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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: A phase tester and RTA analyzer. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Ronnie, There are no needs to be funny about it and there are no needs to get a daytime job. A phase tester and RTA analyzer are absolutely obligatory thighs to employ and they are inexpensive and very simple to use. A simplest phase tester you mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Polarity Tester – a must have for any horn person by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Polarity Tester – a must have for any horn person in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
Srajan La Pergola just announced that Danish company “FMJ Audio” began to make an acoustic phase tester. An acoustic phase tester is absolutely mandatory thing for anyone who uses horns. If a person use horns and has no ways to objectively recognize ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Water Drop - the first break through. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
OK, after a few days to straggling with this damn tweeter I might report that the Water Drop actually made itself to sound civilized. It sounded somehow fine alone but it was a real nightmare with Macondo, I juts was not able to integrate it. I measu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sound was changing ... by unicon on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Unicon,  I do think that you deal not with phase but with damping and resonances…. The Cat[/quote]Romyto be saying it carefully the main sound change i encountered is the RESONANCE which surely deals with TIME . and talking...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Any further experiments shell be stopped by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]The next big problem with sound here I think is a difference in sound level between upper bass and MF/HF.Upper bass seems louder (and ought to be). Would you help this electronics-handicapped guy to pad down the upper bass horn w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: MacondoLite optimization prerequisites. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Decoud, in order to say anything useful I would like to know to the following: 1)  Where the tweeter will be installed? 2)  What the size of the room? 3)  What are you planning to install the speaker in your room? 4)  What LF solution do you consider...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: True RTA and Windows trouble by Ronnie on 2007-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Yes, I've been meaning to aquire such things for quite a while now.The biggest obstacle is that I think I need to format the drive and do a clean install of XP (or Vista).I did some audiophile trick with the system and since then XP doesn't acknowled...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Clarifications by decoud on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hi Romy,Many thanks: the answers are...1. The tweeter I thought could go below the MF.2. The room is 5m x 5m x 3.6m.3. Given size of room, corner location would be most practical.4. LF will have to be compact, hence tapped horn appeals.5. S2 diaphrag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: A phase tester and RTA analyzer. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Ronnie, There are no needs to be funny about it and there are no needs to get a daytime job. A phase tester and RTA analyzer are absolutely obligatory thighs to employ and they are inexpensive and very simple to use. A simplest phase tester you mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: EdgarHorns crash survival guide by drdna on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  73 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Drdna, generally I would not agree that your assessment of the EdgarHorns is correct. There is nothing fundamentally wrong in them that would prevent them to "disappear" in the room. [/quote]Well, this is good news.&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Crossover point: no abstract intellectual values by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CD horn and JBL: Crossover point in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Dominic, I have no idea. I never used them and hardly used anything similar. Generally there is no abstract intellectual value in the targeting any specific crossover point. People out there suggest “do not cross here” or “do not cross there” but it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Melquiades boots faster than Windows8? by rowuk on 2013-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is it the time to change those tubes? in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The concept of self-testing boot cycle is nice one but it for sure could not be done during the amp booting. Some tubes do need to warm up and reach the cruse temperature in order to be tested, some do not.  Some tunes (lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Eventualy! by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
OK, I have found the problem I had with my digital and analog crossovers, now everything is consistent. It turn out that my contractor why built for me the IB manifold confused the polarity of right and left channels. I was not able to use the pha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: EdgarHorns crash survival guide by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  73 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Now I have had the EdgarHorns in my system for a number of weeks and have been moving them around the room and moving things in the room around to make them sound their best. [/quote] If you are not familiar with horns then it u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Real-Objective Tweeters Alignment Survival Guide by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the tweeters phase alignment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Ok, none it is time to dive into the practical process of tweeters alignment. Once again I presume that we are taking about monopole tweeters that use AFTER your midranges compression drivers (read my previous post). Some people use term “supertweete...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: It is like riding a wild horse.... by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Marcus, here is absolutely nothing wrong in what you describe. I absolutely assure you that any single person initially end up with the results similar to what you describe. Most of them stop there and do not understand that they got very bad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The problem is not THE problem. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making it sing... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Scott, you see, this is the problem. You do not talk about the problems “as is”. All what I was asking was the acknowledgment/recognition/identification without context of loudspeakers. Your listening/assessment awareness is completely grounded to th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: They are for mA by anthony on 2018-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You decided to go with mA or are they mV against 1R resistors? I prefer the second approach personally and I feel that I can moderate the quality of resistor and I can’t moderate the quality of the milliampere meter coil....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The truly amassing result with the New Lavry. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
I never hit such a huge jackpot as I just did with the Lavry DA-924. The most funny in that even that I did it absolutely blindly. I had some minor beef with DA-924 sound: upperbass/lower midrange and the slightly too much extended HF (very very clea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Some thoughts. by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
You decided to go with mA or are they mV against 1R resistors? I prefer the second approach personally and I feel that I can moderate the quality of resistor and I can’t moderate the quality of the milliampere meter coil.   The whole thing looks l...
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