RE: Horn mouth shape ?

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Posted by weltersys (P) on May 10, 2012 at 12:54:33

In Reply to: RE: Horn mouth shape ? posted by moray james on May 9, 2012 at 18:02:29:

Conical horns are easy to build, and many DIY guys have built excellent Unity/Synergy style horns with standard hand tools.
A Synergy horn has the advantage of a single point source from a single horn using multiple drivers covering a wide range, which reduces the system size considerably while also increasing coherency, especially if one is constrained to a close listening distance.
Unlike separate horn units, which require some distance back to integrate, you can literally stick your head in a Synergy and it sounds the same as it does some distance back.

Like any horn, the tighter the dispersion, the larger it must be for a given cut off frequency. That said, by combining relatively high bass reflex porting with the Synergy horn, a relatively compact enclosure can reach low enough to just need assistance below 50-100 Hz.

This makes placement of the sub almost a non issue, as the sound will not be localized to the sub in a small room.

If I were building a horn system for domestic listening, it would be a Synergy style horn. My living room is still too small for them, but I have plans for my deck..

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