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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Munich High End 2010
Post Subject: Oy, do not delude yourself.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 5/17/2010
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 Joe Roberts wrote:
The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wouldn't call it an "open baffle" in any way. Don't be fooled by the wings.

If those speakers in Munich had woofers in sealed enclosures then they were the infinite baffle design. I might be “fooled” by the wings but if it was sealed enclosures then why the wings were there? Undoubtedly the wings have a huge negative effect the MF and HF so why the “stupid” WE engineers even did the wings? I do not know certainly how the Western Electric L-9 was made but I think it is not sealed enclosures. Some of the drivers of the period used the semi-transparent cloth enclosures that you, Joe, might recognized as sealed. In reality the cloth damp a bit HF but near transpired at the lower end and here is where the duty of the wings kick in – pure open baffle.
 Joe Roberts wrote:
Most of all, the idea of bringing this old speaker was to get people thinking. It was a subversive plot.

It is not. I know very well the mind frame of the people who bringing the old speakers to the show and those who “admire” them. There is no thinking in any of them but only a desire to make splashy hype, nothing more. The individuals who what to get people thinking bring to the shows Proper Sound and very seldom or even come from the “old speakers”. It is a whole different subject however…

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