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Post #4: RE: Still Romy's horns

by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-20

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Thread: Romy's Horns

in Horn-Loaded Speakers 3 Replies

[quote user="TonyB"] So do your horns have 115Hz flare frequency? (and have the rear chamber tuned for 115Hz as well) [/quote] They are 35”. Do your math. The back chamber tuned at 115Hz. [quote user="TonyB"] From the pictures the horns look like t...

Post #129: The Milq upperbass crossover.

by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-08

Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades

in Melquiades Amplifier 131 Replies

[quote user="anthony"]Romy, I appreciate that this is an old thread now and that you may not remember everything from your time developing these amplifiers, but I have a (hopefully) simple question about the upperbass crossover in the schematic ab...

Post #30: Not proving anything but a challenge.

by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15

Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time.

in Horn-Loaded Speakers 455 Replies

[quote user="oxric"] Firstly, the costs involved and the real chance that this project might not work make this project statistically a horrible waste of money, time and resources which could be better spent in pursuing other solutions which are ...

Post #10: A phase plug under 500Hz – my mania of disagreement

by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-11

Thread: Phase plug for midbass

in Horn-Loaded Speakers 23 Replies

[quote user="ulf"]A few years ago we discovered the tractrix horn for MF use. It was really the most important improvement so far. No more honking exponential horn sound. The improvement was so clear that A/B testing was not needed. [/quote] For wha...

Post #1: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo.

by Romy the Cat on 2016-01-20

Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo.

in Horn-Loaded Speakers 87 Replies

I sometimes visit an Australian site and familiarize myself with progress of “acg” who it trying to build Macondo like acoustic system. http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php/topic/75784-deep-end-diy-my-first-speaker-project A few weeks a...

Post #83: Bias

by G on 2018-04-03

Thread: Bias help

in Melquiades Amplifier 96 Replies

Hi Romy I have built a Melq prototype and need some help with the bias. This is my first tube amp build so my understanding is not great. All parts values were used as per the 4.4 schematics. Rectifier bridges were built with Infineon SD...

Post #1: Planning my DSET

by anthony on 2015-05-25

Thread: Planning my DSET

in Melquiades Amplifier 186 Replies

Hi Romy, I am planning my own DSET build. I have based my speakers on your Macondo and am busy turning MDF horns in my spare time. Once that is over I will move onto amplifiers. I plan to build a fullrange Melquiades for a friend and the...

Post #1: The Studio AU projects.

by Romy the Cat on 2015-03-15

Thread: The Studio AU projects.

in Horn-Loaded Speakers 8 Replies

A visitor sent me email “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” with a link to (I presume Australian company http://www.goldstandardaudio.com ) that does this: A works in development. 2.4m high, ...

Post #2: Answers....

by Romy the Cat on 2015-05-26

Thread: Planning my DSET

in Melquiades Amplifier 186 Replies

[quote user="anthony"]I plan to build a fullrange Melquiades for a friend and then if that works out the DSET 6 or 7 channel version for myself. [/quote] That is very good approach in my view. The problem is in this approach that you have t...

Post #9: The DPoLS ceremony in a Boston apartment.

by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-26

Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio.

in Audio Discussions 16 Replies

This was the most astonishing and bewildering moment of my entire audio life. It was in 2000. That time I lived in cozy downtown Boston apartment that I absolutely loved. The apartment sounded fabulously with pretty much any playback you put in. A...

Post #170: Some leads to explore.

by Romy the Cat on 2019-03-04

Thread: Planning my DSET

in Melquiades Amplifier 186 Replies

[quote user="anthony"]Can you remember the thickness of the spacer between the Fane 8m and the Upperbass horn throat? I have no idea what thickness is needed but I assume some kind of spacer is necessary to stop the surround striking the horn...

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