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Romy the Cat
Boston, MA
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Joined on 05-27-2004
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A visitor sent me email “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” with a link to (I presume Australian company http://www.goldstandardaudio.com ) that does this:
A works in development.
2.4m high,
for Vitavox S2's and Fane 8M
450Hz Solid Walnut Le Cleac'h
Fostex Supertweeter (Walnut horn)
250Hz Tractix Solid Walnut with Le Cleac'h style roll back
110Hz Tractrix with rollback, stained Birch Ply, adjustable rear chamber.
On aluminium extrusion framework, with almost infinite adjustment and some strong castors to move the whole thing.
Well, I less case about imitation, the whole idea was to share my Macondo finding and to let people to capitalize upon what I have learned. However, some of the things that this Australian guy does I feel is not good and I would like to pass my criticism. I do not know who he is and I for sure would like do not discourage him. Nevertheless, some of the things are expose themselves only also with prolong use. I do have this experience and I think my comments will be valuable. The comments are purely subjective.
1)I do see SOME sonic rational to make 450Hz horn Le Cleac'h but lower horns to do Tractix. To add the Le Cleac'h style roll back to 250Hz Tractix is not nessesary. There are however two disadvantages. The whole stack of the horns with La Horns is less compact. The AU guy estimated that his assemble will be 2.4M. Well, Macondo is 1.8m (without injection). So, the minimum integration distance of the AU assembly will be way over 10-12 feet vs. the Macondo the can from 7 feet! If the AU guys want to have it as commercial product then he in my view substantially limits the usability of products. Another thing is that the horns stuck of the different profiles do look not so attractive.
2)The front legs of the frame. It is very unpleasant and I for sure do not want to see any hardware around the upper bass horn. Sitting in front of the horns and seeing the “horn’s underwear” is something that I would certainly avoid. This about a beautiful dressed woman in her evening dress and who has her bra’s stripes showing over her shoulders. It might not be a criminal offence but if you are a costume designer then you would not do it intentionally, particularly if it would be the only dress she wears….
3)The 3-poll frame is fine BUT it is a bit too industrial in my view. Do consider the Macondo-style mono poll behind with horns held by arms, this fives a very slick “flying appear”.
"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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