I think that's a combination of wide dispersion and low tuning.
(which led to)Originally Posted by Panomaniac
(and the inevitable evolution);
I've always wanted some horns shaped like the curvaceous mudflap lass from days of yore;
" Course I realize some here may have needs for wider dispersion (not callin' any names);
(It did say "Sense of Humor Required"...)
"[I]We're going all the way, till the wheels fall off and burn[/I]!"
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[I]"Time wounds all heels"[/I]
John Lennon, referring to the Nixon/Hoover deportation fiasco.
I think that's a combination of wide dispersion and low tuning.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
Definitely a lot of bottom..
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Would you call those horns STRUMPETS?
I've always wanted some horns shaped like the curvaceous mudflap lass from days of yore;
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(It did say "Sense of Humor Required"...
I prefer door number 1
Getting back to some earlier stuff in the thread - Magnavox horns.
I never cared much for them, but today I was doing some measuring of other horns and spied the Magnas on the shelf. Gave them a quick measure.
Not as bad as I thought! Fairly flat and distortion is low above 3K. Problem is, distortion skyrockets below 3KHz. That's why I had such a hard time mating them to a 12" driver, as they were originally intended.
But now I'm using them from about 5.5K up to fill in the top end and they sound quite nice. Not loud and splattery like before. I like them a lot up there. They roll off above about 14K. Nice tweeter, glad I didn't chuck 'em.
They really are not a bad unit. Just the power handling is so low.
The Heppner version was a really popular DIY component.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Yeah I was kinda surprised at how nice they sound up high. Using them above 5K they sound rather nice - light and clean. Don't think I'll have much power trouble crossing up that high, but it's something I'll listen for.
A hidden gem. Glad I gave them another chance. Funny thing is, I would not have given them another chance, without measuring them.
As I recall from an interview Bruce Edgar did with PWK Heppner was bought by Klipsch who was at the time interested in the Heppner "dhorm" tweeter. According to DJK the small format horn-drivers used on some later Klipsches such as Cornwall IIs, Heresy IIs, Epics and KLFs are based on the Heppner horn and having seen some of those Klipsch horns and having been a DIY user of the Heppners in the 1970s I believe him.
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