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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Old new Vitavox S2 or new old Vitavox S2... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I had dinner with Mike Harvey from Octave this weekend. Mike acquired the intellectual rights, tooling, drawings and jigs needed to manufacture the S2's. I believe that newly manufactured S2's will be available very soon. M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Vitavox S2+S2 scenario. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
This is the project that I been thinking to undertake for years. I have motioned about in multiple times that Vitavox’s S2 lower region is very lucrative but unfortunately not exactly useable if the driver run all the way up, unless you are wiling to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Vitavox S2 field-coil: how about the original diaphragms? by cv on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Romy, I presume this is with the new production diaphragms? Just wondering if the old ones might restore some of the youthfullness which was diminshed by the field coil?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Tweeter for Vitavox S2: silk dome? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I put a couple days ago a silk dome tweeter in the game.  I look in my storages to see what I had there among the traditional silk domes. I ended up pulling out my North Creek Music D25 driver. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/NorthD25.pdf I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Mystery of Vitavox S2 resolved! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
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Ah, such a beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful discovery! After all, after the years of dealing and fighting with it I come up with the observation that the Vitavox S2 driver could and actually should be used “as is”. The harshness that I was re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Further Vitavox S2 improvement? by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-29 
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I have posted this idea at the Peter’s Vitavox site a few month back but there is no activity at that site. It sucks that there are no advanced S2 users out there. I am planning to try it myself and in a month or so and will report the result.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Vitavox S2 inside. by cv on 2006-01-13 
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Thanks for the picture Romy. I couldn't unscrew the top threaded piece myself. Perhaps I was turning it the wrong way?! Any guidance you could give on dismantling the driver would be appreciated. Regarding the active flux modulation idea; I think yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another topic on vitavox s2 by Mazur on 2025-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another topic on vitavox s2 in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi, Romy and other visitorsI`m completely new to vitavox stuff because it was always out of my reach in terms of price, yet i have a lot of experience with other drivers - radian 950, B&C DCM 50, Faital HF series, JBL, AltecNow i have a set of re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: "Different" way to use Vitavox S2 by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-10 
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I just posted yeastoday the post above and have got already a few emails asking about the “new” ways that I am planning to use S2. OK, let me to explain what is going on. The default Vitavox S2 driver comes with thier default aluminum diaphragm with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Vitavox S2 revelation: follow up by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The S2 has own very idiosyncratic upper range with own helpful resonances injected into sound.  I feel that that original metal suspension diaphragm does it bolder and more aggressively then the plastic suspension dia...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: More Vitavox S2 mysteries… by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-04 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Manville, just for sake of an experiment, I’ve sent one of my “worst” performing S2 drivers to remagnetize it. I do not know if it affect the ‘beneficial resonance” and if it does I will report the results of its performanc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Further Vitavox S2 narrative... by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-01 
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Hm, I do not know men, but it des not work. Over the last few years I have tried the ordinal metal diaphragm 4 or 5 times and not with the Super Melquiades it is the most successful try but I still feel than it is not the sound that I would like to g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Vitavox S2: the end of the diaphragms war. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-22 
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Whoever followed my bothersome experiments in search for a better diaphragm for Vitavox S2 driver knows that I lately spent quite a lot time trying to make the original metal suspension diaphragm to work. There are a LOT of advantages in those diaphr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Re: Vitavox S2: the end of the diaphragms war. by AnonymousUser on 2005-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
You must be into antiques or something.  Just buy a Raven R1.  It will easily outperform both the EV  (which is not very good) or the Vitavox (which is good if your hearing doesn't extend over 12Khz) tweeters.  Yago...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: What makes Vitavox S2 better/different than Altec 288C??! by morespeakers on 2006-01-27 
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If there is any info in this or another post about why the S2 is so much better than the Altec 288c please direct me. If not what makes the S2 drivers so different than a 288C? (I am talking about 288'cs that the 24 ohm diaphragms have been...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox S2 vs. the World by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-29 
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[quote user="jweiss"] When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Vitavox S2 Electromagnetics… by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-24 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Below are the images illustrating how it will work at the first test-stage. [/quote]Hey, I kind if did it…. The first draft of the experiment with Vitavox S2 driver is on. The idea to use a combination of permanent magn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Vitavox S2 field-coil: the first 10 minutes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Well, I screw-in today the S2 with filed-coil into my horn. I decided to drive it with 2.4A.  I used a regulated DC PS and did not employ my prepared for this tusk 4.2 Farad capacitor: the voltage is too high for my cap. The current gave me a ni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Re: Vitavox S2 field-coils and a realistic delta by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]I presume this is with the new production diaphragms? Just wondering if the old ones might restore some of the youthfullness which was diminshed by the field coil?[/quote]Yes, if was the new production diaphragms with plastic suspens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #215: TAD Be vs Vitavox S2 by Amir on 2024-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  241 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Best case, a system will have both great tone and plenty of "headroom" to play the Music you want to hear the way you want to hear it. We've discussed before that AN systems are pretty responsive, with great tone, but they do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-01 
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So in an effort to learn something about the way the 288 and S2 sound the way they do, what do you suppose the mechanical differences in the construction of each driver that causes the differences in sound as they look so similar physically?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-02 
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I believe you use the laser to find out at what frequencies there are resonances and where they are at so youcan make the phase plug accordingly but like I said I know about as much as those lasers as I saw in the Tad brochure. A machinist told me on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wanted Vitavox S2 Original Hi Testing Diaphrams with Horns And Orig Xo... by vintageman on 2014-07-17 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Vitavox s2/amphorous core interaction/idiosyncracies by mark on 2008-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
well i never thought i would be opening such a pandora's box with this combination.firstly,the drivers have the plastic surrounds(whew,lucky!i know the diaphragms are potentially harder to source than the drivers)what indicators or criteria would mak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: LF for use with Vitavox S2 by i_should_coco on 2006-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF for use with Vitavox S2 in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
At Romy's suggestion I've created a new thread for this. I have been thinking about what sort of bass solution to use with the S2. I was hoping to be able to  get the S2  low enough (c. 300Hz) to make this a bit easier, but it seem that onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
There are many threads on my site where I covered the subjects of Tweeter for my Macondo and particularly the moment of integration the tweeters with Vitavox S2 compression driver. Since a few months ago I altered my idea to use the EV T-350 tweeter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? by Wojtek on 2006-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
There is a German company called Expolinear ,wchich started to make ribbon tweeters based on bulgarian research .They make model RT7 pro with neodymium magnet and 100 dB /8 Ohm. I have a pair of their low efficient ribons (~88- 90 dB) with alnico 5 m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The terrible ringing problems in Vitavox S2. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: S2 Hissing Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
From Email that I got today: “….. I see that you are considering trying the metal diaphragm again in your S2s. I am using the metal diaphram for the moment (it is all that i have), but have the terrible ringing problem, especially on female vocals. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The new Vitavox S2 testing. Someone, perhaps… by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Peter Empson from United Kingdom, the guy who use to run Unofficial Vitavox site and Forum has open a High-Fi shop in Aylesbury with a sentimental name “Deco Audio”. He sells the new production of Vitavox parts: The S2 drivers, the 15” woofer and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Vitavox S2: notes to dairy… by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-20 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I thought that the folks who are interesting where I am going with my Macondo should know that am still working with Vitavox S2[/quote]OK, I think now I’ve learned whatever I need to learn about this driver. In order to und...
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