johnk
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| What does one purchase after owning horns? While I respect Bill hes talented and a wonderful human he didn't invent the conical horn heck Edison was using them in 1890 | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Duke why the midbass horn is so important to a proper horn loaded design. And probably the hardest of all to get right. | |
| Martin Logan Prodigy with Sonic Frontiers Power I used Krell and ARC both worked well on my prodigy still I greatly preferred the horn system I replaced them with. | |
| Anyone went back to using bare wires on speakers? I mostly use bare wire. If I use connectors its Z plugs. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? For a given size enclosure the basshorn will have lower distortion and better damping. Plus far less thermo compression in horn systems. A big positive for horn loaded designs. Controlled radiation pattern means better image with less room interfe... | |
| Are The Klipsch Heritage Series Really Worthy? Those modifying are not rebuilding because loudspeakers need repair mostly there doing so to improve performance and correct flaws. I also disagree that the new Klipsch models are equal to original heritage series. And since so many quality K horn... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Horns do not all need massive space to sound there best. If properly designed large horns will work fine in near field etc. But most are not designed well and need extra listening distance to compensate for poor integration excessive colorations a... | |
| You cannot buy original Altec 515 /416 /604 cones I would agree [have original Altec items hold on to them and treat them as the rare bird they are.] I am happy as all heck that GPA exists still to me OS or NOS Altec is the better sounding but if damaged or in need of a new transducer why not GPA... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? radiation pattern control lack of distortion and efficiency | |
| Are The Klipsch Heritage Series Really Worthy? So K horns are now not equal to LaScala you can buy good used K horn for 2k why pay over 4k for LaScalas? And you admit to heavily modifying so hows that a deal? Seems most all klipsch heritage series owners are modifying. If there so great why al... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Shadorne you do not mention SPL level for conventional design distort much when near max SPL. Far more than a horn loaded design. I think maybe your looking for anything you can thats - about horn designs without understanding. A horn tweeter solv... | |
| Still great after all these years-Dunlavy SC IVs If it works for you why change? | |
| DIY. Whose speakers would you use? Fostex RAAL SEAS GOTO ALE GPA BMS Mundorf Eminence Tone Tubby JBL Fatail Pro 18 sound HI-VI Accuton fountek TAD Raven PHY Lowther | |
| DIY. Whose speakers would you use? Not really only answers why you would not want a kit not why it would offer less performance or be engineered to a lesser degree. Most a kit wouldn't even be a option but there are some very well thought out and designed kits available most are no... | |
| Mastersound Compact 845 8 ohm |