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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Goto mid hi summary by serenechaos on 2009-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
SGSG-37FRP (designed for mid-high ranges in a smaller system). 56,000 yen Driver frequency band: 400Hz - 10kHz,  " optimal crossover is 500Hz or more" 110dB, 18,500 gauss    SG-370 (designed for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Japanese Cone Suspensions. by eduardo on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
From the perspective of pumping of atmospheric pressure the ALE bass drivers might be more capable transducers. It or might not be so as well. To get 40Hz at 110dB in 5” it would take some excursion.  I am sorry but you can’t bend the law o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The rca driver... by cv on 2009-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Without wishing to open a can of worms....Mine are the 1443 - same as the 1428B save for the field coil voltage. I've finally got round to ins talling some of Cogent's replacement diaphragms to restore them properly. I can't say enough good thing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: Goto prototype system developed on request 4/24/2010 by jessie.dazzle on 2011-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Jeno wrote:"...It looks like the system John Sheerin developed..."Clearly that IS the system. To see it, once having clicked on the link Jeno providedhttp://www.jhsaudio.com/index.phpyou need to scroll all the way down to the box in the lower right c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Fundamental range ? by Murataltuev on 2015-08-15 
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="anthony"]Regarding the other questions you asked, I am basically duplicating Romy's system as my starting point with horns.[/quote]Yes, as you can see my approach is also very similar.Two major differences: TH and Fundamental frequency r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Comments on comments by serenechaos on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Having just returned from this show, I have a few comments on your comments... 1) Yes, it was the amp you posted the link to.  2) Yes, the tweeter and two MF channel drivers were GOTO 3) Your estimates on flare rates aren't too far off (don't kn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Unknown motivation by haralanov on 2011-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #181: Murat 2017 (Martch) by Romy the Cat on 2017-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
It is not a secret that my short interaction with Murat and my observation the progress he has with his playback made me to feel that his is an idiot. There is nothing new in it, most of accidental audio people are idiots. Nevertheless, I think it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #122: Make up your mind. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-19 
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="Murataltuev"] 3. GOTO SG-146LD in 46horn 50-400Hz I've added 0,7m length to 2m horn, so now my mid-bass horn has 4" throat and 1x1m mouth and 2.7m length. [/quote]   4" throat into 1x1m mouth…hmmm, you hardly will be able t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: OK, good luck. by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-10 
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="Murataltuev"] Romy, read my first post here.I told from the beginning that I'm going to try all kind of respected drivers to decide for myself what I like most.This is not about system as a whole with crossovering and other things. It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Double drivers by ygoh on 2008-02-17 
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="Jeffrey Jackson"]........he has listened to Goto's advice quite a bit.. they have very strong thoughts on how to do things... some you will find humorous, others you will agree with... they beleive that electronics don't really matter.. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Why Upperbass is a key by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
When many of your will experiment with building and listening your own horns and spend countless amount of time by sketching a configuration of your new horn assembly you then might come to an observation that Macondo Upperbass topology is very s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Color does mean the things in this case. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Color or opacity of the material in itself means nothing; it could very well be white, pink or have leopard spots (I'm betting you'd like that!), all independent of its physical characteristics. [/quote] Of cause the colo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Thanks by de charlus on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Thanks Romy,I particularly appreciate the advice on the Goto issue, although a sojourn in Japan would be delightful too, come to think of it; in my experience there's no better place for culinary and audio tourism combined. "Local" support in the cas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #239: I had got it. by xandcg on 2016-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Paul, Thanks!Yes, I had got the Romy point. I am just too obstinate to get that thing done but indeed I am still considerate a standard system as start point too. My problem with that, buy a standard one before, were I always try to avoid to have to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Goto unknowns... by serenechaos on 2009-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Ok; there's a mis-print somewhere, or a manufacturing change...  The web site linked listed SG-370 as 23,000 gauss, and SG-370DX as 24,000 gauss.  The goto brochure lists SG-370 as 24,000 gauss.  And was discussed yesterday w/ someone, one doesn't re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: The lower power handling by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Paul, Ok, I would agree with this. The power handling is the factor that I forgot to mention. The Japanese home drivers are rated for a few watts vs. the pro driver are rated for hundreds watts.  BTW, some of older pro drivers (like my Vitavox) wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: What is perfectly time aligned? by MINGSU on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Romy!Put on an engineer hat! Time-aligned is an impossible task from my point of view.  How can one perfectly time align different drivers?  Align to what precision? mm, inch, cm or ft?  5%, 10%, 30% time align? Align to the tip of the cone or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: the magico ultimo are not the best i heard by angeloitacare-idiot on 2007-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns / BMS drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
hi Dominic i made myself the same question regarding the high frequencies in the orphean horn. the reason is probably because this horn has no compression, and the horn length is not so deep, and the exit diameter is 2 inch, quit big. If you read my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some other audio ... by xandcg on 2016-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hello,Can you give me some ideas for a good room? Also, audio related ideas are always welcome too.The initial plan is a room with 5m H x 10m W x 14m D (about 16,5ft H x 33ft W x 46ft D). Solid floor, probably porcelain tile (chess floor style), and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Have you heard a word “discovery”? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]HAHAHAHAHA!!!Torsion fields are worth, at least, a nobel. Are you aware of that?Please do nor make 100% IDIOTS of yourselves invoking Einstein-Cartan theoryin audio!!! HAHAHAHAHA IDIOTS!!! Better spot 1st, 2nd or 4327483256rd orde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I have writhen about it before somewhere..... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver Alignment, and Where to Draw the Line in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
It is very easy to figure out acoustically. Feed the drivers and their crossover with a reference tone of fixed amplitude and fixed frequency, roughly in the middle of crossover point. Disconnect one of the drivers and measure the acoustic pressure e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: I'll miss the cats by jessie.dazzle on 2007-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Hello friends,Romy wrote (in the context of the MingSu/Jackson/Goto upper-mid bass horn thread):"...Yep, I would hang the midbass above and as you said put an upperbass on a floor to anchor the center image. Something similar to what Jessie is doing....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #236: Those bass drivers .... by Romy the Cat on 2016-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
 [quote user="xandcg"]Now I got why exactly midbass horns are reported to be so complicated to be properly made. [/quote]     Well, I do not think you did as I promise your that the complexity is much more then you know, or at least then wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Drums & fifes by twogoodears on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Hi Josh... of course... for evaluation and pleasure-reasons I had my own 24 bit/192 khz live recordings of Lou Harrison's music, performed by a percussion ensemble with harp and assorted cymbals and drums, any size and flute and female, soprano voice...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Goto S150 with what? by Rewind on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
I kind of got stuck in selecting an upper midrange driver, above 2kHz. If a driver is going to screech in your ears it is going to be in these frequencies. I was never really satisfied with the range of 1" compression drivers I tried. That is wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Big horn in house not easy by Horn Savant on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="audiofilofine"]  Horn Savant wrote:Final exit ~ 1M x 2M crn loaded (yielding 1/4 given mouth cut-off frequency)With 416's bass can be devastatingly spectacular !The general public have no concept of the efficacy of large bass hornsthan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Horn suggestions for 300Hz-1000Hz channel by Rewind on 2013-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
It is a shame that I keep finding threads about a 300Hz compression driver channel, that ends abruptly. I have been trying with a not-so-exact Goto S-150 replica (~1.7m deep, 75cm diameter mouth), and I know of another fellow in Sweden who tried the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Just guessing what is going on in your case. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
So, I guess you do not measure flux if are getting. You might measure sensitivity and we might presume what when perm magnets has the same sensitivity as electromagnets then the drivers have the same magnetic flux density. Let also presume that when ...
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