Why not horns?
With a frequency response of 300 Hz. up to 14 Khz. from a single distortionless driver, it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance. Why don't you use horns? Because I get this and more (useful 60hz - 14,000hz) from my single driver speakers with no horn reflections/ colorations in a much smaller package to boot. |
Anyone care to show distortion for horn speakers? Here they are for cone drivers: Click on "Harmonic Distortion" button for Seas W16NX001 -50dB below the fundamental frequency... not too shabby. I can see horns being lower distortion because the driver is higher efficiency so not being driven so hard for a given volume level but worse because of the horn induced reflections. |
Macrojack, my 4.5" drivers are only good to 70-75dB because I run them full range from 45-15,000hz. If they were cut at 300hz like your horns, they could be played over 100dB. If you go with Folded transmission line or Standard transmission line they advertise that you can get the bass and volume levels. I believe this Tang-Band W4-1337SD will give similar performance to your horns. I have used it in a cabinet as small as 8 1/2" high. You will loose some bass as compared to a larger cabinet but if you put them against the wall, you should be okay. I found the HF ttshhh ttshh, annoying and would require a low-pass filter to cut or reduce the HF. I also prefer the snappy, softer sound of paper to the crystalline clarity of titanium. But I also use bi-polar solid state amplification and CD's. There are many good single drivers (so I am told). Especially the PHY and Supravox if you are willing to spend the money. Also Jordan JX-92S but I found them to be thin in the bass. Even with a large transmission line cabinet. Hope this clarifies things for you. |
