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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The MiniMe’s LF section by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
OK, I think the first LF section for MiniMe is ready to get final paint. What I was preparing it I developed a very good filing for it. I still feel that it kind of too large to host the MiniMe MF section but itself the MiniMe bass section has an abs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Again… by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Again, moving the speakers last night I felt that I really would like to move the speakers closer to the mid of the room – the further the speakers from the back wall the more interesting sound. There is another “again” in what I felt last night. I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: More about the EdgarHorn Bass by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More about the EdgarHorn Bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
A friend of my after reading my comments about the EdgarHorn installation in Vegas (in here) asked me why do I think the bass in Bruce’s room behave as it behaved. I tried to think about it. Some of those thoughts intersect with some other projects t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: A first true bass test by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Since my left channel along with midbass horn is more or less configured I made today a first rest of the full assembly - with LF section. The midbass does somewhere hear 40Hz and I set the LF section for 34Hz, drove it from B2 via the SMS crossover....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: Décor maybe fake for playback by unicon on 2010-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
oi Romy ,Since you added a new parameter  in audio play back called : Decor  I'm afraid, it may make it far too hard.anyhow can I see 360 degree view of your room (video) ?  I am afraid you are in wrong shape of set up in first placeFor instance from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The MiniMe’s LF section by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
OK, I think the first LF section for MiniMe is ready to get final paint. What I was preparing it I developed a very good filing for it. I still feel that it kind of too large to host the MiniMe MF section but itself the MiniMe bass section has an abs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why so much surprises about the Monitors? by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
That is funny but I received a few emails from audio people suggesting that I am a nut because at I suddenly expressed queasily in a monitor loudspeaker. Ironically only one of them uses some-type horn loading loudspeakers and the rest use large floo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: 6 drivers sensitivity, where is the truth? 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 
[quote user="cv"]I make 6 drivers = 95.8 db/W. You get 3db / doubling of the number of drivers ie 88 + 10log10(6 drivers).That's why I'm going with a bunch of Lambda TD15S (which are sort of a cross between the Altecs cone - paper, curved, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Can a bad floor be cured by gain/power? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Well, in context of a full-range speaker, like largest Wilsons or the similar, the answer would be unquestionably no.  Even if we biamp those speakers then the LF still is too wide bandwidth and too geographically bind to the MF section.  The wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: I do not like it then... by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"] As for the "Grande Castine", I think that the MF section is in fact the MF/LF section and the frame is indeed curved.[/quote] If this speaker does not use any complimentary LF section then they drive the woofers at let say 40Hz. A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: When a tweeter is not just a tweeter. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Metal domes in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
.. and I have no problem with “few” of the metal domes implementations. I wonder if David Wilson “preference” for metal domes derives from the fact the he needs an aggressive upper range to get equilibrium to the noise of Wilson ports coming from Wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: LF: the fly in the ointment by Paul S on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Maybe we should just start by trying to think of a viable way to get down to 20 Hz in a reasonably sized enclosure driven by an SET that must also drive the rest of the system.  This was always the sticker for me, and this was a major ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The Musique Concrete speaker thread by tuga on 2009-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]Some rather astonishing features. I'm very interested to hear it.[/quote]Hello Markus,The Castine prototype was discussed a while ago in [url=http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=6119#6119]this[/url] thread an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: It is much better. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Well, it unquestionably much better, still I am afraid that they are trying to spread one ass across two chairs; I will talk about it in the end. The change from what was before was around the frame and upperbass horn. It looks like the guys are tryi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The size maters by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Well, I figures that while I am not sure what to do with LF section and where to locate it I will live with my woofer tower from my old listening room. They did not work well as Lower-Upper-bass channel installed next to Macondo but in odd place, han...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The sensitivity vs. exertion – a constant battle. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"] Not necessarily: they could be separate boxes, interconnected by short cable. This allows some freedom of movement between top & bottom (like some of Wilson's products or A-Physic's et aliae). [/quote] Actually I consider th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Solid State Bass – the mystery of misery. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Solid State Bass – the mystery of misery. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
After posting the article in Audio For Dummies ™ section: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1267 I had a long conversation with a friend of mine who blamed in ignorance and luck of sincerity on the subject. He is a strong believer i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A quest for a better monitor. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
While Dima is cooking the Super Zarathustra I figure out that I would need some test speaker to be able to observe the preliminary results. I would not be able to drive the multi-channel Macondo with a single full range amplifier, so I need something...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Next project: better midbass by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Bruce told me last year that he started to manufacture 80Hz straight horns to replace his 80Hz. I was under impression that you refer to it. Anyhow, if your midbass horn is fine then one of the most effective ways to get it even better is to reduce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: To free up the 6C33.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Not to start a pissing contest, but how are they wired (series/parallel?), and with what voltage across them? Something just can't be right; the makers spec is 88db / 2.83V, which is over 1W. Unless it's uniquely smooth room gain wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The change #43489589282. Why? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Tax"]The other options are to get some custom Amorphous OPT's <50R 350mA 8:1 as per previous posts, or to possibly pair Romy's LF tributes (for sale section) with a pair of Lundahl's in a two channel DSET configuration. The Avantgarde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Alexandria XLF, why not? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A primer on high-end marketing: Wilson XLF in Audio News  8 Replies 
Why not? Wilson for many years each 2-3 years updates own flagman. They had Grand Slamm’s number of revisions where they constantly change tweeters, other driver and resistors in crossovers, introducing new rounds of opportunities for the custome...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The objectives of the exercise. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="miab"] I'm curious as to why the preference to paper cones as opposed to carbon/poly/kevlar/ceramic/.... With weight and stiffness advantages of other materials, would advancing technology not be well implemented towards drivers?  [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Recently Macondo was altered and converted into… nope, not into a Super Macondo :-) but in a “Larger Macondo”. The Super Macondo it will be when I resolved how to implement time delays along with a low pass flirter at midbass horn, that would enable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: The compass shows the multiamping? The rational need for a product. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Well, it is very obvious what MiniMe needs. The speaker is begging for multiamping. The speaker has 2 distinctly different sections. The HF section has 4-5db higher sensitivity and SET friendly. The LF section needs 100W of output impedance that deal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the Avantgard... by Tax on 2011-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Hi Fellow Forumers,This is my first newbie post :-) Do any of you have any experience with running a Lundahl 1627 in a Full Range Melquiades with Avantgarde Duo Omega speakers?The other options are to get some custom Amorphous OPT's <50R 350mA 8:1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Musique Concrete goes commercial by tuga on 2009-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Musique Concrete stopped selling horns a while ago and are now manufacturers of commercial horn loudspeakers.As for the "Grande Castine", I think that the MF section is in fact the MF/LF section and the frame is indeed curved.Cheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #143: It migh be more complicated. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"]Since you added a new parameter  in audio play back called : Decor  I'm afraid, it may make it far too hard. [/quote]I agree but it I do not think that it would change my mind. Perhaps “décor” is not right word however; it is not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: Stop! by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
OK, I decided to stop today to do what I do as it does not feel like me anymore. For a month as I live in here and have the playback up my playback is a source of great pain and I do not like it.  I am accustomed that I turn the thing on and USE it. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio Digital Equ... by Thorsten on 2005-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio D... in Didital Things  9 Replies 
.... in home systems for Room correction and general system EQFolks,This is from my own Yahoo group, but may be of interest here....Since writing this I have in fact changed my speakers to dipoles and do not currently use a PADEQ (it will return thou...
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