Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers

My next speakers are DIY, Frugel-Horn Joan with Mark Audio MA-200 drivers in the gold color(looks more like copper)

No crossovers, single 8" full range driver, combination of transmission line and rear horn loaded. Excellent reviews of the Mk3 and XL versions, have not seen one on the bigger units with the larger drivers I am building.

Goal is no sub(s), low power amp, low weight, great full sound.

I am likely to build several types of speakers to get the best I can out of the not so easy to tame full time RV we live in.

Rick

The speakers will be around 26" from face to rear wall and 8" to side walls most of the time. The design is intended to be close to the rear wall, corner located, etc so might be better in this position, just able to move them around a bit more if needed.

Thanks:)

I have done a ton of work to be able just to have a decent space to setup a good system. I added 1.5 ft to the length of the RV which has 8 ft ceilings and 8ft wide, 5ft deep until it hits the slide outs on each side then 12.5 ft wide but one side is cabinets with counter top and other side is wood stove, book shelves and Ekornes couch facing the speakers which are 8 ft from the couch and face of them can be as far as 36" from the rear wall but only 12" from the side walls. The speakers are on each side of the 24" D by 54" wide desk that is very solid and has a 2cm Brazilian green soapstone top, like the 8 ft wide kitchen lower cabs, wife's 54" wide stand up desk and 5ft island. The sides are not even near to being equal so there will be some figuring out to do decent acoustic treatments. Some will have to be moveable for critical listening, if such a thing works out.

Rick

Check out D I Y audio dot com before you build anything;)

Lots of projects, lots of info, links to even more projects and info.

Rick

Massive amounts of experience to learn from there as well as just great fun to check it all out.

@svjerry

Our RV is a very heavy 5th wheel, last time on scales 24,500lb. It was 39.5 ft long, now 41 but has a bit more than 2 ft added to the floor space length. With the 3 slides is is 432sq ft. I will edit the floor plan in the program I design with and post a pic on a thread on this site if interested. I was into  ultra high end car audio sound quality competition and learned from masters and did quite well in it. I am used to a mobile environment and will do what it takes to make this pretty darn good, just not guarantee it will be as good as I could do in a home or even the right car or truck. I actually did my first car audio install when I was 16, just turned 73 this month.

I have a great 10 watt P/P tube amp that is not to power hungry and am building a high grade D class amp as well as a Nelson Pass class A amp, just to try everything out but in the end D class is what I will run, at least most of the time.

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There are a number of speaker kits that would do you very well so take your time and learn as much as you can about them. I went with the Frugel-Horn due to limited space to place them and what I think I can get them to do in it. The Joan is the largest and not available in kit form but the XL is and still quite a fine way to go, I might end up building a set of them as well.

Single driver, no crossover, even paying for a kit you end  up with a dang fine speaker that does not need a lot of power and many use them without a sub so very moderate cost, heck of a bargain really.

BUT, another type of horn loaded, TL, etc might be best for your particular space, style  and end result you are after.

Rick