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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker
Post Subject: Dynamic sinking?Posted by Paul S on: 8/1/2007
Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter how high you cross over? As you know, I use ~96 dB dynamic drivers and my 96 dB ribbons crossed ~10k Hz. In this context I have not noticed any more dynamic sinking from the ribbons than I get from the dynamic drivers. Perhaps the lesser root efficiency and general problems with my L/MF effectively mask any dynamic sinking by my own HF ribbon during my own listening. Bad power is another story, however...
Is the aim of a >10k Hz compression driver/horn to prevent dynamic sinking relative to compression L/MF driver/horns?
Shadows on the pic posted here make the initial "improved" horn profile look eliptical, at least on my monitor.
And, no, guys, I've not heard this one, just looked at it for the first time, hence the questions, based only on what I see and what I have heard.
Best regards,
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