I suspect that will probably also be the case for the Linkwitz Transform filter option in Hornresp, but for the sake of completeness the component values will be provided in the next update.
I still plan to construct with Martin King’s or another BLH to achieve a little bass gain from my fullrange driver but in the hornresp simulation of it the response has dips and peaks I assume can be heard. However Martin’s simulation worksheets at the far field listening position looks smoother. If that doesn’t work out, a closed box project using this technique looks promising. I suppose additional power from the amplifier is needed to support the bass gain. My 2 1/2 and 6 watt valve amps probably won’t cut it. Not that I understand it to a great degree, output impedance of tube amps might require an additional buffer.
Prior to these updates, wasn't there LW and 5 band PEQ options in Filter Wizard?
What's the difference between those options and LT? It seems to me they do the same thing with more flexibility with the PEQ.
LT is quicker and easier to use in the application it was designed for. The difference is that the LT is a specialized tool for a specific use, the PEQ is a general tool and will will probably take longer to set up to get exactly the same response as the LT. In an analog implementation, the LT will use fewer components. In DSP, I expect it will use fewer processing blocks as well.
Biquads, either digital (IIR) or analog are the same, so yes.
Using a LT directly is just far more straightforward instead trying a bunch of param EQ and fuss around.
But yeah in the end you can get a very similar response.
I have designed and built back loaded horns since 1994. Even 2 to 3 db ripples are insignificant in real use. Your room does much much worse than this and you listen happily. Sometimes we get paralysis from analysis.
Oh I don't suffer from that. But I work with a lot of people that do. Its a common thing in engineering. Scared to pull the pin and throw the grenade. You do need o do your home work, but at some point we all need to try!
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Or just not knowing when to take a step back and think for a second that what you're doing or looking at makes sense or is actually the stuff you want to know to being with
Or just how it all sits within context, aka significance/order of magnitude.
Well that is experience and engineering. And many times we make mistakes. But from those mistakes come the solutions and sometimes the real innovations.Or just not knowing when to take a step back and think for a second that what you're doing or looking at makes sense or is actually the stuff you want to know to being with
Or just how it all sits within context, aka significance/order of magnitude.
Speaking of which. I started out trying to do horn design with very rudimentary software. What we have here from Master McBean is awesome. I tell everyone that I know about it. Amazing how few pro people use it, and I guess how many I do not interact with that do use it.