| Wich DIY speakers do you use and/or recommand with a Zen V4? - Click HERE for Original Thread |
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| Bricolo |
ok, thanks :)
I've rode things about horns on your links
what are horns advantages/disadvantages?
If Nelson comes here, will the "suitable speakers for Zen" article be available before Q2 2003? |
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I think any information out there which project will published at what time is in the DIY progress report thread.
for advantage of horns: to much information to post easily here.
please put in a search engine "why horns" or so, look for chicago horn speaker club - site, look for audioasylum - high efficiency forum - etc.
most important i think is high efficiency. Out of this come some advantages like dynamic range, linear because small movement of driver membrane, low need of power from the amp -> very linear and low distorsion when using class A amps like Zen ... but im not the right one to answer the question. there are better skilled people out there. |
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| Bricolo |
and for disadvantages?
My knowledge about horns is near nero
and if they are so linear, high efficient, and so and so, I don't understand why they are so rare
there certainly is an annoying disadvantage... |
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belive me, my knowledge was zero some month ago. All i knew was you use them on ships for signals and so.
main disadvantage: size.
horns are big, big speakers donīt sell good.
another point: if the advantage is you need only a few watts, it doesnīt fit in a market that sells stuff by arguments like "this amp has 1000Watts"
Or this way: there are a lot of ways to build good speakers for aleph2 or bigger amps. If you want good dynamics and you use a ZEN, you have maximum about 25Watt. Maybe only 5 - 10. So you need very high dB/W and this leeds to horns.
I canīt say the way i go is right, because i have no comparison. Also i donīt want to make a religion out of this. And my speakers are far away from beeing finished as you know. Itīs an experiment and DIY will ever be experimental - this is why its interesting. And you learn a lot on this way.
If you want more information you could mail me and i send you what i have.
PS: for horns have a look on the hompage of carpenter, who posts a lot in all the alephx / and PCB related threads . |
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| Bricolo |
why not copy & paste it here, instead of mailing me?
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who whants to know :)
What do you call "Big"
From the pictures I've seen, a horn takes less volume than a classical speaker (but less practical volume, sure)
are horns good for "low" volumes? (This question might sound stupid, but for me, a horn is the big thing used like you said, on boats, with high volume) |
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ha - if you are really interested its too much to cut īn paste!
look this:
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?...ume&r=&session=
and : the lower the frequency - the bigger the horn.
My A7 is about 1060*760*610mm or so- without the circulars. Its only for about 150Hz upwards a horn - lower its a bassreflex.
If you want to know something about a truely bass horn you will want to search here for "the claw" |
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