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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The benefit of compression or the good compression. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Aw crap.  Does that mean I'm responsible for everything Bush does? [/quote] From historic perspective, yes we Americans are more responsible for what Bush does then Mozambiqueans for instance. A hundred years from now peo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
If you know how in some optical systems imagery get destroyed when an aperture getting closed to F64 or even smaller, then you understand what happens in compression driver when frequency get higher and spaces smaller. Yes, the proximity of wavelengt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: OK, let look at horn upperbass drivers sincerely by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="be"] "another big selling point to me was the 505 being a low resonance compression driver.. there just aren't many drivers with a resonance in the 80 to 100 Hz range like this driver... I have just begun my playing, but am already quite...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Compression, not just amplitude by Andy Simpson on 2009-04-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Let do not forget that acoustic space also have own compression… not to mention that the performing intend itself has own “compression”.[/quote]The question of 'self-compression', where the performer moderates their perf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
We, the horn people, know what the compression drivers could do. The controlled dispersion, low distortions, low mechanical dependency, low magnetic anomalies, high efficiency, higher maximum dynamics and many-many more advance are well known. The te...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: There is no backup, but it would be nice to have one. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]One of the emails that I receive is very interesting. The author warns:   “...when experimenting with throaths I found that if the compression is big, near 2 or higher you get some big, smooth, unfocused aqualung sound. You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Solid state class A & compression drivers and horns by twogoodears on 2010-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Hi Roman, hi all... intriguing post and interesting questions, as I've been for about 20 years a triode and, before, a tube user and a glowing-in-the-dark maniac.My experience...I purchased - years ago - an Hiraga 20W which I used as a bass enclosure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The NEW “Compression drivers and the clean signal”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-01 
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I was right before but now I really review my rightness for a new perspective. Yes, the compressions drivers are the subject of clean signal but it what I witness with the new 6-chenals DSET put what I said above in another extreme dimension. I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Violent "compression"? by Paul S on 2007-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Romy, no doubt the following derives wholly from my ignorance on the subject, but I have not been able to get away from a sense of "variable compression" with any compression horns I have tried.  By "variable compression" I mean that the compres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Coaxial compression drivers by el`Ol on 2012-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Anything wrong with wide bandwidth horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
One might think that the BMS coaxial compression drivers might be especially coherent and superior to the dedicated mid-high solution, but I find there is something wrong with them (and I don't belong to those who dislike the character of BMS drivers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Other ways to use compression drivers.... by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
http://www.anl.gov/videos/acoustic-levitation ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Bass compression driver is all I need by Murataltuev on 2015-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Of cause not but did you read and understand the Macondo Axioms? The Macondo Axioms proclaims that an individual driver and individual channel have to be set in maximum suitable for own topology operation. According to Go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #233: These bass compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2016-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Xandcg, these bass compression drivers is a controversial subject. T think there are 3 of them ALE 160 and P1260 and GOTO SG-146LD. I think they all 4”, it would be very nice if they were 6”. However, 6” exit might be a bit too wide for compre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #244: Compression drivers are copies of western Electric 555 using original ... by oxric on 2016-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
I spoke to the owner of the company. The drivers are copies of Western Electric 555 (but the owner insists that they use genuine NOS WE diaphragms membranes) but they can be custom made to fit in with one's requirements. I didn't know such a thing wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bass" by skushino on 2016-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
I'm of the opinion that listening room aesthetics play a big role in enjoying music at home.  This is self-evident, but over the many years playing with audio, my listening room has become incrementally cluttered with "audio detritus".  It's ugly and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Driver and throat dia [Re: Fostex, compression driver MF, aliens and S... by Ronnie on 2005-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hello John,The woofer is Fane Studio 8M and throat diameter on the 115Hz horn is 5.56".The initial 4.5" depth of the throat is made up by 6 MDF pieces with rough edges (awaiting bondo smoothing).I can easily add 3/4" pieces to the throat section to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
ATTENTION SOUND ENGINEERS Dear sound engineer, As you certainly know, a recording that sounds BAD on a "high-end" or "audiophile" playback system may still sound GOOD or at least acceptable on a the average more modest mass-marked systems (such a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Compression bandage Part II by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-22 
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Correction : In the previous post near the end, I should have written as follows: The other day I tried letting the 180Hz lower-mid horn do more and the 400Hz upper-mid horn do less, by moving the crossover points up (I do not attenuate the low...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Imaging, soundstage, compression.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
To assess how far audio imaging from sound of a ”live” musical presentation we need to subtract visual experiences from perception, including the long-lasting visual experiences. I would agree that focusing ONLY on imaging can lead attention off beam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: On compression by tuga on 2009-05-26 
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Hi jd*,Unfortunately the minorities always get screwed and this case is not different.Most people out there listen to music as a background or head banging noise, there's no way around that, and wide dynamic range is not compatible with this.It would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Compression vs. imaging by ArmAlex on 2012-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] One more tip. The “least dynamic compression positioning” mostly managed by upper bass and bass channels while in the “imaging positioning” the MF and HF channels play more dominating roles. Therefore, if you use a typica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Yoshimura Laboratories compression drivers on loose by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
There are two YL Acoustic Compression drivers flying around: D-5500G, .6” lower MF, 100 Hz -7000Hz, 15W D-3500G, 1” upper MF, 500 Hz -9000Hz, 15W They are YL are pre ALE driver and they might be interesting for somebody who would like t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Faital compression drivers and Ketone diaphragms by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Faital compression drivers and Ketone diaphragms in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Scott from the miserable Afghanistan was strategizing about his new 5-wsy installation and sketched to us Faital drivers. I knew nothing about the company, looked them up and find that the do some compression drivers with Ketone diaphragms. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I would not use PP for compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Horn-loading and compression had no direct relativity to tone by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Evolution of Honk. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I realize I will never get horn dynamics with direct radiators; and I still wonder … if anyone actually gets the Tone (without shaping) with horns.[/quote] I just do not know if “tone” has anything to do with anything. There is a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
It took for us, for the people with brains and ears, a few years to explain to the foolish audiophiles the artificiality of their soundstage objectives. Six years ago when I was tiring explaining to the audio-zombies that soundstage is juts a surroga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Juts the applied theories about the coaxial compression drivers by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The bogusness of the coaxial compression drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="Michaelz"]Some drivers have a rising db curve from low to high frequencies.  The horn may help with flattening the FR.  If the FR of a given coaxial compression driver is flat, I would agree with your conclusion.[/quote]Mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The vintage vs. contemporary compression driver. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="horny"]… me too would like to achieve as good as possible violin reproduction without spending a fortune on exotic or vintage drivers.[/quote] I have voiced my frustrations about many contemporary compression drivers. People who manufac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Thinking further about the ‘compression’ of my tweeter. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I kind if cycle my attention on the notion of compression and it is not accidental. When a few years ago I used the hugely dymick NT51 tweeter in my car I experienced problem to set the right volume and I run the volume control 10  times more fre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: AG Trios, compression and misunderstanding.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Collin, I do not remember that I wrote that Trios are “duller”. In fact I do not remember I ever wrote anything about Trios in comparing to my current hors. Furthermore, my “Macondo” derived for the Trios and practically fully inherited the Trio’s ...
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