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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Universal horns of creation and sound theory by mjloudspeaker on 2009-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is horn a natural shape? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
From WikiAnswers.com Question: What does a horn represent in the bible?In: The Bible     Answer: Many times the horn represents power or strength...for instance, "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Less Martion sound by el`Ol on 2012-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
As far as I remember the former presentations in the latest version there is less softening by the amps without sacrificing tonal neutrality and the digitally controlled bass section has less problems with the room. Mr. Martion always plays a very br...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: DIY against Real Sound and Real Audio by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Dan, I do not know were you’re going with “next step”, but I do see that some people treat interaction at this site as another swamp of DIY movement. This endless DIY paranoia when people pursuit abstract BS objectives and fulfill bogus frustrations...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cogent sound was not near where it should... by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"] And what they were doing, at CES 2006, was fine indeed. [/quote] Nope it was not. Cogent sound was not near as interesting as it could/should be, and the Cogent boys know it, or at least they are slowly learning it.&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A hornmaker: “Martinelli Sound” by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Martinelli Sound is US based hornmaker. It offers small HF and MF rectangular but semi-nicely rounded horns, hoverer, as I understand they are opened for custom solutions as well. I did not see Martinelli Sound’s making a big splash among horn enthus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1178: Musicians and the Sound by drdna on 2013-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Amy clearly acknowledged the difference but when I asked her to describe to me the difference ... and she begun to explain to me the deference she heard it from a position of a sting player.  It was fan to hear from her...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Sound vs Performance by Paul S on 2016-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: PlayClassics TRT v2.0 master file giveaway for GSC members in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Mario, I don't know how many "audio" sites you have salted, but I wonder if you read this one before posting your blurb.  It is nice that you have spent some time trying to get a natural sound for you recordings via controlling some of the typica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1780: Improving Sound Quality of Pure Power+ 3000 (230v) by Amir on 2021-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It seems the pure power 3000 diagram is like below :The battery voltage in new pure power+3000 is 72v (6x12v in 230v version) and the battery voltage convert to 330v by a switching dc to dc converter if i am not mistaken.What is your idea if we remov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Meyer Sound Compression Drivers by skushino on 2009-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meyer X-10 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Here is a link describing Meyer Sound's design philosophy, production and implementation:http://www.meyersound.com/support/forums/talkshop/drivers.htmThey began production of their own drivers to improve longevity and reliability in the field.  These...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There is no way to generalize it is you care about sound. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Le C'leach horn rear chamber volume in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="js"]Could anyone please advise me as to the recommended rear chamber volume for a Le C'leach horn with a throat of 240cm2, mouth of 7089cm2, length of 47cm, cutoff of 160Hz, T of 0.8?  I'm thinking of using a Beyma 122Nd which has a sd o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The sound of two rooms at CES 2010 by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"]Well this is the RCA LC-9A  It is identical,  with an extra cabinet for an 18" driver...  We saw some old time reviewers going out of the room laughing and shaking their heads!  We thought they were saying, yes a 50 year ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The “made for sound” drivers…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Many Mani's options: My first horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Titanium diaphragm drivers that are completely free of the titanium nastiness (you can believe me, I usually show strong allergic reactions to it) are the Eighteensound drivers with titanium nitride coating. I heard one in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The Sound of a Given Driver by Paul S on 2018-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
A given driver might sound very different  when it's deployed in different ways, so putting it in a box just might make it sound "better" to you (vs. OB), for your particular application.  But why did you choose this driver?  What about its sound att...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: DPOLS: why their sound worst... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Actually there are many hidden aspects of DPOLS, the aspects that, many audio people who never experienced DPOLS but wiling to argue about it, do not even understand. Interesting that by observing some of this aspects is it very easy to detect where ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Re: DPOLS: why their sound worst... by hifitodd on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Romy - I am interested in how you personally discovered dpols for your own personal reference.  You Say:  "Actually it is not really correct because if you approach the DPoLS from the position of  “tweaking” then you NEVER di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Language and sound by Paul S on 2006-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
One big thing for Gordon Holt was to create a standardized language to be used to describe what we hear.  If you think about it, this task is made very difficult by the fact that there are really very few aural-centric modifiers; rather most des...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: True Sound and Spirituality by drdna on 2006-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Can a ultimate playback system bring us True Lasting 'Happin... in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
This is an interesting question.Audio is the reproduction of sound.  What one makes of an audio system has to do with one's goals in life, not audio in general, as it is a tabula rasa, more or less.For myself I have found that I seek a connectio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Steinway Sound by skushino on 2012-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
I was spending my time shopping for pianos a few years ago.  I used to work too much, and was looking for an alternate 'right-brain' activity to balance all my time doing engineering at work.  I spent a few months listening to every imaginable piano:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Wagner sound level by Goetz on 2013-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wagner and loudness. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
This might show your average sound level at your typical listening time during a typical Wagner Opera... :)(if so, take a rest every 45 minutes for 15 minutes to avoid damaging your ears: This is an institutional recommendation here i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Audio vs. sound vs. scale by noviygera on 2013-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
I've been thinking about this matter for a while but could not find a better excuse to formulate my theory then in this topic. My simple theory is that if we reduce our concept of "music" the more fundamental concept of "sound" as point of reference ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: More on Audio or Sound vs Music by Paul S on 2014-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
Clark, there is much about sound that delights me, including the sounds involved in Music, and I also enjoy at times the hi-fi, especially as I fancy it to be a "vehicle" for Music. Of course the audio does not necessarily render Music, and I can onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Good dynamic vs sound level by Amir on 2019-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
I can hear loud sound from 20w single ended when it drives 92db speaker but i do not care about sound level and the dynamic is important to me. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Repeatability is a key difference for music and SOUND by rowuk on 2021-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It takes balls to shop (never mind the nuts) in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
I think that there is a HUGE difference between listening to a recording for the first time, or a second, fifth or hundredth time. A live performance or recording for the first time is full of surprises - that disappear when repeating. The recording ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: Some notes on the S&B TX-103 "sound" by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Thorsten"]Then it does exactly what is asked of it, I asked JB to design it for me PERSONALLY as a "wire with gain". I have been on previous occasions been unconvinced of many stepup transformers, be they sowter, amplimo, EAR or jensen. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Price do equate with sound quality. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] but let's not forget that we should never equate equipment prices with sound quality. [/quote]Absolutely disagree. This believe is the most ridicules accomplished that audio propaganda implanted inept the brains of audio people. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: More causes for prejudise against horn sound. by be on 2012-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
"Then there are flutter echo like bathroom sounds that horns also sometime produce, especially if they have a glossy surface."What I meant was that the glossy surface causes a effect that is like or resembles the hard fluttery sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Of course everything affects the sound by haralanov on 2013-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Romy, as you can see, I have never wrote that these parasitic sounds depend ONLY on the quality of the drivers. It is quite obvious they depend on many many many other things (practically everything) as for example bad microphones, bad microphone cab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Tapped Horn Sound by Jorge on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Actually a Tapped Horn would be bigger than a sealed enclosure,  here is one of my first TH tests.  The sound is very different than the sound coming form a Sealed encolsure.  My first impression was that the bass was gone!  There was no bass sensati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Really good sound by alfasud on 2015-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The concrete midbass horns: The story continues in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
agree 120%I have been there in both systems several times and it is an experience for life, especially the barbeque system. I am waiting the bass horn with bang Ulf. RgsSpiros...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: LV sound by ArmAlex on 2015-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Stitch I can't understand why some people in this site are trying to be a mini Romy,you included. I read what Romy writes and you don't need to repeat it.It's very strange you KNOW what was playing in that particular room without being there. Anyhow ...
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