hey all
Compression driver horns is probably the area I'm least knowledgeable about, and while looking into a little project I came across these two horns.
Both are two inch horns that are roughly similar in size (5 or 10mm difference in some dimensions). Both claim pretty much the exact same spec, and low frequency cut off etc. Wont mention the brands or anything just yet, but just based on their design would be interested to see peoples thoughts on how different they would sound, both from the point of view of helping decide which one may be used and also just in general increasing my knowledge.
Pics are attached, one of each and then an overlay showing them both.
As you can see, while the main part of the horns is pretty parallel, there are differences at both ends. The first has a shorter initial throat area, the main part of the horn holds it's shape for much longer with a (comparatively) quite sharp/small radius round off at the mouth.
The second has a much longer initial throat section that ends up in a narrower diffraction slot, but then the main part of the horn is significantly shorter both because of this longer throat and also the fact that the rounding off at the end is much gentler and so starts earlier.
So how is this likely to affect things? Which one will be likely to sound better, all other things the same, and which will hold it's pattern control better or to a lower frequency?
k
Compression driver horns is probably the area I'm least knowledgeable about, and while looking into a little project I came across these two horns.
Both are two inch horns that are roughly similar in size (5 or 10mm difference in some dimensions). Both claim pretty much the exact same spec, and low frequency cut off etc. Wont mention the brands or anything just yet, but just based on their design would be interested to see peoples thoughts on how different they would sound, both from the point of view of helping decide which one may be used and also just in general increasing my knowledge.
Pics are attached, one of each and then an overlay showing them both.
As you can see, while the main part of the horns is pretty parallel, there are differences at both ends. The first has a shorter initial throat area, the main part of the horn holds it's shape for much longer with a (comparatively) quite sharp/small radius round off at the mouth.
The second has a much longer initial throat section that ends up in a narrower diffraction slot, but then the main part of the horn is significantly shorter both because of this longer throat and also the fact that the rounding off at the end is much gentler and so starts earlier.
So how is this likely to affect things? Which one will be likely to sound better, all other things the same, and which will hold it's pattern control better or to a lower frequency?
k