituated. I have no idea how the “Stage Accompany” suggests using this driver from 1000Hz! From what I observe, at MF this driver sounds very “flat” and very none-impressive. I have suspicion th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: only the tweeter in cessaro is made with cobalt magnet by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
the text at cessaro homepage says following :Auch das angewandte Magnetmaterial gehört zu dem Feinsten, was jemals im Lautsprecherbau verarbeitet wurde. Alnico-Magnete (finden heute aus Kostengründen kaum noch Anwendung) und im Superhochtonbereich ei...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A second opinion needed. Interesting, I recently found a very-very well performing setting for my EV T350 tweeter. I changed the source for HF channel form amplifier’s output to the MF channel and now I source the HF channel AFTER the MF high-pass f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Thanks for the suggestions by Kcct82 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 
Very good, thanks for the images. It would be very interning to learn what the bandwidth of the horns, the bandwidth of the drivers and the specificity of crossovers you eventually chose to use with each channel. It might take for you for a while to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: No experience with the big Lansche by el`Ol on 2009-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Unfortunately I did´t hear the big Lansche. But if the integration of the plasma tweeter is as good as in the smaller one plus better dynamics below and the possibility to use small amps it could be mighty interesting....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: It is depends of what you need. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Explain TAD ET-703 driver to me in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Vasyachkin, I have different view about “modifying products” as any product is always implying something very generic but I have my own needs. Probably not “modifying” but adopting would be better but it is not the subject in here. If you read my s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: It is not just about a tweeter by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I would rather to hear from the people who use tweeters over 10K to comment not about the “quality of the tweeters” but about the quality of amplification and the quality of electricity that they use to drive those tweeters. The better tweeter it is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: PIEZO! by Paul S on 2012-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: UHF capable tweeters and the moronic conclusions in Audio For Dummies ™  16 Replies 
OK, now you have to keep going, because from this alone one "comes to the conclusion" that the tweeter to use is the one that goes way up there, like the "diamond" or Be, etc.  So, now you have to tell us to find wide-range paper tweeters that run wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Amp interstage line level filter by noviygera on 2014-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Romy,>> getting rid of active crossover and go line-level shall give you very worthy and very predictable benefit then chasing a murky SET ideas.This is exactly what I plan to try by moving the current active filter to line level (in the amp). ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Tome and bass note and tone in general. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Yes, if you are at 40Hz first order then you are with regular dedicated LF channel and tone is certainly a subject. The entire definition of ULF channel inkstand or LF channel is that ULF channel has no tonal information. It is very same like use twe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Subharmonics and undertones by Jorge 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 
Just how important are  subharmonics and undertones in audio, and how they affect tone? I played around for a while with the Townshend supertweeters,  this is a ribbon tweeter that you can barely listen to:  you plug it in and put it next to your...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #493: Pp2000 by Bill on 2010-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It's not a grounding problem, but purely 60 HZ RF coming off the 2000. And it's only one amp that seems to be affected as a second SET on top of that one doesn't produce the hum. Of course that could be because it's a tweeter amp working above 9000HZ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Back to the UBH by Jorge on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
I guess you cannot say you listened to a horn system if you dont have an upper bass horn.The upper bass horn has to fill in the response from the compression driver down. At this delicate range nothing will perfectly macth it but another front horn. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #197: Look great by Bill on 2022-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Use plumber's putty.If you have 4 of the tannoy drivers try using two in each cabinet but only drive one tweeter. Adds 6 dB before distortion.while the sound is very good, it doesn't quite have the sound I heard at Romy's, but he hasn't been able to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: One more question by haralanov on 2013-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi Stefano,why don't you kindly invite Mr. Be Yamamura to join this forum? Anyway, I want to add another simple question to the list: Did he tried another channel's arrangement (for example tweeter positioned below midrange channel or some other conf...
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