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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 distinct “better” from “different”.

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