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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers: 10-inchers by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
We enter a complicated region as the lower driver we go the drivers could be used for different purposes and it is very hard to generalize. A 10-incher might be MF driver and LF driver. In my past I experimented with few MF 10-inchers, including some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Scanspeak, sand and sound. by oxric on 2011-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]  Romy the Cat wrote:If you feel that 25W/8565-00 is a good driver then try many of 25W/8565-00. You might try it using both channels on one side and playing mono recordings…That was the first thing I made when I finished th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Different factors affecting bass quality by haralanov on 2009-04-28 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Sand damping it beautiful, it is well-recognized, but you do pay cost for it, in your case the cost is space. [/quote]I know that Romy… but without the massive amounts of sand, there are always some vibrations felt when I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 10" Bass drivers dairy note. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Well, the game with a “better” 10" bass driver is over. After years of mind looking for the 10” light-coned, papered 20Hz drivers with higher sensitivity and after a month of quite active searching for such a driver I concluded that such a driver jut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some comments about the bass inclosure. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Haralanov, Here some raw cements of my on it, without any particular order of importance…. 1)      Sand damping it beautiful, it is well-recognized, but you do pay cost for it, in your case the cost is space. Sand is very little compressibl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Particular Reasons for 10" Preference? by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"]Outside of the already constructed bass towers, is there a reason you are looking exclusively for 10" drivers?  I have heard a pair of stacked 15" Lambda's on each side supplementing/providing bass to lower midbass under som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TAD 1201 by malinowski on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Hi Greg,linkSearch the site and you'll find that Ulf has created a upper bass horn using the aforementioned TAD 1201's.I also own a pair still in boxes waiting for the weather to warm up enough for me to start some enclosures and horns for.My origina...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: HiVi D10G by be on 2012-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Hi Herman.Did you hear the Scanspeak woofers like the 8565 or 8555 as a comparison? If you have, what do you think?Rgds.Erik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Scanspeak by noviygera on 2012-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
[quote user="be"]Hi Herman.Did you hear the Scanspeak woofers like the 8565 or 8555 as a comparison? If you have, what do you think?Rgds.Erik[/quote]I did not hear those woofers....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn Speaker Leftovers for Sale by skushino on 2013-04-28 
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I'm wrapping up my horn building activities and have some leftover items available.  1) Edgarhorn 80Hz Mid-bass horns - Pick-up in Seattle - $350Condition -  8/10 based solely on age.  No visible imperfections.  They are in the identical condition as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Output transformer for bass-channel of Super Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Output transformer for bass-channel of Super Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
Further looking at where I would like to take the new 6-chennal version of the Super Milq I am contemplating a new revision of my bass channel output transformer. Currently I have Jack Elliano’s made 450mA, large, single section LF transformer that b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Project LF drivers by Ronnie on 2005-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hello again,I've found four Scan-Speak 25w/8565-01 and possibly two -00 for sale at a good price.I'm triamping as of today and hope it's a good idea to start with the four and perhaps add more when I can afford it.- Do you think the 01 version would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Please , not again that…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] "The Macondo’s Bass Channel is line arrays. The arrays employ religiously-sealed enclosures with six “spotted” Scan Speak 25W/8565-00 drivers per channel... " Clearly you had written this at a time when you did not really underst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #199: The “nicer” MiniMe, eventually. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Playing with B-2 power amp I made an experiment and instead of loading to it the MiniMe Bass section I loaded the B-2 with Macondo’s bass arrays. I made add-hog attenuator and coil to EQ MiniMe MF with Macondo’s bass and gave some listening. It w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: All about bass by anthony on 2015-12-21 
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Hi Romy,So it is time to think about the bass output transformer in my DSET.  My bass channel will be 8 x 25W/8565-00 each side set in a sealed box and will cover the frequency range below say 100Hz.  These drivers can be wired anywhere between 1R an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Monitors: Wishful thinking by Ronnie on 2006-07-23 
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I too want a monitor speaker to play with, especially for amplifier experimentation.I put another 4" Fostex in a sealed "box" (globe actually) and crossed it over at 150hz to one SS 25w/8565 on the side. Wishful thinking? -Yes.About 88-90dB sensitive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #246: Answers by Edgar= on 2022-10-26 
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@N-set I was replying to pauls comment about giving up on blending passive radiators and trying to say I was surprised how effortless the 8565 integrates upwards into the tannoy but integrating down into another channel there is no hope. I think the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Thoughts about above. by Romy the Cat on 2021-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dannoy 2021 Loudspeakers in Audio For Dummies ™  24 Replies 
The above in Red color the response of Tannoy 10” Red LSU/SF3LZ driver with default crossover mounted in in Dunlavy TSW-IV Tower in a position of third driver and loaded to 4th 25W/8565-00 driver as passive radiator.  In blue, the response of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: A port with a 'human face'. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] I’m still in the world of direct radiators and I’m looking for the ultimate midbass channel solution. At this time it’s still impossible to build a horn of this size so my purpose is to find the next most good sounding soluti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #248: Blending passive with passive? by N-set on 2022-10-27 
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Forgive my complete ignorance in the speaker design, but if Edgar is right and the passive radiator has to be the last one, why not adding a sub with a passive? A sub with the same 8565 as a passive? I hear you re the injection,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Bottom exhaust and some rant about “fast and tight bass” stupidity. by Romy the Cat on 2016-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"] Bottom exhaust.  Could keep it simple and fire straight down onto the floor.  I think there are benefits to adding a very robust floor platform beneath the mouth, maybe with a reflector, similar to Bruce Edgar's Seismic Sub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 4-way horn system Prelude in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="maxx"]Then i have problems with my tapped horn. He works  25-90hz range.What you recommending for bass or midbass?I do not have too much room for bigger horn system.[/quote]I do not have too much experience with tapped horns but I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Classy and sophisticated Romy. by oxric on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is all because you are a primitive person with very simplistic and amateurish understanding of many things. You need to learn from much more sophisticated people, of cause I mean myself.  Take a look: I do not run like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Project LF drivers by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi, Ronnie. I do not know what happen with emails, you probably should not use the world Viagra in there… :-) Anyhow, the 25w/8565-01 drivers are optimized for ported enclosures. I porously never had them and never used them, so I could not be help...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Approaching the LF DSET by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy, So it is time to think about the bass output transformer in my DSET.  My bass channel will be 8 x 25W/8565-00 each side set in a sealed box and will cover the frequency range below say 100Hz.  These drivers can be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: The focus of recreating the accidental success by Edgar= on 2022-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Hy Paul, I agree with your comment about the tone of the passive radiator if it runs to the mid range. This is the point of the SS8565. the combo of the crazy stiff cone and the special surround works phenomenally well to stay linear. It is even bett...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: DHT in the DSET by anthony on 2015-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Make the full-range and then you will see where you are. Still, I feel that for MF channels it is beneficial for do with a good DHT output stage instead of 6C33C and perhaps it is a good idea to use DHT driver as well. S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Low resonance is good... by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]The lowest I know is the Fertin with 23 Hz. http://www.fertin-acoustic.com/hp_46ex.php [/quote] Fertin does 23Hz with 18inch. The Scan-speak did with 10 inches http://www.scan-speak.dk/datasheet/pdf/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The “Melquíades” début. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquíades” début. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
It was after midnight and I returned from my urban Saturday supper.  A pair of the recently born “Melquíadeses” was sitting in the mid of the room, glowing and asking: so what? A sudden necessity of  a radical audio sadism attacked me and I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: A LF solution for a new room by Romy the Cat on 2016-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Well, I kind of begin to think what kind LF solution I might have in the new room. The ULF might be fun to load on the ceiling in the way how I described above. For the midbass I most likely will go for the line-arrays with my beloved Scan Speak 2...
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