@larryi Wrote:
Truly large horns, with the right drivers deliver scale, impact, and authority at lower volume levels than any other kind of driver.
I agree!
Mike!
There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area
After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.
I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air. None of my other speakers could do that.
Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4. It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size. I really miss that.
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Discounting surround widths, cone depths, voice coil dust cover diameters, and any additional surface available from any ribbing in the cone itself: 6" dia. = 28.27 sq. in. 8" " = 50.27 " " 10" " = 78.5 " " 12" " = 113.1 " " 18" " = 254.5 " " pi x radius squared for anything else.... I play with truncated cone surface areas..... Mine work out to be about equal to about a 9" dia. in the diameter of a 6"... ;) Voice coil suspension and travel is whatever I want to play with, keeping in mind the surround pistonic travel will require. And not a lot of concern over tariff ruckus for the immediate future.... Mix 'n match to your pleasure, J |
@dynamiclinearity Thank you for pointing out Q = 0.707 (1/√2) resulting in flattest freq. response. Do you happen to know how is it derived? |
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