Info about Horns?

[dsturbd 10+ year member]

Alright, been talking with a member on this bored, and horns came up, well I never thought about them before and don't know the good quality brands and where to purchase them, could anyone shed some light please, thanks.

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[snoopysnooper 10+ year member]

air compressed train horns ftw //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

Here is a vid man. I just bought some ID horns yesterday I plan on doing this install soon.

http://www.imagedynamicsusa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3080

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

so why use horns instead of a high powered comp set again?

Alot prefer the sound of horns over traditional set-ups. Plus its ability to play very low to be matched with a nice 7 or 8in mid for a awesome 2-way set up. Some say it sounds like your really at a concert and not just listening to something on the radio. I have never played with horns but after doing a little research I figured I would give it a try. Alot of people dont want to mess with the tunning and installation of the horns so they tend shy away from them.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

how hard are the id horns to tune

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

How does one tune a horn?

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

How does one tune a horn?

x-over, eq, time alignment, phase...

I have a horny system. They're not really that difficult to tune. The hardest part is probably level matching them to the rest of the system with their high sensitivity.

100+ dB sensitivity is great.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

I had to attenuate my horns -12dB... and I have them on a 25 x 2 amp.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

how hard are the id horns to tune

for someone as dumb as you.....

you'll never be able to properly tune any system. Unless you hired a kicker rep or something.

 

[lyttleviet 10+ year member]

I actually have a couple sets of the ID horns laying around.. I think one of each kind and my friends seem to be really impressed with them. They are built really well and sound amazing when installed correctly.