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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Vertical Axis Midbass Horn
Post Subject: Playback ArtPosted by skushino on: 2/11/2016
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 zztop7 wrote:
Hello Skushino,

Glad to see "it's alive".  I am near you, but I have a different phone #. You can PM me for it.

Best to you,zz.

Thanks for sharing your ideas, ZZ.  Much appreciated.

Ironically, I'm finding that designing the details for the supporting equipment is as challenging as the horns themselves.  I'm fortunate for the support I'm getting from the CNC shop.  A couple guys were over last night to work on the project.  Their input is surprisingly refreshing.  They aren't "audio people", so they also are not constrained by audio culture.  One guy is also a glass artist (Chihuly school).  He visualizes objects in a manner different from me.  My perspective is purely functional.  He brings a strong aesthetic eye to the project.  I've visualized these horns in my mind for a decade, and the ideas the new people bring are ones I never considered.  Their input about designing for easier fabrication and including "art elements" is welcomed.  One example - I had planned for the horns to be square or rectangular in cross section for ease of fabrication.  They lobbied for a more visually interesting shape and we settled on a regular pentagonal cross section.  This results in a significantly more interesting "object", that stimulates visual senses while the pentagonal shape eliminates parallel walls for better function.  This shape would be extremely challenging to create using traditional construction, but it seems to be almost trivial using CAD and CNC.  

I'll post a rendering when ready.

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