Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="dawgdan" data-source="post: 2452635" data-attributes="member: 571481">Horns are great for efficiency. They are 8 ohm drivers for the most part but the efficiency is so sky-high that it just doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; 50 watts at 8 ohms will make your ears bleed.The problem I see?&nbsp; Having an 8&quot; mid try to keep up with horns.&nbsp; Not only is it much less efficient, but you&#039;ll catch quite a bit of distortion trying to make a midbass driver with large cone mass play midrange.&nbsp; Cut your 8&quot; midbass off at 200 Hz and try a high-efficiency dome midrange like a DLS IR3 or Dayton RS52 to play the critical 200-1000 Hz range.That&#039;s how I&#039;d do it anyway. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifOh, and if you&#039;re really serious about horns, you absolutely need a 1/3 octave EQ.&nbsp; There is NO getting around this.&nbsp; Horns + no EQ = sounding like the inside of a barrel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dawgdan, post: 2452635, member: 571481"] Horns are great for efficiency. They are 8 ohm drivers for the most part but the efficiency is so sky-high that it just doesn't matter. 50 watts at 8 ohms will make your ears bleed. The problem I see? Having an 8" mid try to keep up with horns. Not only is it much less efficient, but you'll catch quite a bit of distortion trying to make a midbass driver with large cone mass play midrange. Cut your 8" midbass off at 200 Hz and try a high-efficiency dome midrange like a DLS IR3 or Dayton RS52 to play the critical 200-1000 Hz range. That's how I'd do it anyway. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Oh, and if you're really serious about horns, you absolutely need a 1/3 octave EQ. There is NO getting around this. Horns + no EQ = sounding like the inside of a barrel. [/QUOTE]

Verification