Why not horns?

You make absolute absurd opinionated statements than get rude and antsy because you are questioned about such. LOL.....

I would suggest you record yourself and play it back a few hundred times instead of putting it on the internet where others might respond !

Weseixas wrote: "There is no such thing as a fast 15 inch woofer operating @ 400 Hz IMO ! Consider how directional the speaker will be @ 400 Hz and it's large mass ( relative ) with it's accompanying cone coloration ..."

Four hundred hertz is probably more than two octaves below that woofer's upper rolloff frequency, so it will be plenty "fast" enough to do its job. The radiation pattern will be fairly wide at that frequency, and the cone will probably still be pistonic.

Weseixas: "...based on what you have expressed so far, it would be baffling to not have a high degree of nasality."

It is quite possible to build a horn system that doesn't have a "nasal" or "horn-like" signature. Part of the solution lies in the design of the horn itself, and part lies in the crossover. Having heard several Bill Woods designs over the years, I have every reason to believe what Macrojack says about his speakers.

Duke
dealer/manufacturer

Thanks, Duke.

Here's an ad for the woofer I'm using. It is now discontinued and I had to do a lot of chasing to find a pair. Notice the frequency response.

http://www.idjnow.com/StoreModules/ProductDetails.aspx/PID=L15P530

Here's the AH 300 horn:

http://www.acoustichorn.com/products/300/

and lastly, here's the mid range driver:

http://www.prosoundservice.com/m9_view_item.html?m9:item=BC-DCX50

I am presently using a DBX Drive Rack PA for crossover, time delay, and EQ.
Reading comments on The Lansing Heritage Forum led me to purchase an XTA DP 224 speaker management system to replace the Drive Rack. Presently I am waiting for Dave Wall of Snob Productions to find time to bring his XTA software to my house for professional set up. We're tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday morning.

Fast woofers they pass me in the slow lane. How many MPH can a fast woofer do anyway? And why do people still think of bass as fast or slow. For to me this doesn't describe any real aspect of sound quality. I have never heard fast or slow bass and I design bass systems. I have heard time delay, limited transients, excessive distortions, phase issues. But not fast or slow. Since these drivers are not going anywhere I would say all transducers are very slow indeed. Unless rolled down a steep hill then a fast transducer is possible.

Very funny, Johnk. In this instance, "fast" means it refrains from eating.