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RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers

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In Reply to: RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers posted by cawson@onetel.com on August 26, 2024 at 05:50:28

You just undermined one of your horn speaker strengths...directionality doesn't interact with the room as much...therefore, the room design is less critical and would generally favor a horn speaker.

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RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers - Todd A. 16:45:31 09/20/24 (0)
Good to see you around, Brad! Those Odeons have developed a fairly nice rig around them. I have the system listed in my profile if you're interested.
RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 05:36:02 08/28/24 (3)
No - I said that horn speakers are less adversely affected by room features than any other type of speaker.

Their directional projection of sound means less reflected sounds from walls, ceiling, etc. They are less likely to benefit from DSP than other types in poorly treated rooms - for the same fundamental reason. I hope this clarifies my earlier post.
- RE: I said that horn speakers are less adversely affected by room features than any other type of speaker. - Bill Fitzmaurice 07:15:31 08/28/24 (2)
  Line sources are less affected by the room than any other type of speaker, as the restricted vertical directivity reduces early reflections off the floor and ceiling, while horizontal dispersion is unaffected. Line sources may be either direct radiating or horn loaded. As for the directional projection of horns, that may be configured narrower than a direct radiator, but it doesn't have to be narrower than a direct radiator. CD horns, for example.
  - RE: I said that horn speakers are less adversely affected by room features than any other type of speaker. - tomservo 07:35:59 08/28/24 (1)
    In reality, the least room involvement is from the greatest directivity and a large horn can have a much greater "front to back" ratio than a large array.
    A large bass line array in fact can radiate as much to the rear as the front, a curved array can radiate more to the sides than forward in spite of the mythology.
    The issue in large scale sound has been how to make a large enough horn and full range.
    - RE: I said that horn speakers are less adversely affected by room features than any other type of speaker. - claudej1@aol.com 16:52:47 08/29/24 (0)
      Yes. You have "been there, done that," Tom.s. Anyone who ever hears your products is convinced in about 3 seconds flat. The rest are mostly bovine sediment.

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