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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Was is a smoking pipe? by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="be"]They mention an intricate back chamber for the high frequency unit, maybe thats the primary function of the tube, apart from positioning the unit relative to the rest.[/quote] I did not read any their descriptions and I do not know ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Upper-bass horns and current measurement. by boiklox on 2014-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Romy,Your Macondo system is something that has been a "role model" for what I'd like my playback system to be in the coming years. And much of what I've learned about horn playback systems I've learned from reading your writing and other posts on thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: What you loose about tweeters... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Steve, I would encourage you to “get” the following. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=432and to expose to this imperative rule your recent excitement about the plasma tweeters. The fact that you heard something that you enjo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: 2420 jbl by audiofilofine on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: It might be an interesting project…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] Don't be pissed about me keeping you in the dark regarding the ribbons; your comments elsewhere on the Nolas and ribbons in general had me loathe to make any recommendations. I think we may have very different tastes in terms of tre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Not so soon! by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Bud, the replacement diaphragms are available all time. On Ebay and everywhere else they are being sold by Bob Crites. He holds the original manufacturing rig and he can do them in unlimited quandaries. I own the original diaphragms but I do not use ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: HF hors of narrow directivity by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="CO"]Why such a wide angle? To keep the highs evenly spread and match to the angles of other chanels ofcourse but this will call for much more attention to room setup/treatment.Wouldnt this also lose some of the horn magic by letting the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: An interesting reading on the subject… by drdna on 2006-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Definitely a good read, once again revealing that Romy has done his homework.  Even though I was born and raised in a small town in the USA, I have half-Japanese heritage and I consistently "scored" Japanese on the tests in the aforementioned di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: How it might work out… by cv on 2004-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The crossovering Messiah is coming...air capacitors in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Ah, those figures seem more reasonable - 30pF seemed a bit low. Well, I'm not sure what you  should be on the lookout for - as you say, it's a completely different animal to having a 3uF in line with the S2. What I would suggest, and this isn't ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cable length by glaesemann on 2008-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cable Current Loading in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
In the past you've referred to current loading in the context of cable length. I recently experienced this when I experimented with moving my amps. I needed to increase the IC length from 1 meter to 3 meters. The only IC I had at that length was an o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: An amp drive the MiniMe… by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
The MiniMe, as much as the rest of my playback have lost the “novelty”. I do not do or planning to do anything with audio. I have found the way to calm down my Focal tweeters and it… will die this way. For what MiniMe meant to be it does very goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: 6E5P Bias by hagtech on 2008-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
I run the driver tube at 170V @20mA.  I don't think you need to run this tube at high current.  It is very linear with wide signal swings at this bias.  I can get roughly 70Vrms out of it.  Output stage clips first, driver continu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Rank, M1.1, Wilson and firewood by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  105 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Here is the link:http://www.rank-concept.deI have no experience with the Lamm ML-series, I just listened to an M-series hybrid amp combined with the Watt/Puppy 8. This performance was a single fake (though a pleasant one). I can´t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Edgarhorns and DEQX by Kerry Brown on 2011-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Hi Jorge, Marc, Adrian, Romy et al,First off, Jorge what's your asking price on the modified DEQX ? Which model is it ? Who did the mods and what are they ? I am very interested.Adrian, as I recall you live in San Francisco. You are sti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #305: No more questions about PS capacitors. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Where MODERN electrolytics shine is specifically for PS use[/quote] I have to agree with it. Furthermore when I agree I back up my word with actions. This morning right after I posted my post above I opened the amps and   ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 'Stats by Paul S on 2015-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MartinLogan Montis Speakers in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Cody, this is a kinder, gentler GSC than in earlier times, but FYI your ingenuous intro is just the sort that used to draw heavy fire here. The only reason I have responded at all is because you got me thinking about what I do and don't like about el...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly by scooter on 2016-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I helped Romy shuffle around some hardware and connect some cables yesterday. That damned table weighs about 100.000 pounds. This was one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to see live, in-person how Romy thinks about audio and incorporates th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: An ultimate transformer within a narrow bandwidth? by cv on 2005-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An ultimate transformer for narrow bandwidth? in Melquiades Amplifier  14 Replies 
Alas, not much time to deliver the promised treatise...So, tantalisingly, I will suggest this; for the range 1k up, you would have no problem getting a small mumetal OPT made suitable for the 6C33/S2 combination. Actually, I have something simil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: How the 6E5P picks microphonics. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
I still would hesitant to short the scene and anode and it would require a very sever control of the tubes. The problem is that it would be necessary to do not only then they new (it not too difficult to put then before a fast scope and to see if the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: "Big" tweeter by Paul S on 2006-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
That's one big tweeter, Romy, and, typically, it was made that big only because they intended for it to go low.  I keep wondering about the effects of the extra mass, if nothing else, but also about dispersion and window blind effects ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: An amplifier for Tweeters by cv on 2006-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Hi Romy,I think you may be struggling to get 10-12db of gain out of a spud amp (the term is a play on "one tuber").... May just about get it with 6C45.... remember you will be stepping down something like 12 to 18:1 on the OPT.best case: 10db require...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. by gordan on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
well, i believe that the popularity of the better fostex tweeters comes from their typical, off-shelf sound which is soft and easy on ear in comparison with super-resolunt Ti or Be diaphragm equipped competition. they very much suit any sharpness com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Notable but not stimulating…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="jeff1225"] …"whatever that means" is that most rooms at a trade show are not good. You know this Rommy, I've seen you write it in past posts. [/quote] Shure, Jeff, I know what most rooms, if not all, at a trade show are not suppose to be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My metaphysical BS vs a precise to do list. by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How difficult is it to achieve Vox Olympian sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"]The bass horn for the ak151 is housing a rear chamber slightly open, giving the injector channel - that creates a lot charme, flavor and „heart“ but also 3 dimensional projection. [/quote]I need to say that that very muc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: technological advances by guy sergeant on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="guy sergeant"] I think it would be quite difficult for anyone to set up any sort of production of drive units and not become an 'industry' participant. It's quite remarkable that you manage to use a turntable, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Some basso-experiences form Sound Africa. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Johan, I understand what you are saying. This is kind of James’ barn thread and if you do not mind can you share with him one thing, I think that many others, including me, would be interested to learn the answer to this question: What did you gain g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: RAAL's arrival by cv on 2007-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Hello Romy, I just saw the photos - looks like fantastic work by Aleks. As for the gift - well, if the project is a success and me and other S2 users can buy tweeters with that spec and sound , and without the risk and R&D costs - surely that's a g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: More on those Brazillian Horns!!...and Be Yamamura. by DERRICK on 2009-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
I bought those tweeters for Be Yamamura (second hand from Paul at Wembly Loudspeakers, in London)  I also took Be to Heathrow Airport to take a plane to Brazil to install one of his truly superb VT4c stereo amps!   It was the morning of a great wind ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: I wonder if it is an indication of the new S2. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] Not this year they won't be, that show is in September.Romy, Kevin at Living Voice has been using 'your' S2 since 1992. I understand these speakers have the first of the new Mike Harvey S2's fitted.I'm not sure what the th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Tone and tonal integration by haralanov on 2010-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
It’s a bit offtopic, but:[quote user="Paul S"] I haven't seen anything like this in over a decade, and I don't have the patience to wait until I find and acquire something like this, IF it exists. [/quote]The problem is that it does not exist… Simply...
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