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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #376: Similies and Analogies, Old and New by Paul S on 2010-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Jessie, we keep meeting at the same intersection.  Like I said before, I agree that direct radiators suck, for all the reasons you cited. But if what you say about horns is strictly and completely true, then does it not follow in spades at ever lower...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Another UK based barbarian speaks! Taking the S2 down low... by cv on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Honestly, we're gonna have to start calling you Romy "magnetar" Bessnow if you keep changing your mind like this...*My S2s all seem to measure completely differently, will have to get some more accurate and careful measurements done I think with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Why I do not like La-horns. The tomatoes… by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I do not like La-horns. The tomatoes… in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
The Jean-Michel Le Cléac'h’s horns or as I call them La-Horns get a lot of popularity among people who are trying to build horns loaded systems. But as anything else in audio the Morons hear any noise and they has no idea how to associate the noi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: OK, good luck with that. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
[quote user="i_should_coco"]I don't think Steve "bought into" the conical propaganda, more that it is easier for him to make conical horns and get a system up and running. So this is by no means finished. We have discussed him trying some different p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: In vino veritas by de charlus on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
09 is fine for the Montee de Tonnerre; I would certainly give it a try if you can - anything from Raveneau is usually excellent.As for the best Bourgogne Rouge, that's usually akin to asking for the best poet in Belgium, but as it happens I've tried ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Ok... by Daniel on 2018-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
I'm quite busy over the weekend but I can do measurements of the SG-16 tweeter next week. I need to make adapters first but I want to measure the 370 on a Le Cléa'ch Iwata horn and I can compare that to a Yoshimura 3500G driver on the same horn. Ther...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Cessaro Gamma tweeter criticism + some solutions. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Coops, I less care about the attacks on me, I know that I am a pH-indicator of Moronity among audio freaks. So, if some specific idiots out there are not happy about me then… it is good for me. The higher we climb in mountains the stronger wind and l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Again at variance with you. But 'variable' it will not be I hope. by oxric on 2011-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Hm, the Injection channel via Lecleach? The MF via Lecleach? I wonder why people then are complaining about the vertical limitations. Anyhow, closer to the point. [/quote]My mistake. I should not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Vertical spacing between channels of Le Horn by oxric on 2011-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Considering the conclusions of my recent experiences that I described in the following thread:http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6876I would like to share some of my observation that the people who would g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Richard Strauss by Clemens Krauss - the real deal! by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best album of 2005 so far. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Yes, Max, this is wonderful-wonderful disk and yes, any Richard Strauss compositions are essentially the tone poems. Pretty much whatever Clemens Krauss contacted by Richard Strauss should be snatched as he had a great knowledge and understanding wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Henry’s Grande Castine by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Marc HENRY"] For this Musique-Concrete horn system called "Grande Castine" (it was developped in Saint Cast Le Guildo, Britanny, France, from were females inhabitants are called "Castines" ) i prefered a modified 60Hz Le Cleac'h cylindri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Classification by de charlus on 2013-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
Oh, it'll come round for sure - 4-5 years should do it. As for the Bordeaux vs. Burgundy thing, the thing to take on board is that it's purely to do with producers; a villages wine from a great producer such as the ones I just mentioned will frequent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: How to measure Soundstage by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"] We may postulate that … compression is beneficial for soundstaging.[/quote] ... You are right and it is very simple to witness. A high dynamic range creates less soundstaging and more imaging. Higher compression kills imaging an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: "...his aproach to designing horns is interesting" by slowmotion on 2005-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hi Romy Yes, I think the toughts behind the Le Cléac'h flare is interesting. I don't use them myself, however. And I don't use tractrix either. But I do use a digital crossover. cheers ;) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Music at Toni's place - work in progress by twogoodears on 2010-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
The whole room (L-shaped) is larger as you all noticed, but as Roman saw in my Blog , the listening space is smaller - i.e. about 6,5 x 4,5 meters with low 2,70 ceiling - and is a perennial work in progress... yes, the Stereo Lab 1000 hz is a true wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Conchita Supervia by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Conchita Supervia in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Conchita Supervia  (1895-1936)By Professor Stanley Henig “A magnetic personality, as well as a great singer…. the kind of artist around whose name legends gather”(Desmond Shawe-Taylor) “Her gaiety, good temper, sympathy, and charm cloaked a k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new releases from "Music and Arts" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new releases from "Music and Arts" in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. www.musicandarts.com info@musicandarts.com Tel 510-525-4583 or Fax 510-524-2111CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Melequiades PSU by Wojtek on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melequiades PSU in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
Thank You I'll experiment with the PSU a little. The transformes have only 1 Ohm DCR and total supply impedance for a channel would be ~ 45 Ohm (with two chokes in series) Imput choke looks like can take 1 A current!All Iron is mil quality and p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: New HDTT New Releases - December 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
MOZART SYMPHONIES JUPITER · HAFFNER Eugen Jochum The Concertgebouw Orchestra PURCELL DIDO AND AENEAS Oriana Concert Choir Alfred Deller Conductor RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF SCHEHERAZADE VSOO  Scherchen LE COQ D'OR SUITE Leinsdorf BSO  &nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: RCA driver made in China by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RCA driver made in China in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
A site visitor pointed me out today to that Jean-Michel Le Cléach’s posted at DoYorself: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149670 I have some Chinese friends at my work and I will ask tomorrow to read it to me. It is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: A definitive assessment about long profiles. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, When I spoke that I would go most likely for exponential I did not mean the Exponential vs. Hyperbolic but rather that it would not be a Tractrix. I have no specific preferences for Exponential, Hyperbolic or any other long profiles. A commo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: There is very little defined as now… by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Yep, thanks. I still do not know why you feel that I will not exploit the “ringy dustcaps” on the Malaysian bass drivers; in fact I never gave up on this idea. I preliminary concluded that my MF channel might not go lower then 700Hz but I did not sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Aries Cerat Symphonia, version 2020 by Romy the Cat on 2020-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aries Cerat Contendo - the newest "fat" kid in the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Nine years ago, when I posted the initial post in this thread the Aries Cerat was a different company with different products.  As I understand in 2014 they changed a lot and today they have a speaker that I would like to talk a little: Aries Cera...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Midbass followup by ulf on 2007-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Dear Malinowski,   Here are the input data used in the HornResp simulation for the tractrix midbass.This is a 117cm long tractrix horn with the TD-1201. Throat area 84 cm2, mouth 10000cm2 with 5,6 liters back cavity.Ang: 1Pi; FTA 89,80; S1 84;...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Thanks Jorge...I fee the love by atilsley169 on 2012-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]Andrew you got to read the site, get into it, there is a lot of useful information regarding excactly the project you are going into, is there any difference if the threads are addressed to you or someone else?  Most of them are R...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The misery of passive crossovers on bass channels by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Paul, l I have written about it somewhere: the passive speaker-level crossovers on bass channels are no good. Marko has 250Hz that with 3rd order would be around 10mH and 2mH. With air core then would be very large coils with huge amount of DCR – ver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Le Cleach by CO on 2005-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hi Romy, May i ask if you have ever played with the Le Cleach flares and how you find them? They were created to reduce reflections directly back into the horn. Only problem is they are very large because of this.... Regards, Collin PS:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #103: Calculations by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Klaus, Thanks very much for the offer to help. I have a copy of the latest version of HornResp (and also of WinISP Normal and Pro versions). To be honest, I haven't yet tried either... Been using my "cousins's" (Jean-Michel Le Cléac'h) Exc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: 8M & others by jessie.dazzle on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Thanks for the thoughts on driver impedence. Romy le Cat wrote : "... I discovered Fane 8M in 2000 when it replaced the AG Trios upper bass driver and at that time I used Lamm 2.0 to drive all my upper channels..." Do I understand correctly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: The second "best" commercial horn speaker? by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Marc HENRY"]hi all,thanks for your interest !yes the frame is curved, HF and MF are //yes there is a phase plug in the bass horn. This cover 80-300Hz.there is a separate infra-bass section, covering 20-80Hz.images of the bass phase p...
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