In Reply to: RE: Herb Reichert: Our Man At Stereophile posted by bare on January 7, 2016 at 19:37:41:
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In a back loaded horn design it's necessary to make the throat of the back horn smaller than what would be used in a front loaded horn where maximum efficiency would be a goal. This is because the output from the horn would tend to over power the output from the direct radiating front of the driver in a BLH if this imbalance was'nt addressed. While this limits the efficiency of a BLH compared to a front loaded horn design, the upside is that the bass output below the horn cut off becomes more of a useful player in the bass response with a BLH due to the fact that the horn is less efficient.
Paul
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