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Transmission line speakers!

Hi group,

I just pulled the trigger on a mint pair of Falcon speakers. They are a transmission line design. I don’t see many speakers using transmission line. Does anyone here have any experience pro or con with this type of design? BTW, I have always liked sealed type speakers over ported speakers!

Thanks much!

128x128yogiboy

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mrdecibel
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My Shahinian's were transmission line, as were my TDLs. I think PWK's folded horn was an extension of the principal.

mrdecibel
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Khorn. A transmission line with a fold or two. Just my interpretation, as I am no speaker designer. PWK could have ported it, but would not get the efficiency of a true horn, nor the quality of output. Transmission loaded, ime, always had folds within the cabinets, otherwise, it was simply ported. We can agree to disagree. All good.🙂

mrdecibel
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Roxy, do you understand that our ears are mini speakers, playing a role in reverse. Does not matter if the output is from the front.or the rear of the driver, imo. A mic is a mini speaker l8ke our ears in reverse.

mrdecibel
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Btw, I am a fan of isobaric loading, which is another way to do bass.

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