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In the Thread: Horn speaker with dipole bass?
Post Subject: Dipole bassPosted by KLegind on: 3/9/2010
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has anybody tried a horn speaker with a dipole bass section ? |
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Well, I must say that I have tried dipole bass in a few configurations, including dipole bass plus horn, however I think this is completely immaterial to the evaluation of dipole bass per se.
Now as to matching dipole bass to a horn midrange is a question og matching tone and dispersion (power response). In my experience you can get good upper bass and very good midrange with dipole bass + horn mid/dipole mid/sealed/whatever depending on choices and talent. What you dont get is bass. There is no deep bass and the mid bass sounds ghostly... I know no other way of describing it really. Occationally it will sound very informative, but it is intellectual and not engaging. Please keep in mind that my experience is not exhaustive. For instance I expect a high Q bass driver to give a sound resembling Quad ELS 67. Maybe some will think it is good sound. I think it is ok sound but not great. I tried open baffle dipole bass with 15 inch drivers and it never sounded right. Now I use semi open baffle speakers with very gradual roundovers to produce upper bass & midrange ~150 to 800 Hz. Mid bass and deep bas will be sealed box with 15" woofers.
Sincerely
Kris
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