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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Reply to the camel horn by Gargoyle on 2015-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Scratched Horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
Yes, although the typical cork sheets might be too smooth and hard to apply. However if you were to crush the cork into granules... then apply to the horn, that should be feasible. Can you tell us anything about the picture you just posted? It doesn'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic by martinshorn on 2018-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Hi guysI just spotted something breathtaking yesterday:http://www.esdacoustics.com/ Ive been actually listening to it this weekend on the exhibition.Trying to sort my thoughts.I had many many hours of intense listening.Also plenty of time with the en...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How do you time align the tweeter? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The Purpose of the Horn by Paul S on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Gera, is this an idea you're familiar with from a sonic standpoint?  The horns are supposed to boost lower frequencies within their pass bands without adding their own sound, or - more realistically - allowing for their own minimal contribution to th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: No in-between horn by noviygera on 2019-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
When commenting on Musique-Concrete System, Romy wrote: "In a horn the most important category is the ratio between the mouth and throat"  "the bass horn are dangers and it is better do not do it if they are not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: What about my take on midbass horn by DorinD on 2020-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
First I want to say "Hello" to our host and to the other guests here.Sorry that I interfere here, but talking about PA inspiration and using PA parts in creative mode in dinning room, I can say that for about 15 years back I was starting my interest ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! by HifiOrDie on 2021-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
   First off, let me say Hello to all fellow Audiophiles!   I'm an audio-obsessed 29 year old currently living in the United States (Minnesota), and have spent years perfecting HIFI systems in vehicles, and over...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Vitavox Corner Horn by jeff1225 on 2021-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Romy,When you say that the Vitavox 15" was the best midbass you heard, was it in a Vitavox corner horn? I'm think about acquiring or building a pair of Vitavox corner horns as I have a perfect room for them. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: It looks like a synergy horn with 2 15" woofers by rowuk on 2021-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Danley's Hyperion in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I suspect that the 8" and 5" cones and 1" compression driver are in the Danley Signature Synergy multiple entry horn. This creates a physically phase aligned point source above 45 Hz and probably a bunch of diffraction. The double 15" woofers are an ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Genesis of UB115 and a beginner's guide to horn building by oxric on 2011-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ...this interesting point has no practical answer. First of all in the case of Rakesh horn what N-Set proposed is not necessary. Those 115Hz Hasqiun-style horns that Rakesh emulates are well dumped with own mass and own ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Le Horn - really Upper bass 115Hz Horns by oxric on 2011-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Hi everyone,It is quite ironic that the day I hear from Fane telling me that the Fane 8Ms are finally ready, I should receive this update from my horn maker maestro. Russ Collinson of Layers of Beauty. Russ, if you ever read this here, please take a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The new use of Trapped Horn idea. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
The idea of trapped horn looks like get very popular among audio people. I have no position on the subject and I do not know if trapped horn is able to facilitate proper sound and if it drastically different from the sound of operated enclosures. I n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would you build? by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you were to start from scratch, what horn system would yo... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
 The bottom eaters from AA raised an interesting subject: http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/hug/messages/16/160276.html ... and of cause covered it within the scope of own fears and limitations.  I particularly like their idiotic ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Back Loaded tall horn by guy sergeant on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
If you are going to do something like this then it would make sense to have it firing backwards & make use of the corner of the room in the way Carfrae did some 15 years ago.[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/murrayjohnson/big-horn.jpg[/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: It's the horn not the driver! by MINGSU on 2011-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
As you can predict what I am going to say, those horns are the problem, not the GOTO driver....  Why will anyone buy GOTO driver and then not follow GOTO recommendation to use GOTO horn???  I don't think anyone buy a Lamborghini or Ferrari sport ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Nothing is easy with multi-horn setup by MINGSU on 2011-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
This is a complex topic to setup a multi-horn system.  What do you expect that something like this will come in a step-by-step instruction?  It is years of effort to get it right.  The discussion that we have here is wrong horn pair up with driver an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #268: The horn painting job by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
It is hard to see from the picture but the inner walls of the horns are not parallel. In fact there are no two parallel surfaces in the horn – that was the requirement. Some when any kind of roll lays on the section 2 or 3 surface then it is expected...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Greek Arcadian Audio new horn. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Arcadian Audio new horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
A Greek company Arcadian Audio come up with own new horn-loaded loudspeaker. http://www.arcadianaudio.com/description_style.html ... with Lowther-like single driver. I truly hate those tipe of speakers. Anyhow, the Arcadian Au...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #409: Behind-Above midbass horn – the presentation behavior by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
This is a very important question as since very beginning of the projects it was questionable if I would be able to get away with the back/top firing position of my midbass horn. So, as now, when the midbass horn project is over and horns fully i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Another horn makers from Poland by Dominik on 2010-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
In Poland we have another young company which one start to build horns. On this moment they have only one model- 420hz tractrix, in near futhure there will by 150 hz. but they can build whatever You want in 3 weeks period. This 420hz is homogeneous r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: Having your horn and eating it! by oxric on 2010-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Hi Jessie:It is indeed a (t)horny dilemna whether to get rid of the midbass horns now, with a view to starting all over again and customise the new horns for your eventual new home in Detroit or ship them at unfortunately what will be a very substant...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: A serious Tapped ULF horn in Massachusetts? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
It kind of said the Massachusetts is very much not “horny” state and there is not a lot of enthusiasts of horn loading live in Massachusetts or in the entire New England. If we New Englanders have the saturation of horn interest as high as California...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Fane 8's in 4 inch throated horn tuned to 115Hz by Tax on 2011-04-12 
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="Romy the Cat"]Tax, do not go over yourself with “building paranoia”, looking for drivers, horns, boxes and etc. If you are looking for 80Hz to 200Hz range (you will need higher upper knee for AG Dou) then you do not need a bass d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: LF horn by guy sergeant on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I meant the upper end of the LF horn response.  Firing it downwards at the floor as they do and then expecting good performance at 200-300Hz in the listening position is a tall order. There may also be some confusion where the mid horn takes over.I'v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vitavox corner horn by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Guys, does anyone has service documentation or pans with dimension for the bass section (cabinet) of Vitavox CN191?http://website.lineone.net/~empson/Sys191.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #147: The midbass horn: the first uppercut from real-estate. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Ok, I do officially like this “Battle Road” hours. Upon many considerations (and there are 4 ways to implement the midbass horn in that room) I have inclined to my leading idea to do it elegant and with time alignment....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: An interesting tapped horn configuration for suspended floors. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
As I understand the tapped horns have very small output whole, right? Here is a cool configuration for the folks who have suspended floors and would like to have a relatively large tapped horn do not take a  lot of space  in room – install the ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #210: Riding the horn… by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]"Horn default position"; do you mean from the listening position?"Perpendicular wall"; please define relative to the firing axis. [/quote] "Horn default position" – the position where it will be sitting normal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Magnetostat in dipole horn by el`Ol on 2010-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn speaker with dipole bass? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In contrary, at higher frequencies dipole might work fine, but no in bass. The Cat[/quote] IMO you can never get realistic imaging from dipole.Here is a very detailed description of a dipole horn for the BG Neo 3.http://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: BG Neo Horn & My Ribbon by Vasyachkin on 2010-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn speaker with dipole bass? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]IMO you can never get realistic imaging from dipole.[/quote] this is almost certainly true. [quote user="el`Ol"]Here is a very detailed description of a dipole horn for the BG Neo 3. ht...
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