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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Maybe we'll agree to disagree by Dominic on 2017-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Do you have a website or blog where you write about your project? And the way it has been evolving?In the sense that videos and sound clips with no explanations are pretty much masturbatory, i think i see why the cat thinks you're an idiot with no di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #175: Told you so, or, maybe not? by Dominic on 2017-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
I suspect you were both right.We each have our own priorities, but I did find a couple of his youtube videos to be interesting, as far as one can tell anything useful from compressed video.Not the point though really.I'm more interested in this idea ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A fresh take on 9th by the OSM by Dominic on 2013-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A fresh take on 9th by the OSM in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
The 4th movement of Beethoven's was playing on the radio the other day and my ears perked up. I almost didn't recognize it at all. I was quite surprised to find out that it was performed by my humble local Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and the ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Mouth size by Dominic on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
be careful here as mouth size is defined not by what you input, so much as the acoustic space and performance you want. The throat size can be fiddled with if you're careful but there's not much one can do to shrink the mouth. On a 'bass' horn you ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Maybe i'm just being a smart-arse fool by Dominic on 2008-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
but i think, ending up that far down the drain, he may well have been doing exactly that. Or at least inhaling a bit too much in the company of smokers. I've been researching getting a new table, and a micro seems a nice balance of toplogy and exe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Here's the actual rullit site by Dominic on 2008-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
http://www.field-coil.com/ ... sorry i've got a soft spot for his stuff ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Indeed it is so. that product hasn't got much to do with it at some po... by Dominic on 2008-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Omni-directional 'horny' speaker from RAAL in Horn-Loaded Speakers  31 Replies 
And it makes me so sad too. I'm just glad I'm not the only person to have noticed that no matter where you start, some laziness, if i can put it that way, takes hold and the lofty goals fur further products start to, not just be less feasible, but w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: speakers as relates to further plan by Dominic on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
to be clear: i do have some expectation that 'my final solution' will consist of dedicated amplification per driver in a substantially horn loaded arrangement. I have some expectation that amplification will be single ended and quite likely have a b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: speakers vs amps by Dominic on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
ya i got your drift. if i can trust my initial reaction(in terms of how to articulate my idea) then my objective is a sound/performance i have in my head. I don't really expect completion but i do expect the periods of "good enough" to get longer as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: on the wallaby - searching for more answerless questions by Dominic on 2007-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
i had browser issues again so some of the eloquence of my intended post will likely be lost. anyhoo. Maybe it's just me, but i'm almost never content with replacing what i've got with something equivalent. This would be as regards Greg's last p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Well since we've covered than in offsite .... by Dominic on 2007-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My first audio show. Hmm.. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
....emails we can get back to the subject. I was really shocked at how annoying some of the setups were. The biggest culprits were the guys pedling <3" drivers with what must be in the region of 500w behind. Which can make a bit of sense in a real...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My first audio show. Hmm.. by Dominic on 2007-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My first audio show. Hmm.. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Well the whole write up i just wrote disappeared. In one sense that isn't all that different from my experience of the Festival Son et Image here in Montreal yesterday. i'll be quick this time in the hopes that my post will get through. bett-er rooms...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: clean and loud, and stereo subs by Dominic on 2007-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
The rule of thumb is that you can't localise sounds below 80hz. The classic experiment is to use a sub with an adjustable xo point and adjust it untill you can't tell where it's comming from. That doesn't change the fact that seperating the bass into...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: regarding speed and things - reading by Dominic on 2007-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
I've been attentive to all that ive found out about Furtwangler lately and the strength of his readings seems to be borne across by how fast things go. So the question was raised, reading the notes you transcribed above, whether the validity of a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: not that it's of any consequence by Dominic 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 
That is one good looking ribbon driver.It almost looks like an ideal solution. Sure looks smarter than other ribbons....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: how's this for coaxial by Dominic on 2007-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Coaxial design in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Here's a threeway with the BMS coax like in your orpheans nested in what i think is a 80hz horn which is driven by 2x15"sI'm not sure how well the time alignment works. I think the woofers are a bit too far back.in any case:[url]http://www.codaaudio....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: i would say the same about lowther by Dominic on 2007-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
it doesn't appear to me that Lowther's own designs hold any real potential.As some might figure, i'm partial to Voigt's original intentions, and i think those have been covered over.I post now because i had an idea.I see the lowther as a pseudo compr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: how worthwhile is the project. by Dominic on 2007-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
There are a couple ways to look at it.The project could be taken from the same sort of perspective as Great Plains, id est, simply new manufacture as a replacement for a 'historic' piece of a equipment. If it can sound close enough to the original th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: i didn't want to get too far in this direction. by Dominic on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
but can you dirrectly link me to somone who:[quote user="Paul S"]claims that ANY 4" driver makes a stand-alone "Full-Range" speaker able to  "present the orchestra in all it's living glory"[/quote]you must be using some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: perhaps by Dominic on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]"Vitriolic" is certainly the wrong word to apply to my "attitude"/post(s), Dominic.  "Amused" is more like it.  I am amused by claims that ANY 4" driver makes a stand-alone "Full-Range" speaker able&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: i had written more by Dominic on 2007-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]First, I just have to ask: What are the odds that the same AA guy I just referred to obliquely in my previous post turns up immediately thereafter?[/quote]pretty good since he's the only guy who talks about them?[quote ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: this may be way off by Dominic on 2007-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I just had a flash. whay if the way the EM energizes the gap forces the VC to sit further in or further out of the gap as its default setting, and perhaps this does slightly change the acoustic geometry. I can't think of a proper reason why this migh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: notes about these files by Dominic on 2007-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Like colourful contrasts? Hinrich Alpers on piano. in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
I'm looking forward to finding some quality recordings played by this guy. But in the meantime it's only fair to warn that the files on the Honens site aren't very well encoded, lots of artifacts and a couple level matching issues. The actual recordi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: thoughts: by Dominic on 2007-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[url=http://cgi.ebay.ca/2006-MRLIUNG-845-L1-Class-A-Vavle-Tube-Int-Amp-NR_W0QQitemZ130073789223QQihZ003QQcategoryZ14973QQcmdZViewItem]845 integrated[/url]Aside from not being sure of the desription, it could have something going for it in context? No...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: new one: by Dominic on 2007-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Rullit Audio one of those funny c-37 type chaps but he is excellent with his hands it seems.He's done horns in both lathed and bent wood formats.He has a store on ebay and a gallery at Webshots. [url]http://stores.ebay.com/Rullit-Audio-Ultra-Fi-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: moreover by Dominic on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]No, you did not do before and you are not doing it still. I think the problem with that you are expressing is that you have no desire to EXPLAIN FOR YOURSELF what you do.  Forgot about the amplifiers, speakers and the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Like colourful contrasts? Hinrich Alpers on piano. by Dominic on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Like colourful contrasts? Hinrich Alpers on piano. in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
I was listening to some of this past year's Honens piano 'competition' and was exposed to a german named Hinrich Alpers.If he wants to play whatever it is he's playing you can really tell and the emotional contrasts through colours on the piano are i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: off the cuff my horn suggestion by Dominic on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
I'd put your sub horns above your head. There are some big issues with that but you save a lot on concrete engineering, and assuming space remains in future you could apply what you learned from the overhead wood horns to a more refined bass setup. O...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I understand what you mean by Dominic on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
The thing is i need something to use now that what i have isn't functioning. I'm not really asking at the best time, as i hadn't been thinking about the right questions for a while, and this is sort of an act of desperation to get my playback just ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: No i haven't by Dominic on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
The speakers i've got are JBL studio monitors using a 2420 (118dbwm 16O) on top and a 2231 (93dbwm, 8O) on the bottom, which already accomodate bi amping, though like i mentioned a midrange driver would probably be a good idea and so a six way amp wo...
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