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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide.
Post Subject: Re: Fun thread.....and CogentPosted by slowmotion on: 4/14/2005
Hi all

The first link, to the musique_concrete website was because there's
pictures of some horns made for the S2 .

I hope anyone interested in JMLC horns read the last four links,
where Jean-Michell writes about his reasoning for his horn profile.

I think the Cogent effort is very interesting, not many people
are into making field coil compression drivers these days.
I wish them the best of luck.
I don't know why they insist on using conical horns , though.
In my not so humble opinion conical horns suck. Big time.
Maybe they know something I don't. Wink

Regarding horn bandwith, this is of course a subject in where
everyone and his/her grandmother have their own opinion.
Personally I think 2,5 to 3 octaves should be reasonable.
But sometimes it isn't.
I have given up on 2-way systems, the compromises are just to great.
4-way systems seems like the most reasonable compromise,
at least to me, you may even have to go 5-way.
If you are very skilled or very lucky you just might make it with a 3-way. Wink

Just some personal observations based on years of hornbuilding,
I should probably mention that most of the horns I build end up in the trash
or in the fireplace. Wink

cheers ,
Jan

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