Thinking of a bass horn

bigwill · 9th April 2005, 02:21 PM

I have a pair of low Qts (0.27) 10 inch woofers, and I was thinking it would be fun to make some kind of bass horns with them. Unfortunately I don't have a full set of TS parameters. These woofers were cheapies, but they seem fairly good quality. How difficult would it be to design a resonably sized horn for them? The reason why I'm looking at horns is I'm attracted to their efficiency. Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks

PS: This is my first ever speaker project

audiousername · 9th April 2005, 02:35 PM

Bass horns tend to be big. Very big.

This program might help:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/dmcbean/

bigwill · 9th April 2005, 02:45 PM

I've tried this and I'm afraid I don't have the slightest clue on how to use it

audiousername · 9th April 2005, 02:48 PM

Oh. I don't either!

Just thought it might be useful (I'm more of an amp person...)

bigwill · 9th April 2005, 04:06 PM

I just found this:

http://www.decware.com/whorn.htm

I think this will be ideal!

mwmkravchenko · 9th April 2005, 05:29 PM

Words to live by. Words we like to ignore. I used this thing this morning. Haven't done so in six months so I forgot how. So I broke down and read the manual. Well low and behold it is spitting out horn designs. There is an optimiser so that you don'y have to think to much.

Mark

bigwill · 9th April 2005, 07:34 PM

Even the manual is crazy confusing

mwmkravchenko · 9th April 2005, 10:37 PM

Oh the trouble that I get myself in. I have a print of it in front of me. Yes it is not a walk in the park. If you are planning a corner horn don't worry about the ANG setting. The other important stuff is on page 4. You need to know the specs of the driver you are playing with. If you only know some there is a little thingie to help you calculate the rest by means of the computer.That is explained on page 7. The stuff you put into driver specs will work when you read page 8. Hypex designer will design your horn with a few clicks of your mouse.

Hope this helps.

MArk

mike.e · 10th April 2005, 05:18 AM

the program is extremely intimidating at first,but once you know its super slick!

Enter the driver parameters in the right order!

Figure out how horns work first!

http://www.diyaudio.com/wiki/index.php?page=basshorn

http://www.volvotreter.de/ "downloads"

9th April 2005, 02:21 PM	#1
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	Thinking of a bass horn I have a pair of low Qts (0.27) 10 inch woofers, and I was thinking it would be fun to make some kind of bass horns with them. Unfortunately I don't have a full set of TS parameters. These woofers were cheapies, but they seem fairly good quality. How difficult would it be to design a resonably sized horn for them? The reason why I'm looking at horns is I'm attracted to their efficiency. Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks PS: This is my first ever speaker project

9th April 2005, 02:35 PM	#2
audiousername diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melbourne, Victoria	Bass horns tend to be big. Very big. This program might help: http://www.users.bigpond.com/dmcbean/ __________________ Jason

9th April 2005, 02:48 PM	#4
audiousername diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melbourne, Victoria	Oh. I don't either! Just thought it might be useful (I'm more of an amp person...) __________________ Jason

9th April 2005, 05:29 PM	#6
mwmkravchenko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Perth Canada	Read the MANUAL Words to live by. Words we like to ignore. I used this thing this morning. Haven't done so in six months so I forgot how. So I broke down and read the manual. Well low and behold it is spitting out horn designs. There is an optimiser so that you don'y have to think to much. Mark __________________ Mark

9th April 2005, 10:37 PM	#8
mwmkravchenko diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Perth Canada	Read SLLOOOWWWWLLLLYYYY and repeat often Oh the trouble that I get myself in. I have a print of it in front of me. Yes it is not a walk in the park. If you are planning a corner horn don't worry about the ANG setting. The other important stuff is on page 4. You need to know the specs of the driver you are playing with. If you only know some there is a little thingie to help you calculate the rest by means of the computer.That is explained on page 7. The stuff you put into driver specs will work when you read page 8. Hypex designer will design your horn with a few clicks of your mouse. Hope this helps. MArk __________________ Mark


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9th April 2005, 02:45 PM	#3
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	I've tried this and I'm afraid I don't have the slightest clue on how to use it

9th April 2005, 04:06 PM	#5
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	I just found this: http://www.decware.com/whorn.htm I think this will be ideal!

9th April 2005, 07:34 PM	#7
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	Even the manual is crazy confusing

10th April 2005, 05:18 AM	#9
mike.e diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NZ	the program is extremely intimidating at first,but once you know its super slick! Enter the driver parameters in the right order! Figure out how horns work first! http://www.diyaudio.com/wiki/index.php?page=basshorn http://www.volvotreter.de/ "downloads"

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