my DIY 5 way frontloaded hornsystem with round tractrix horns

As promised, a plethora of inane questions:

1. How did you come up with a design for the horn itself?
2. Is there a generally accepted form?
3. Or was it something you modelled?
4. What electronics are you using for the crossover?
5. Have you tried vertically aligning the speakers to see how that sounds yet? I'm referring to the drawing I'm assuming is you final design.
6. When do you think you're going to start/finish work on the horn for the lower mid-range drivers?
7. Do you have any concerns about the upper bass not being vertically aligned with the other drivers?

I still can't get over how pretty those horns came out! :unbelievable:

JCD

[*]How did you come up with a design for the horn itself?

well, you know, italians have good taste. I am italian.... :bigsmile:


[*]Is there a generally accepted form?

Well, the horn flare is tractrix. This is one of the more often used flares for horns.

[*]Or was it something you modelled?

No. Only the ouside form was my developing.

[*]What electronics are you using for the crossover?

The sub is active driven with a Rhytmik plate amp, and the upper bass horn with a Inosic RAS300 plate amp. Both have crossover.

The satellites have passive crossover, all 6db.

[*]Have you tried vertically aligning the speakers to see how that sounds yet? I'm referring to the drawing I'm assuming is you final design.

Yes, see my blog, i am listening with vertical alignment now, and almost time aligned, the mid channel, and the tweeter, and it sounds better.


[*]When do you think you're going to start/finish work on the horn for the lower mid-range drivers?

in about a month, the whole system should be finished.

[*]Do you have any concerns about the upper bass not being vertically aligned with the other drivers?

time alignment is most critical above 1000hz.

see Bruce Edgars comments :

http://www.audiovoice-acoustics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89



best regards Angelo

yes,

it get's every day better.



that's my system for now. The horns are not painted, because they are for a client, and he bought them unpainted. Next week they are shipped out.

imbeaujp said:

Hello I think that there are no horns speakers on the market because their WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) is too low !

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This is a horn loaded subwoofer:



It relegates all the usual arguments against horns to the dustbin. As for the lack of horns in the marketplace, it's a matter of simple economics: due to the amount of labor required to build them they're less profitable than other designs. That should not be a concern to a DIYer.

you are right. the bigger the speakers, the more difficult a wife to accept them.
There are actually a good number of manufacturers of hornspeakers. have a look here :

http://www.hifi-directory.com/loudspeaker-systems/horn-wideband-high-sensitivity-loudspeakers

i am also building a back and front loaded slim sized hornspeaker with a single source, using a 8" coax driver :



here some pictures of the make of :

http://www.audiovoice-acoustics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225