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A live monitor with a tweeter but without a horn?
Why must powered speakers always have horns in front of their tweeters? I know it is to project the sound, but I use two powered monitors on my left and right side aimed at my head and I don't like the sound of a horn up close. A horn up close reminds me of a megaphone and hurts my ears when I punch a note.
Are live speakers ever made without horns in front of their tweeters? If so, are any powered live speakers made that way?
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the good folks at MiddleHouse Sound build a stage monitor with a high-power ribbon tweeter (sourced from Stage Accompany or SLS, I forget which). Sounds unlike any other wedge you've ever heard, sweet, clear, open high end, real hi-fi.
Horns are necessary to get the SPL output of the tweeter up to the same level as the more efficient woofers or you wouldn't hear them at all. However, if you're too close to the speaker the highs and lows can't integrate properly and the highs are perceived as harsh; six feet or so is the usual minimum distance for proper integration. If you must be closer get monitors with co-axially mounted tweeters such as those used in the Eminence Beta Cx drivers.
JBL used to make a radial tweeter that they stuffed in a cabinet with a 12". I used to use these for keyboard players as a nearfield, which is what you're trying to do. Horn speakers make lousy nearfield monitoring speakers since you're OD'ing on the compression part and not hearing the horn.They used to make a bi-radial which was pretty nice too, but at a much lower SPL.
If you can find a pair of these critters, my suggestion is check out Parts Express for amp, crossover, and 12's, and build yourself a pair of boxes.
Tom
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Tom
Morel makes what they call a "semi-horn" tweeter with a silk fabric dome. Morel makes terrific tweeters. This tweeter, the model MDT-37, is very similar to Dynaudio counterparts with the hexacoil voice coil and high power handling and ferrofluid damping. This tweeter is rated at 93 dB sensitivity - not as high as most horns - but you could use woofers with 96 dB sensitivity with no problem, I would think. They are rated at 200 Watts or 1,000 Watts transient power for 10 ms. For a pro application I'd use an 18 dB/Octave filter. Consider these. They will get you much closer to the sound you want and they won't sound so "horny." They are priced at $49 each, direct.
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