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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!

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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.🙂

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ditusa
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maxboy00
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A number of years ago I had a pair of PMC's FB1I, used in a small bedroom driven by a Bryston B-100. I remember them as being well built and very good sounding speaker. 

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roxy54
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mrdecibel,

I don't think we can agree to disagree in this case. The transmission line is the opposite; it amplifies the rear output of the bass driver, and the folded horn of the Khorn amplifies the forward output of the bass driver. 

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.

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