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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Passive vs. Active flooring. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Albert, the Adjustable Hydraulic Dampening might be effective if the vibration of floor is the factor.  This is exactly what I question as I do not feel that the floor vibration is a problem. Considering the length of the waves and the amplitude of t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: A vicinity where I would just start…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Thanks, msaudio, for sharing your experience with Aura and Hartley. I do not have Hartleyes. I heard them I think twice but person the people did not try to get out of their playback anything that I care, so it is hard to say anything. In contrary I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The MF horn supporting frame by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some nice horns from Greece! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Very, nice thanks, ulf. I never heard this company and it is good the more horny newcomers pop up her and there. The epoxy carbon-kevlar and glass fibers staffed with damping? I wonder how more fun would be if they staff these hollow horns with sand...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #172: Mighty McCauleys by oxric on 2010-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Romy,  I followed his advice and currently rent four storage facilities; two on either side of the Atlantic. I think its time to consolidate, but I'll definitely let you know if I need to add a fifth.   jd*[/quote]Jessie:T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The year 2010-2011. My Audio by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
It was as a year with a 2 major of audio events: New listening room, New Midbass horns, New ULF channel. It took almost 6 months to get any more or less reasonable sound in my new listening room, not that I was working so long on the room but rather ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: I do not have an opinion yet. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Rakesh, I moved your post to this thread as I feel it is more relevant here, I hope you do not mind. You ask yours the very same question that I ask myself. I do not have definitive answers to them: [quote user="oxric"] I am presently consider...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: ULF by Bill on 2011-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
What I heard in your room on Saturday was superb reproduction of what was recorded from 40 Hz. up. This is ideal probably for a recording of a chamber group in a small hall without anybody present. One could hear the hall surroundings which replaced ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Exactly zero I suspect. . . by scooter on 2010-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Scooter, I wonder how many people among those who propose those modifications do understand what they deal with when we are taking about a more or less properly reproduced sub 30Hz signal. It sounds like arrogant comment, n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: SMS 1, Act II by jessie.dazzle on 2010-11-15 
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In this case, below 50Hz, I think el`Ol is right to suggest that you consider using DSP as a permanent solution. The SMS 1 is in theory the silver bullet... You just need to find out if you can live with it long-term.   Best way to find out...   Plac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: A sort of ridicules bass idea but let see… by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Once again, there is nothing specific in this post just some further thinking on the subject, as I keep discovering new idea. A couple weeks back I was looking at a house that gave in inspiration to think about it. The house was 3 bedrooms Cal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The point.. by be 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 
It is difficult to say below what frequency there is no sound registered, the lowest fundamental on a double bass is 41Hz and the A0 on a grand piano is 27Hz, both these fundamentals and at least one harmonic  thereof would probably be recognizab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The BEST bass cable? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BEST bass cable? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Here we go, I will be telling you that I am looking or that I have found the “best” cable to use for bass channel? Sound like a stupid thing to tell you and sound like a stupid thing to read at my site. Still, I will be obnoxious enough to insist...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: It will be probably two bass channels. by Romy the Cat on 2016-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, perhaps your ScanSpeak arrays are a +/- natural fit for mid-bass? If you used them for that you might also push them down a little until you got your ULF solution. The "nice" thing about this is, you might use something r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: A next day. by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I think my dysfunctional one 15” driver in my Midbass was for a while and THAT was something the make me to feel that I need to move Macondo to 9-9-1 position. With the recent changes (recovery of a woofer, recalibration of channels, EQ of the mid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: "Programmable" DSP by Paul S on 2017-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hypex for ULF? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
The thing I'm fishing is not the plate amp part but the "programmable" DSP married to the Class D for ULF.  I've actually heard this a lot, but never in a high-demands, home system where I could seriously "target" the implementation for a reasonable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Size Matters by Paul S on 2018-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hypex for ULF? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
A brief search for the Barefoot Sound speakers suggests that it is very important to the designer that the speakers be compact, which (if they are actually acceptable in terms of sound) might be a boon to apartment dwellers, students, teens, etc.  Fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Examples that "Work" by Paul S on 2018-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hypex for ULF? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Well, I hope to find promising ULF coming from a DSP/Hypex set up.  I just didn't hear it yet.  As ever, I hate DIY, and I will only build my own if I have to.Best regards,Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Watch the lower knee by rowuk on 2018-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Romy,you have often advocated the ULF channel not having a sharp lower knee. Maybe something like the Thigpen rotary woofer with response to DC would be worth considering....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: "Tuning" IB by Paul S on 2018-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
The AE cited is said to be "designed for IB".  Since one does not "use the box" or a vent, etc. to jack up IB LF, it's going to be all about moving the 250g Mms through  the usual, steep, ULF filter.  Maybe a notch filter or anti resonance filter at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Pneumatic mounts + high mass by N-set on 2018-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
As a practitioner of vibration decoupling (stacore.pl), I second the idea. No gel, foam, rubber, etc will work on ULF as high mass + pneumatic mounts do. Pref. pneumatic damped too. I can assist with the design of the suspension. Cheers,Jarek...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: DSP ULF? by Paul S on 2021-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ULF: where is the borderline....? in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
I forget if you started out by setting the phase and level(s) of your ULF with DSP to begin with. Not to cave in to herd mentality, but it might be "worth it" to rent a DSP/D (servo) amp(s) combo to play with. If nothing else, that amp has to modulat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Extensive! by Paul S on 2023-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Another giant attic for IB ULF! That can't have happened by chance! Am I the only one who wonders about parking the amps on the woofers?Best regards,Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: TH Small Mouth by skushino on 2013-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
My point was simply that my interest in THs is because of the form factor, rather than any perceived sound benefits compared with traditional horns.  To my way of thinking, THs are a specialized tool for a very specific application - ULF.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Really good sound by alfasud on 2015-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
agree 120%I have been there in both systems several times and it is an experience for life, especially the barbeque system. I am waiting the bass horn with bang Ulf. RgsSpiros...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: No-amplification time by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I do not want go for emergency ULF amps and to pay more than $50 for it, in fact all plate amps shall cost $50. I will probably end up getting another B2 amp, identical to the one that blew up with the identical changes. I just felt that this no-ampl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: You might find slaughter is forbidden by law in most jurisdictions. In... by oxric on 2011-04-10 
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 would load one pair with dynamite and send to the very deserving person...I will be celebrating if I learn that this asshole got run over by a very slowly moving asphalt roller machine. [/quote]Romy, I wonder why you wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Paralleling 6421215685 tubes by N-set on 2011-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
....may work here as small dis-sincronizations in pumping the current should not matter at ULF.But how much God would be in 121478521785 parallel KT2318 tubes?1/121478521785?One, max two big tubes is still more appealing to me, don't ask me why.I'm t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Non-linear electric chair by N-set on 2011-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I've been pushing this intellectual excersise (masturbation?) of solving Romy's constraints on a powerfull bass SE amp.Thanks to Stephie Bee the humanity have now a decent model of GU81M, so before electro-cuttingonself, one can see if the electrocut...

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 #45: Is there any tone in the ULF range? by be on 2011-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
It seem that the concensus here is that there is no tone in the ULF range, something like below 50Hz.This is probably not true for live acoustical instruments.Physical systems that can be described by non linear differential equations, are known to p...
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