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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for directions on my way)
Post Subject: Since you are in planning phase...Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/19/2015
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kodomo, there is a thing that you need to understand. The
objective to have bass channels outside is valid but it is applied to a perfect
condition when you have unlimited width. In the situation like you’re the objective to
have bass channels outside might not be beneficial. You see, by letting the bass
sources to sit outside and gaining on imaging we narrowing the horns closer to
each other and losing in imaging. It is not even the “losing in imaging”. There
is a very intricate dependency between listening distance, max width between
the channels, the room treatment, the room size, the speaker topology, the type
of tweeter mounting, the crossovers, the integration methods and etc…. I can
name another 30 dependencies. The present of bass outside in your situation is
no matter what but it will set the horns out of max width your installation can
handle - In my mind it is always best to have max with possible without distraction
of a center image.
So, what I post my criticism about this or that aspect of somebody
installation them it is not imperative that something in my mind need to be changed
but rather the direction that the system owner might find useful to explore. If
I own your playback and someday told me that bass channels inside is no good
then I would make an experiment with it and then make my own judgment how important
would it be to me and how much I am willing to sacrifice in other aspects of my
life, including the living comfort. So, do your own experiment with bass in and
out, with horns wider and narrowing. Ultimately it is your playback and your decision
what you will be doing. As I told to Murataltuev a few days back – do not harry.
Make an experiment and let it to grow on you. Get use to results and learn to
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