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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project
Post Subject: What a delicious conundrum!Posted by Paul S on: 2/4/2007
As a builder I can pre-warn you that this could be a fairly complex and very expensive proposition if done in cast concrete. For that matter excavation, per se, is expensive, and municipalities differ about what you can and can't do with any significant quantity of dirt you may want to move around, on or off site. If you are on any kind of a schedule you will certainly want your audio ducks in a row in order to make sure everything jibes with your plans, permits and ultimate audio aims. If you consider how many modern concert halls with "computer-aided design" by "top audio/acoustic engineers" sound like crap and/or need re-doing then perhaps the idea of a more flexible means of producing bass becomes more attractive. It would cost only a fraction of the giant underground horns to design and build into your structure some other features to accomodate and benefit your coming SOTA installation, and I am not certain, based on personal experience, that sealed units need be such a compromise, anyway. Not that giant cast pipes don't sound very cool, conceptually!
Whatever you decide, please post some pics.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site