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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver

Post Subject: It is about people as usually.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 6/29/2010

Good summary, Markus, I would add a few more reasons but what is the point. The key is that bass from back loaded horns is dipole by nature or has a large dipole region. The back loaded horns produce bass similar in behavior of Sun during winter: it produce light but does not produce hit. Here is where the ad homonym twist of subject let to be exposed – it is not about speakers but about people. The “back loaded horns people” just do not acknowledge or understand the needs that bass has and they mostly concern about very different thing – built up theories how to sell this semi-dipole bass form themselves. The most frequent leading theory is: look, I took over a weekend a driver, stuck it in a box and got Sound louder then a big and expensive commercial speaker that my neighbor bought. This is how a 90% of DIYers think and this is how they defecate from themselves one back loaded horn after another.

I think 10 years ago I got my ultimate remedy from back loaded horns. There was a Bottlehead meeting right here in Boston and I decided to go there for a first (and last) time. The people brought their amps and so on and there were a few loudspeakers as well. They were back loaded horns with sub-sized mouth – very identical to what Moreart and anybody else are trying to do. What was very funny that all 4-5 loudspeakers sounded absolutely identical disrespecting what kind electronics they were driving or even music they played. I pointed it out to those people and they reply me with phenomenal argument: “Oh, shat up, go and buy Wilson if you wish!”. That was so spectacular that since then to me Bottlehead and “idiots” are synonymum even I have nothing again their amps. Again and Again, audio, as anything else it is about people not about boxes. One need to assess the level of people objectives – only that would give a more or less objective picture about seriousness of Sound.

I very much do not like what Moreart does and I do not like that he is trying to built justification and theory hot intentionally produce infertile Sound. In my view it is not the target of high-end audio. If he is in the business to manufacture algorithms for iPhones and laptops sound system then it is a very noble subject but what it has to do with my site? I do not insist that Moreart’s idea do not to be posted. It is good that it was and I, for instance, learned something. However, if Moreart explicitly solicit opinion about his design then he shall not be pisses and he hears not what you would like to.

Rgs, Romy the Cat

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