What is this??

sharp21 · 29th July 2007, 05:15 PM

And where do I get more info on it??
I never thought about building my own home speakers until I saw the Gods of Thunder:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/music/7.html
I need to know more! What are the advantages of such a build? How do you determine the specs?
Ive built subboxes for vehicles before, but never anything for the house...
S.

Ron E · 29th July 2007, 06:40 PM

If you are talking about the large folded horn at the bottom, it is a full range rear loaded horn design. IIRC, this is a Nelson Pass effort and there was a small write up in Speaker Builder/Audio Amateur a year or so ago. It is not a "sub". The advantages are debatable. Some feel that fullranges offer a purer sound due to the lack of a crossover. Others feel that when listening to a fullrange speaker you are listening to all of the resonant modes of the driver.

Do a search on horn speakers, buit be prepared to wade through a lot of over-hyped enthusiast statements. If you take what is said by these "horn freaks" about these designs at face value, it appears there is no way to make a bad design. These are sort of a cult speaker like TL's, or ESL's, or BOSE for that matter

IMO, fullranges like Lowthers or Fostex sound rather untidy. To do almost everything else poorly just to get rid of a crossover is a foolish compromise. But have fun with it

sdclc126 · 29th July 2007, 08:21 PM

Ask yourself what you want your loudspeaker system to do. Do you just want it to play loud? Do you want accurate sound reproduction? Do you want your speakers to take up an entire room in your home? Or do you want to build something that just looks cool and will impress your friends?

Answer these questions honestly and that will help point you in the right direction.

Zarathu · 29th July 2007, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sdclc126
Ask yourself what you want your loudspeaker system to do. Do you just want it to play loud? Do you want accurate sound reproduction? Do you want your speakers to take up an entire room in your home? Or do you want to build something that just looks cool and will impress your friends?

Answer these questions honestly and that will help point you in the right direction.

I went for all three!

Zarathu

Ron E · 30th July 2007, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ron E
These are sort of a cult speaker like TL's, or ESL's, or BOSE for that matter

Silly me, I forgot to mention line arrays

Quote:

Originally posted by Zarathu
I went for all three!

Weren't there four questions/reasons?

29th July 2007, 05:15 PM	#1
sharp21 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007	What is this?? And where do I get more info on it?? I never thought about building my own home speakers until I saw the Gods of Thunder: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/music/7.html I need to know more! What are the advantages of such a build? How do you determine the specs? Ive built subboxes for vehicles before, but never anything for the house... S.

29th July 2007, 06:40 PM	#2
Ron E diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA, MN	If you are talking about the large folded horn at the bottom, it is a full range rear loaded horn design. IIRC, this is a Nelson Pass effort and there was a small write up in Speaker Builder/Audio Amateur a year or so ago. It is not a "sub". The advantages are debatable. Some feel that fullranges offer a purer sound due to the lack of a crossover. Others feel that when listening to a fullrange speaker you are listening to all of the resonant modes of the driver. Do a search on horn speakers, buit be prepared to wade through a lot of over-hyped enthusiast statements. If you take what is said by these "horn freaks" about these designs at face value, it appears there is no way to make a bad design. These are sort of a cult speaker like TL's, or ESL's, or BOSE for that matter IMO, fullranges like Lowthers or Fostex sound rather untidy. To do almost everything else poorly just to get rid of a crossover is a foolish compromise. But have fun with it __________________ Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. --Carl Sagan Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. --Carl Sagan

29th July 2007, 08:21 PM	#3
sdclc126 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego, CA	Ask yourself what you want your loudspeaker system to do. Do you just want it to play loud? Do you want accurate sound reproduction? Do you want your speakers to take up an entire room in your home? Or do you want to build something that just looks cool and will impress your friends? Answer these questions honestly and that will help point you in the right direction. __________________ Soft Dome

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