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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Woof... by twogoodears on 2018-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Hi Roman, hi all...... very interesting topic... I recently made the contact between Josh and Klaus and his Goto system... I experienced Klaus' system three times and also if someway blaming his choices about using only and exclusively "liquid music"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Le Cleach, ferrite and neodymium... by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="CO"] 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.... [/quote] Nope. I never h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: They are easy and accessible ... still give to them and to yourself a ... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I care less about Bret and his business, in fact I have no idea who is he. Since he use audio as business then what distinct him from any other audio whore. A purpose of any business is supply demands and capitalize on the frustrations, investin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: TAD or not to TAD, it is not the my opinion maters… by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Well, it is certainly not our objectives to define were one or another driver, in this case TADs, would punch up in regards to other drivers. I presume that any driver if a sufficient amount of time, effort and love invested might blossom with differ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: The Goto confusion indeed. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Thanks, Be, for a correction but the fun part is no one acknowledged your blander. The Goto drivers I think are exotic terra incognito for most people and I think it is how Goto Company is willing to keep it. No one talk about nuts and bolt of Goto c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The stupid slot tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Explain TAD ET-703 driver to me in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Cessaro in fact make a spherical brass horn for the 703, drop Ralph a line ( at cessaro ) I am sure he will be answer any queries.[/quote] Keith, if they do it then it is good for Cessaro and indicates that they are not damn. How...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: "Those kind of people" are actually listening to music by Joe Roberts on 2009-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Cat...your ability to look at a picture and diagnoseminutae of sound and even the character of the system owner is impressive.As you know from previous discussions, I am a fan of direct experience as a discovery procedure over intellectual manipu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: time alignment? by malinowski on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
time alignment? why on earth have you got those horns aligned like that? I have a pair of the same marinelli horns.. 15" wide. stunningly pretty, solid birdseye with tad-2001's.. i'm not impressed at all. can't wait to put a tractrix or lecl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Midbass with plug: History by ulf on 2006-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Let me tell you a bit about how an why we designed the midbass horns the way we did.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 improvemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Ulf plug by rottbull on 2011-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
[quote user="ulf"]Let me tell you a bit about how an why we designed the midbass horns the way we did.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 so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Ribbons - Chris the winner? 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 
[quote user="cv"]Ok, I managed to get my measurement setup running. Behringer ECM8000/PC soundcard kind of thing.I measured the following tweeters:Focal TLRTAD PT-R9Aurum Cantus G1Fane 5022I don't have an absolute level calibrator and I need to take ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Cessaro modify G.I.P? by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"] I head/read somewhere Cessaro use modified G.I.P. drivers when the client want field coils. [/quote] That might be very interesting as the greatest liability of largest Cessaro is the cheesy TAD drivers. The fact they clai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Danny's Horny day with Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
I have no idea who he is but I thought that this might be interesting in context of this thread. It is a Hong Kong guy who replaces his looks like Avalon Eidolon with some kind of 3-way Cessaro. It looks as he uses 833 amp. I do not know a lot about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: About Cessaro, about electricity and about Minimum Current by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Oliver, It might be anything including electricity. Generally compression drivers are very much vulnerable to the electricity problems, muck more than convectional drivers. Let pretend that distortions in powers lines are responsible for worsening o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: ribbons, ribbons, ribbons. Ribbons? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Yes, Paul, I know this company. It is always slightly annoyed me that it is Chinese company as Chinese manufactures very rarely, if ever, do any audio products with extreme or demanding performing characteristics. They rather do inexpensive mass-mark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Life sucks with Vitavox S2! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I recently made some highly attractive changes with the way in which I use S2. Now, since the S2’ top got cleaned up the universal misery of universe bothers me tremendously. :-) Really, the S2 runs in my 400Hz horn up to 12.5kHz and the S2’s 12.5kH...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: GOTO - no one knows anything…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 8" Goto Woofer for 60Hz Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Kcct82"] Hey Romy, Goto makes 12" and 15" woofers at 100db. I recently found out they make a small two way system using an 8" woofer. The 8 incher's range is 55hz-8000hz so I'm thinking it might be a good candidate for use with 60Hz h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Onkyo Scepter 500 and others by derik736 on 2018-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
So, two almost two years later and this contraption is still in my room and "ain´t goin nowhere" :-)Guys, I became obsessed with horn speakers and specially with Onkyo product so I would like to share with you my latest experiences.The speakers I tal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: One hell of experience by martinshorn on 2018-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Hi everyone Guess what! Just had a visit to this system last night. Upfront, the owner - thank you Klaus again - is a very welcoming and friendly fellow. But also remarkably reasonable and decent. Total absence of any need to show off. You rather nee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Let see how it all work out. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
jd, I cannot see any of PDF files, probably my current networks kills them. I do not know the AK150 drivers. I know AK157, AK151 and K15/40. If they have significantly lower free-air resonance, at 30-35Hz then I am not sure that they would be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How to make it working with Vitavox S2? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
It is complicated. Any tweeter is different and the RAAL’s “Water Drop” tweeter is more different then others. Almond any other tweeters that I heard this tweeter has something absolutely unique- it has no annoying upper MF nose. When I asked Alex to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tweeters: a new round. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
The recent events in my playback made me to think about he new prospective duty of tweeters. Since the Super Melquiades was enlisted for duty the Vitavox S2 got it’s own dedicated amplifier channel and stopped to “see” the coil of upper bass driver. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Cessaros cost is like “reality” in Las Vegas. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Well romy will probably disagree or maybe find it off topic but I am sorry there is huge margins built in somewhere if someone is trying to sell me wood cabinets with TAD drivers for 140k $.   One of you guys can ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TM-1201 midbass by malinowski on 2007-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Ulf, are you still around? I would be interested in an update on this project.. are you listening to this setup a year later? I have a pair of these same drivers (TAD tm-1201) sitting new in boxes and trying to determine what horn profile, tractr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: To emphasized a few points. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Its still not perfect, and I had the mic 1m from the membrane of the driver (had not yet read Romy's last post where he recommends putting the mic back at listening point). [/quote] I would like to stress it again that t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Same old story by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
The only reason I don't have a giant WE system is that I can't afford it and I don't have room. I sold all  of my WE and Lansing field coil gear to my Silbatone friend back in 1989, because I know he would never sell it, he was putting together a ser...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good for him. by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
I am glad that he did not stop on TADs and look elsewhere. It is hard however as the demands for better drivers is very low that makes them to be literally 100 times more expensive then they need to be (field coil are very cheap to make) and that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Re: Another semi-ribbon #2 by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I was keep listening my Dutch-made SA8535 tweeter.  There is a lot of deferent with this tweeter and I think it is a good time to pass my early observations about the tweeter Sound. This driver is not a ribbon tweeter as the Stage Acompany frau...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Idea of a 3way horn system by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idea of a 3way horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
hi romy idea of a  4way speaker system. not time aligned, but in compensation  mid-bass horn and mid-high  would  create a one point source. 30hz - ~ 120hzBass cabinet similar to bassmaxx   http://www.speakerstore...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The audio Herbs? by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
de Charlus, this “are not afraid of cabinet resonance per se” is complicated subject. I have raised the topic in the “How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers” thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=3833 ...
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