Posted by Wayne Parham [ 66.139.42.179 ] on September 14, 2005 at 12:36:27:
In Reply to: Re: Clarification posted by GarMan on September 14, 2005 at 10:38:28:
I agree with you in some areas. But when you consider the price of your time, then a folded horn is a very expensive cabinet. I know my cabinetmaker charges me a whole lot more for a horn cabinet than even the most expensive drivers. So I think that's an important consideration. For DIY efforts, maybe less so, but still something to think about.
And really, down very low, a basshorn has issues. If the horn isn't huge, it doesn't provide very much horn loading in the bottom octave. It is more like a quarter-wave pipe, if even that. A very small horn used at low frequencies is basically a direct radiator in a fancy box. So driver performance is very important.
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