Why aren't more of you guys using horns?

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

It would need to be modified to accommodate the more standard 2bolt mounting pattern on ID horn bodies.

Easy peasy.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i've never seen a price on the usd horn bodies but since your so budget minded i'm almost positive they aren't in the price range u want.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

oh those usd horns look very promising, how do you like them?

They performed quite well, requiring the usual attention to deadening the horn bodies and lots of EQ time but once you get everything setup it's really something. I bought them in '95 and paid around $350 (I think) for the entry level kit because I knew I was going to put a different compression driver on them. I went with a 3" titanium diaphragm so that I could EQ the bottom end quite heavily to make up for the lack of loading past 800hz or so. I used them down to 400hz with about 35 watts. I think the main advantage with these when compared to ID is how the throat design handles the high frequencies. I had wonderful high frequency extension to 18khz with very little finessing of the EQ which is pretty good considering it was a 3" membrane. The way the compression chamber on the driver is designed has a large effect on that as well.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

For the life of me, I can't remember what brand of driver I used. Here's a couple pics of the workup. Sadly these are the only pics that remain of this setup, no finished pics. I didn't have a digital camera back then. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww43/ciaonzo/Tens%20in%20the%20Doors/DSC03009.jpg

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[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

what are you running in the modded door? 10's, what kind, looks like a nice set-up

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

what are you running in the modded door? 10's, what kind, looks like a nice set-up

That setup is long gone. It was a Vifa PL26WR09-04. Not quite the best match for efficiency but since I was running the horn so low in frequency, that was the limiting factor anyway. It was still the most powerful frontstage I've had to date. Very warm and dynamic.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

you had to point the usd bodies upwards like that?

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

you had to point the usd bodies upwards like that?

I didn't have to but it did help raise the stage a bit due to the fact that this was in a tiny little '92 Toyota 1/2 ton pickup. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i wish for the life of me i could find the old article did by car audio & electronics magazine where they did side by side tests of all the "big" horn companies back then.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

i wish for the life of me i could find the old article did by car audio & electronics magazine where they did side by side tests of all the "big" horn companies back then.

I have it somewhere. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

i did back in the days then it disappeared //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif. you'd think they'd have it archived online but nooooo

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

i did back in the days then it disappeared //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif. you'd think they'd have it archived online but nooooo

I was just looking for it online as well. Came up empty-handed.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

so if i was to put horns in my s10 would this work??

http://www.imagedynamicsstore.com/idstore/image-dynamics-cs162mh-hlcd-component-system-p-128.html

and i wouldnt have to worry bout a crossover or anything b/c it comes wit it right?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'd still want to bi-amp them, personally.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

that's an old site and hasn't been updated. those "sets" have been discontinued for awhile now. but if they do happen to have old stock then it should work. also fyi those xovers were more for the mid then the horn.