david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
The off axis response is so dramatically variable, must make room treatment absolutely essential.
If I had to guess I’d rank relative importance as: material 10% / horn design 90%. And I don’t think that’s a controversial view.
I’m talking about the shape and curvature of the horn - there are obviously many different “types” of horn. As for all being properly designed, you might equally expect all speakers to be designed “properly” but there is a lot of stuff for sale that quite frankly is no better than amateurish in design. That’s obvious even to me and I’m certainly no Andrew Jones!I am not sure I understand what you mean by horn design? One would hope that all horns are properly designed.
By the way, interestingly (and maybe Graham might chime in to explain) I’ve found horns to work very well with £1k Temple Audio amps…
I’m talking about the shape and curvature of the horn - there are obviously many different “types” of horn. As for all being properly designed, you might equally expect all speakers to be designed “properly” but there is a lot of stuff for sale that quite frankly is no better than amateurish in design. That’s obvious even to me and I’m certainly no Andrew Jones!
Profiles is as good a word as any to describe the variations, but yes.
Are you being deliberately provocative? You are implying that all those horn types perform exactly the same. Surely you know that’s far too simplistic.Then assuming the horn profile is followed as the theory dictates then the only difference in performance will be the choice of driver and the material used to make the horn.
Then assuming the horn profile is followed as the theory dictates then the only difference in performance will be the choice of driver and the material used to make the horn.
If companies who made horns back in the day had the chance to use the tech and materials we have today, then no one back then would be using multicellular horns. Everyone would be using moulded spherical horns.
Are you being deliberately provocative? You are implying that all those horn types perform exactly the same. Surely you know that’s far too simplistic.