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In the Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup?
Post Subject: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup?Posted by CO on: 11/18/2005
Hello Romy,
 
I found your site a few months ago and have been enjoying it alot. I have found your audio experience and thoughts are very much in line with my own. Thank you for building a site with so much insight and audio passion.
 
Ive been building and improving my own speakers the last few years and at this point i'm thinking a fully horn loaded setup ( 3 way + sub ) is the best route to take to get a speaker capable of  faithfully reproducing the electronic signal.

Although i have no doubt your speaker setup is about as ideal as it gets i cannot do this with my buget.
I have read you have tested many drivers before you found your ideal setup.I was hoping you could give some pointers to lower cost drivers for a similar setup.
I was thinking something in the line of Beyma or B&C or similar drivers. Have you tried these or alike?
My listening is slowly starting to shift to clasical and acousical music (having never been exposed to it in my childhood) so
At this point the some of the better Pro parts should be good enough for me.
 
I will be building the (non square) horns myself and love to experiment to get the most out a speaker.
I will be driving them actively with a variable crossover. My budget for drivers would preferably be around $1000,- or less for upper bass and mid/high driver. I can always add dedicated tweeter later.  I already have a sub that should integrate well.
 
Any suggestions are welcome.
 
Thanks,
 
Collin

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