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Re: Clarification [message #29615 is a reply to message #29614] Wed, 14 September 2005 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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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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