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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time.
Post Subject: Options: Driver location & orientation of flarePosted by jessie.dazzle on: 6/15/2010
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Thinking about your options, I would locate the driver at the top inside corner of the horns (horns viewed while looking into mouth), and develop the horn flare from there. See explanations below:

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Driver High In FV 01.jpg
Driver located high and inside: "Hypotenus wall" of horn is parallel with ceiling > Good transition to ceiling; vertical walls of horns are parallel to each other > Maintains most L/R separation; Easiest to build > Only one curved wall per horn

The following solutions I would consider less optimal, getting progressively worse with progress down the page:

Driver Low In FV 01.jpg
Driver located low and inside: Vertical walls of horns are parallel to each other > L/R separation still ok; horizontal wall is parallel to floor of room; hypotenus wall is not parallel to ceiling, but intersects ceiling at an angle > Transition to ceiling not ideal; Easiest to build > Only one curved wall per horn

Driver Centered FV 01.jpg
Driver centered: Vertical walls of horns are converging toward each other > Some compromise in L/R separation; hypotenus wall is not parallel to ceiling, but intersects ceiling at an angle > Some compromise in transition to ceiling; Most difficult to build > All walls curved

Driver High FV 01.jpg
Driver located high and outside: Hypotenus wall of horn is parallel with ceiling > Good transition to ceiling; vertical walls of horns are converging toward each other > Most compromise in L/R separation; Difficult to build > Two curved walls per horn

This also demonstrates that the horns will not destroy the aesthetics of your living room.

jd*

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