horn kit for the inexperienced

silverback · 1st August 2008, 02:14 PM

Hi.
About to retire, I have time and reasonable carpentry skills to play with. However, I'm a technical fool, and know NOTHING about electronics, despite a life times interest in HiFi, so I'm wondering if anyone can point me toward a well documented plan for a simple horn two or three way loudspeaker. Size is an issue (not room filling), but I imagine it to be something like the commercially available Aspara HL1 design (that kind of size anyway). The suggestions would need to include sources for drive units and crossovers. Is there anything like this to get me up and running.....I could get more 'advanced' maybe after this one, but I think something 'easy' to start. Amps will almost certainly be Class A SET valve designs around 10-15wpc.

Please tell me (gently) if this request makes no sense!
Thanks.

RJ · 1st August 2008, 04:08 PM

It makes a lot of sense.
You could talk with Bill here;
http://www.billfitzmaurice.com
He's done both commercial and home systems.
I like that Aspara;
http://www.asparaacoustics.co.uk/hl1_devt.php
I'm just a bit leery on that bass bin and that 2" driver.

1st August 2008, 02:14 PM	#1
silverback diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	horn kit for the inexperienced Hi. About to retire, I have time and reasonable carpentry skills to play with. However, I'm a technical fool, and know NOTHING about electronics, despite a life times interest in HiFi, so I'm wondering if anyone can point me toward a well documented plan for a simple horn two or three way loudspeaker. Size is an issue (not room filling), but I imagine it to be something like the commercially available Aspara HL1 design (that kind of size anyway). The suggestions would need to include sources for drive units and crossovers. Is there anything like this to get me up and running.....I could get more 'advanced' maybe after this one, but I think something 'easy' to start. Amps will almost certainly be Class A SET valve designs around 10-15wpc. Please tell me (gently) if this request makes no sense! Thanks.

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1st August 2008, 04:08 PM	#2
RJ diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	It makes a lot of sense. You could talk with Bill here; http://www.billfitzmaurice.com He's done both commercial and home systems. I like that Aspara; http://www.asparaacoustics.co.uk/hl1_devt.php I'm just a bit leery on that bass bin and that 2" driver.

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