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4pi horn position [message #66756]

Thu, 24 March 2011 18:49

Mike17W
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Registered: March 2011

Chancellor

When using two mirrored 4pi speakers in a stereo system, should the speakers be positioned so the horn is located on the outside or inside?

Mike

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Re: 4pi horn position [message #66757 is a reply to message #66756]

Thu, 24 March 2011 21:28

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

It doesn't really matter because only the nulls are at oblique angles and only very slightly. That said, They are intended to be built and used in mirror images. This is mostly for aesthetics but there is a very small tilt in the position of the forward lobe and the upper and lower nulls. For that reason, I generally suggest the tweeters be outboard. That way the upper null is slightly to the outside and the lower null is slightly to the inside. But again, it's so slight, it really doesn't matter.