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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate.

Post Subject: Automobile solutionsPosted by scooter on: 8/22/2009

Hi Romy,

In 1990 the heater on one of my cars blew up (a VW). The rug was soaked with antifreeze and the dealer did not care, so I pulled out the rug and took it to the local laundromat for cleaning. Under the rug, the car had 4 clear, heavy and flexible polyethylene mats for sound dampening. Each mat had a bunch of 1"x2"x0.5" pockets filled with sand, much like that illustrated in your diagram.

I think these types of mats would be very easy to staple together and wrap around the horns and could be a potential solution. I am no auto guru but did a quick internet search and it seems like the auto industry has moved from sand to higher tech solutions, like composite wraps. Given the ease of wrapping the horns with the composite wraps,you might consider incorporating them into future applications.

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