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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: My plans are/will depend from.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]Too late now for points, but just the other day I tried to imagine your plan. and I was pretty close.Actually, it is a bit like what I have going now;  15" Eminence bass guitarr woofers in a sealed 3 cu ft cabinet,Oris 150 with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The horizontal ark with Aurum Cantus? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Chris, I did ask myself the same question: perhaps my given PTR9 is demagnetized. I called the last night to the owner of the tweeters and he said that he uses them for 7 years and they driver should be fine. He also expressed a lot of doubts if the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bach's performing space. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach's performing space. in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
“Rather cleverly, festival director Alex Poots has brought the baroque bang up to date by commissioning a new concert space specifically for the performance of the great German composer. The architect he chose is that most radical of thinkers Zah...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: A new Super Short Milg? Oh, no! by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]So this amp would not have to deal with a crossover?  One R and one L in the signal path, it looks like a headphone amp, maybe a dream circuit for a light piston, HF only, given no cap/coil load at the [ribbon] driver. [/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #195: APS Purepower 2000: Sound #5 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Upper range effect is amassing, though not much different then with other regenerators. With PS Audio’s Power Plant the compression at MF-HF is also reduced or eliminated and that ugly heavy dense pressure blanket got lifted. The Power Plant while do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: More dipole tweeters by martinshorn on 2017-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL Dipole Ribbon Tweeter in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
hi Paul I was just checking recently.  My electrostatics work great, they also got excellent radiation in HF as the outer stators are lowpassed, so im using very slim 1 inch stripe (50 inch high) in the center only. Excellent radiation and smooth...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: It will be misevaluated anyhow. by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-08 
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"]There should be an 111dB tap on the Lazy Ribbon, but perhaps you have tried that already.  Other than that, perhaps talk to RAAL to see if they can improve the sensitivity a little more with a transformer change (or something...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I would not use PP for compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Luthiers by op.9 on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Yes, yes. This ooops thing is important. For many years I happily listened to PHY KM30 fullrange in crazy thin-plywood semi-open baffle boxes. And - apart from loud piano music - they are really quite terrific. Very communicative and easy to get...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A little battle of aristocrat of HF sensitively. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
My excrements with the RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter are gong on. It looks like it much more complicated to make it to work in Macondo but I hope I will get there. I have some preliminary feeling about the drivers but they are too row and I do not feel t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: What Cetla Ledom 19 will have? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
I was trying to strategize what would I do it tomorrow someone get in touch with me and offer my $50K. In another words what would I do to convert the Altec 19 to Cetla Ledom?This is an interesting discussion itself as it gives a blueprint for me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: My idea of taking about horns… by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="Dresden"]hmm...I didn't realise I had left my browser logged-in to your site (I left my PC on over night, downloading some files). '..the only advantage that class-D amplification has is cost, size, heat generation and power.' In my ey...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Omni-Directional RAAL and Srajan’s mooning. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Omni-directional 'horny' speaker from RAAL in Horn-Loaded Speakers  31 Replies 
A always considered that there are two altimate clowns in audio-press: Srajan Ebaen from 6.moons and Steven Rochlin from enjoy the Music. If I perceive Steven Rochlin as some kind of freakish “Da Ali G” of audio  then Srajan stir within me with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some thoughts about EV-T350 and the tweeters generally by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A lot of people ask me about those drivers and I’ll try to compile my vision about them. I did try most of the possible tweeters: dome tweeters with cloth cones, varies type of hard metal domes, compression drivers with aluminum, titanium, phenolic a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Observations and Thoughts from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Observations and Thoughts from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Observations and Thoughts from theRocky Mountain Audio FestBy Earl Geddes First I want to thanks all of the kind people who came by the GedLee room. I hope that we both learned something from these meetings. The Fest this year had about twice as ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: On Purpose And Approach by Dresden on 2008-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
I'm not sure I understand what point you consider a priority, but I can explain the reason for my initial inquiry and what I intend to do.My initial inquiry was intended to acquire information on whether a horn with a target range of 40Hz to 400Hz co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The several things I do not understand too by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Pretty clean, Romy (and one hellova tranny at Fundamentals)! [/quote] 50mA, 60H, LL1623 Amorphous [quote user="Paul S"] I thought you said Vishay metal foils in your earlier response about bias adjustment? If so does that me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Some updates with MiniMe by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I am quite fascinated with the result that I might get from MiniME and at the same time I am defensive with the direction it takes. Anyhow, here is how it stands… The decision to go for MF driver was I think right one. Even the 70-20RX tweeter has s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
At recent Nord-West trade show Jeffrey Jackson, the guy who runs Experience Music site, demonstrated his new horn Installation. I know little about it and would like to make some comments about what is feel is obvious from the image. It is 5-ways ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Some commentaries about drivers selection. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
We understand that Charlus’ selection of drivers are not a selection yet but some kind of very preliminary idea of the drivers that he feels like he like. I said “he feels like he like” not accidently. I do not think Charlus, or anybody else in h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maybe not a Pipedream after all? by oxric on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Memory Player Box? in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Yes indeed. The company was originally Nova Physics and appears to have been sold on to Sam Laufer, a lawyer by profession originally who brought in Mark Porzilli of Melos and Pipedreams fame. I do not know if this company actually manufactures or se...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dream Hi-Eff Speakers for an “inmate”. by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dream Hi-Eff Speakers for an “inmate”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
The Morons™ at AA’s between selling to each other what they did not like and topping each other on their shoulders came up with a subject what horn installation would be if price would be no object. The question is semi-foolish as price is never ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: I have a "theory" regarding F-R products by Gregm on 2007-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do not pursue full-range without being ready. in Audio For Dummies ™  8 Replies 
I admit I haven't statistically substantiated this to any great extent with commercial speakers (only with a pair of non-ribbon Genesis).[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  drdna wrote: Lately, Romy, you have been saying again how ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #147: Distressingly familiar by anthony on 2019-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] anthony wrote:I woke up this morning …. It was funny that you named it “In my dreams”. Whan I was “designing” and building the Milq I had a lot of dreams about the problem I had. I am not am amplifier designer or some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another time aligned 5-way horn project by Murataltuev on 2015-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
I would like to share my 5-way horn project. The idea was to have full range system, so the first horn built was Tapped Horn. I got design from Volvotreter.de and was really impressed with performance of this monster. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Contributing factors of compressed sound. by malinowski on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I would have thanked you sooner but I had the day OFF of my day job today and had no time to post until now. *cracking up* I had a feeling there was no easy answer, wasn't sure if I was missing something, had scoured posts for a whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Looking at the tapped horn further… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] I do not know of importance of enemys death to this topic. [/quote] Oh, this is a sheer pleasure but do not call that dirt enemy. He is not enemy but way beyond it, he is the person about whom I have a death-wish as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some comments to the comments by ulf on 2015-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy, Sunfire? No! Who would add a Sunfire to this system? The black box in the pictures a power amplifier for the midbass horn. A second MF could be interesting. I will see if we can do some test set up of this. Per has the space for it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: 6-channels Milq: the design phase is over. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
OK, it took for a while but at this point I have nailed down all design aspects of the new 6-channels Super Milq, and particularly its input stage. I have listen and evaluated all solutions that will be implemented in there; selected, appraised and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The prison of language and the lie in the symbol by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
I would agree that the Lowther is not hard to beat but the question is where and in whose mind does this competition exist? Is the Lowther, Manger, or other full range single driver in competition with different multi-driver approaches, other single ...
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