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Help me understand the concept of speaker “throw” please.
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<blockquote data-quote="drew gandy" data-source="post: 131365" data-attributes="member: 880"><p>Re: Help me understand the concept of speaker “throw” please.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that's a good analogy from an energy standpoint. The one area where it falls apart is that the dispersion of any real world speaker changes with frequency. One must keep in mind that just about every pro sound manufacturer that states a dispersion angle is generally talking about a range of high frequencies where the size of the horn is substantial in comparison to the wavelengths. If you want the pattern to maintain below 2Khz then it requires size. A box that is 15 inches wide isn't going to have much control at all around 500Hz. Keep in mind that 12" woofers with a fairly rigid cone (I'm not talking about guitar amp speakers) have at most 90 degrees of "focus" around 1Khz. The crossover region of a typical 2-way box is generally fraught with variation from lobing (driver spacing) as well as directivity changes of the horn and woofer. Almost everything is in transition over the 2 octaves between 750 and 3Khz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drew gandy, post: 131365, member: 880"] Re: Help me understand the concept of speaker “throw” please. I think that's a good analogy from an energy standpoint. The one area where it falls apart is that the dispersion of any real world speaker changes with frequency. One must keep in mind that just about every pro sound manufacturer that states a dispersion angle is generally talking about a range of high frequencies where the size of the horn is substantial in comparison to the wavelengths. If you want the pattern to maintain below 2Khz then it requires size. A box that is 15 inches wide isn't going to have much control at all around 500Hz. Keep in mind that 12" woofers with a fairly rigid cone (I'm not talking about guitar amp speakers) have at most 90 degrees of "focus" around 1Khz. The crossover region of a typical 2-way box is generally fraught with variation from lobing (driver spacing) as well as directivity changes of the horn and woofer. Almost everything is in transition over the 2 octaves between 750 and 3Khz. [/QUOTE]
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