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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The legendary AKSA amps... by horny on 2009-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
worth trying, if you can assemble them:http://www.aksaonline.com/http://www.aksaonline.com/products/products.htmlAKSA forumrgdshorny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: TSA Horns by horny on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
TSA Horns makes interesting horns, offered on ebay:TSA HornsWithin few months they will offer a 1 meter dia Tractrix horn with 4" throat.Regards,horny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #162: Electricity yes, how about humidity? by horny on 2008-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1917 Replies 
Environmental Effects on the Speed of Sound:http://www.rane.com/pdf/eespeed.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: We`re wasting Romy`s space... by horny on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I`ve had many small ribbons in my system over the years and I don`t like them. True, they are without competiton above a few Khz, but how to find a decent partnering midrange? They represent unnecessary fragmenting of the musical spectrum (a typical ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Ribbons by horny on 2008-11-04 
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[quote user="Paul S"]By far the most promising planar speakers I've heard have been the giant Sound Lab models.  These use an assortment of variously-sized "tuned" planes comprising one larger, "curved" plane.  However, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: ? by horny on 2008-11-04 
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[quote user="Vasyachkin"] horny wrote:Mentioning line and plane sources (and dipoles) at Romy`s site is sort of forbiden. thanks for telling me. i don't care about dipoles though. i understand that they have advantages but to me that's not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Macondo by horny on 2008-11-04 
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[quote user="Vasyachkin"] horny wrote:I believe Romy`s Macondos are the closest to the perfect horn loudspeaker. is there a definitive description of what these Macondos are? pictures? i duno. i asked for a link already so far nobody wants...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Plane, line, point sources... by horny on 2008-11-04 
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[quote user="Vasyachkin"] Romy the Cat wrote:Romy is trying do not create problems that need to be addressed by the ideas of waveguides. well the way not to create problems is have a giant electrostatic panel. starting from that point we c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” midrange by horny on 2008-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver & 8M400 8” mid... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
For those seeking some decent compression drivers that don`t cost fortune, I can suggest to try the Eighteen Sound ND1460A compression driver. It has aluminum dome and polyester suspension and 1,4 inch exit throat. Does it sound like S2 ? Probably no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The absolutely best value in caps by horny on 2008-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Obbligato Caps:http://www.diyhifisupply.com/diyhs_ob_caps.htmregards,horny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #148: Cessaro in Munich by horny on 2008-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
[quote user="vuki"]I was also in Munich this year. Cessaro had one of the best sounding systems at the Show, but I thought I could hear some droning bass from BLH. Of course it could also be the room, but somehow I doubt it - I have heard few (some e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: DSETs with single-ended Solid State by horny on 2008-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Solid state revisited in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know how the battery operation – I never was too warn with this idea but to have a small Solid State single-ended amp with put transformer sounds to me very nice. I wonder if anyone looks in this direction. I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Correctio by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="horny"] be wrote: It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off from app. 15 kHz. [/quote]I am sorry...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 2" drivers by horny on 2008-01-31 
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[quote user="be"]The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Some 2" alternatives by horny on 2008-01-31 
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JBL 2441 also seems interesting candidate, perhaps "smoother" than 2440:Duke LeJeune of Audiokinesis recommends them as a "poor man`s TAD"Beyma CP755ND/AL 1.4"http://profesional.beyma.com/ENGLISH/pdf/descarga.php?pdf=CP755NdAL.pdfSome interesting alu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Lenard Audio Opal by horny on 2008-01-31 
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http://www.lenardaudio.com/main/051_opal_const.htmlregardshorny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Also of some interest... by horny on 2008-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zeus 6C33C Triode SE Preamp & Zeus SE Power Amplifier in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
might be the 6C33C power amp version of the Zeus single ended solid state amp (also with minimum number of components), here.Sooner or later, I hope I will be able to try them both, until thenbest regardshorny...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Zeus 6C33C Triode SE Preamp & Zeus SE Power Amplifier by horny on 2008-01-18 
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Perhaps I am asking for trouble, but did anyone had any experience with those SE mosfet creations made by Susan Parker?Preamp uses Romy`s beloved 6C33C tube and the 10W power amp has two transformers, two resistors, one mosfet and that`s pretty much ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: More elyptic horns by horny on 2007-12-25 
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http://www.miwis-bastelbu.de/Galerien/Hinkelsteine/index.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: More horns... by horny on 2007-12-25 
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Check this:http://www.haigner.com/http://www.theaudioeagle.com/columns/column04.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Midrange clarification by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Thanks for your quick reply. I have been to assistance audio`s website, however was unable to find such model, but is possible they just disassembled the tweeter or whatever.This is really interesting news, about their violin reproduction, me too wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
judging from your draving, they appear to be bipolar operating tweeters and not dipole. While I generally do favour the horn approach above all the others,sometimes I do wish the whole reproduction would be less "dry" and bringing in some wide beamin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Midrange clarification by horny on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Dominic - At the moment I'm using .. highs - BMS 4540nd - 1500hz lecleach roundhorn. crossover 1st order HP @ 30khz and 3khz 5842 choke loaded (reg psu) RC coupled into 6N15N (EL84)  with a custom sowter mumetal >1000hz xformer midr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 360 degree pattern by horny on 2007-11-24 
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horny wrote:- or completely include room (a bogus idea, I know) by means of omnipolar radiation patternRomy wrote:Why do you feel it is a bogus idea. This is the ONLY one sensible way to behave.--------------------------------------------------------...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Forgot... by horny on 2007-11-23 
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http://www.duevel.com/test/E-DasWundervolle.htm...

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 #4: 360 degree radiation patterns by horny on 2007-11-23 
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I always thought there are only two basically interesting approaches to the sound reproduction:- eliminating the room effect as much as possible with a controlled disperssion of a forward firing horn- or completely include room (a bogus idea, I know)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bahnsen Horns + some free tools by horny on 2007-11-19 
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Hi everybody,Anyone heard of these horns:http://www.bahnsenengineering.dk/models.htmInstead of using some costly, low resolution RTA, here is a free alternative:http://www.libinst.com/SynRTA.htmand Audio DiffMaker (signal difference extraction softwa...
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