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Subwoofer "Throw", Facebook... huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Bolt" data-source="post: 91217" data-attributes="member: 3950"><p>Re: Subwoofer "Throw", Facebook... huh?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep! It also has something to do with the size of the diaphragm on the mic. The Inverse square law is based on a point source. Up close (to either a microphone or a speaker), the solution to the wave equations do not result in an inverse square drop off because the source is not a point.</p><p></p><p>Once you start getting a little further away ..... more like a point the further away you get.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me (from my experience) that folded horns put out more volume than the same power driver would in an DR bin. They also sound ..... well, woofey if that makes any sense. I had always attributed this to the horn being tuned to some frequencies more than others while a direct radiating sub gave a more rounded frequency response ..... but then I could be wrong.</p><p></p><p>I have frequently heard that folded horns are "long throw" subs while DR's are shorter throw. I am not sure how to reconcile this with the physics and math of wave theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Bolt, post: 91217, member: 3950"] Re: Subwoofer "Throw", Facebook... huh? Yep! It also has something to do with the size of the diaphragm on the mic. The Inverse square law is based on a point source. Up close (to either a microphone or a speaker), the solution to the wave equations do not result in an inverse square drop off because the source is not a point. Once you start getting a little further away ..... more like a point the further away you get. It seems to me (from my experience) that folded horns put out more volume than the same power driver would in an DR bin. They also sound ..... well, woofey if that makes any sense. I had always attributed this to the horn being tuned to some frequencies more than others while a direct radiating sub gave a more rounded frequency response ..... but then I could be wrong. I have frequently heard that folded horns are "long throw" subs while DR's are shorter throw. I am not sure how to reconcile this with the physics and math of wave theory. [/QUOTE]
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