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In the Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project
Post Subject: Is it the bass or is it the idea itself?Posted by Paul S on: 2/5/2007
It is likely that getting any giant LF horn to contribute musically as part of a system will require a number of iterations, so it would be good to allow for this initially, somehow, to be at all realistic or practical. With respect to wood, I have heard several large wooden LF horns, including corner horns, and all made some low frequencies, but I have never heard this sort of thing successfully integrated into a coherent system, and the combing and other cancellation/augmentation/coloration effects were quite conspicuous, to my ears, to the point of ruining the rest of the system, where that might be a consideration. Then again, it is probably true that in every case where it was not done well the builder/installer/user was deep enough into the idea itself that it probably did not matter one way or the other if it was really integrated or made a truly musical contribution, anyway.
I don't want to say that giant LF horns can be/are a romantic notion; but I would sure like to hear one of these behemoths done right and integrated correctly in a setting I could relate to before I built one into my home...
OTOH, I encourage you to do it, and then I will have another one to listen to ;>
BTW, the best giant horn I've heard was outdoors...
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site