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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Compression Drivers -in general

Post Subject: What are you trying to do Robert?Posted by serenechaos on: 10/20/2008

So, it will be a single-ended triode amp and in future possible DSET, right?
Yes

OK, but you need to understand that you will pay the “minimum proximity” penalty for this.
Yes, this is something Jeffery warned me about, "Romy has that vertical thing right, and you run out of room." Yes, it is ~ three feet of height, and Yes, I want to listen near field.

Anyhow, I still kind of did not hear from you what are you trying to do, not how but rather what.
I don't understand the question?
What is it I don't like about my present system?

My present system is a single driver, back loaded horn!
I don't like the limits I've already enumerated in other thread (dynamics, frequency range, ability to resolve complex material), and I don't like the delayed sound I hear of the wave from the front of the driver, compared to the back of the driver.
I'm starting over, from a clean sheet of paper, so to speak, building a front loaded horn system.

I had seen John Hasquin's blog, emailed him to ask many questions about front loaded horns.
I went to VSAC, heard Jeffery Jacksons five-way GOTO driver system.
It was a far better solution than anything else I've ever heard, but out of my price range (I can't afford the GOTO drivers). I ask Jeffery a lot of questions, and am going from there.

Robert

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