Posted by Wayne Parham [ 76.196.200.56 ] on July 25, 2007 at 10:25:08:
In Reply to: K or Pi7 sound ? posted by j.luis on July 25, 2007 at 09:08:03:
The seven π cornerhorn is much easier to build than a Klipschorn and I would suggest that it sounds better too. It uses better drivers in a better configuration.
I've heard many Klipschorns over the years, many different models, some modded, some stock. They're good speakers. But there are a few things I never liked about the design, and the seven π addresses these problems. For one thing, the Klipschorn bass bin is used much too high for a folded basshorn. This gives vocals and other midrange a sort of woody sound. The Klipschorn midrange driver is also pushed too low. The transition between bass and midrange is strained as a result.
Midrange from 200Hz up is all-important. This is where the fundamentals of many instruments fall - piano, guitar, voice, everything. You really don't want this band passing through long labyrinthine folded-basshorn passages as used in the Klipschorn. This causes standing waves with associated peaks and notches in response, path length delays that make proper summing impossible, panel vibrations and other unwanted problems.
The seven π midhorn is set so that it crosses-over from the bass bin at a low enough frequency to be within 1/4λ, maintaining single-point source operation. It is large enough that the low frequency midrange driver does not strain it at all. You can really hear the improvement in sound quality using this approach.
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