Posted by GarMan [ 216.13.136.38 ] on July 07, 2005 at 08:41:37:

In Reply to: thanks gar.. posted by roland on July 07, 2005 at 00:06:13:

Someone else may want to take a stab at your original question of whether it's necessary to flush-mount or not. My understanding is that flush mounting a driver will reduce diffraction of soundwaves. Diffraction off the edge of drivers have more impact on shorter wavelengths than long (ie more impact on high freq).

Since we'll talking about the woofer, I don't think it's absolutely necessary to flush mount it. It does go up to 1600Hz, but at that point, the soundwaves are narrowed to approx 90 degrees and should not be affected by the driver edge.

With that said, you did mention you're building this out of solid oak, which means you're after a nice looking cabinet. Flush-mount drivers do give a speaker a more finished and professional look.

Gar.

Replies:

• Re: another stab... - Matts 10:50:39 07/07/05 (8)
  • Re: another stab... - roland 11:59:21 07/07/05 (7)
    • Just thought of another option... - GarMan 13:05:20 07/07/05 (3)
      • Recess the HS290 - roland 14:43:19 07/07/05 (2)
        • Re: Recess the HS290 - GarMan 15:45:42 07/07/05 (1)
          • great stuff. Posting pics as soon as they are finished... - roland 00:30:39 07/08/05 (0)
    • Re: reinforcement.... - Matts 12:39:03 07/07/05 (2)
      • Re: reinforcement.... - roland 14:15:36 07/07/05 (1)
        • Re: reinforcement.... - Matts 22:12:59 07/07/05 (0)