We did do a psychoacoustical test of simulated diffraction which showed that higher levels and longer delays were more audible, so that's a data point.
Two plane waves are traveling along a straight wall. All of a sudden the wall becomes circular and the wave starts diffracting. As both waves and boundaries are just rotates versions of the other, the amount of diffraction is the same.
The second derivative, however, is quite different at both point where the wave starts diffracting. The curvature is constant though.
So, shouldn't we minimize the (maximum) curvature?
I have been playing around with improving the wave guides I have successfully used with a mid range AMT driver. I have been using a simple OS horn with a simple mouth radius. Using the OSSE profiles as guide curves for my own approach. See -https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/new-horn-wave-guide-for-midrange-amts.398912/#post-7349104
The question is what’s the best approach for modelling a rectangular AMT diaphragm in AKAbak?
I know some believe that adding a waveguide to AMT, doe not have any benefit. I have done a significant amount listening with and without guides, and to mine and others that have heard them, the waveguide improves the dynamics and benefits room interaction.
The question is what’s the best approach for modelling a rectangular AMT diaphragm in AKAbak?
I know some believe that adding a waveguide to AMT, doe not have any benefit. I have done a significant amount listening with and without guides, and to mine and others that have heard them, the waveguide improves the dynamics and benefits room interaction.
I don't think so.
The formula for the lower right quadrant of a circle is:
y(x) = -sqrt(1-x^2)
The second derivative (of y w.r.t. x) is:
note the log y axis.
That's right, in cartesian coordinates we should always take the curvature.
These are 1st (red) and 2nd (green) derivatives of a circular arc. They will give a constant curvature but neither of those is constant by itself.
https://www.derivative-calculator.net/
These are 1st (red) and 2nd (green) derivatives of a circular arc. They will give a constant curvature but neither of those is constant by itself.
https://www.derivative-calculator.net/
This is the generalized OS for k=1 and k=2:
Hard to say, maybe k=1 gives a lower integral value in some metric.
(The lower the 'k' the more is the curvature concentrated towards the throat, but it's higher at its maximum.)
Hard to say, maybe k=1 gives a lower integral value in some metric.
(The lower the 'k' the more is the curvature concentrated towards the throat, but it's higher at its maximum.)
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No response from Faital?Since its interesting I sent query to their customer service. Lets see if there is an answer
btw. here is another profile from yesterday, quite similar performance with very different parameters.
Curvature is also different, so real world compatibility to a particular compression driver would differ. I have no idea which one would work better on which driver, although the BEM result is about the same.
Tom's version makes better back side with tmax, less interference around the onion I would guess its the smoother curvature when t gets closer to 1 and beyond, mine droops.
Curvature is also different, so real world compatibility to a particular compression driver would differ. I have no idea which one would work better on which driver, although the BEM result is about the same.
Tom's version makes better back side with tmax, less interference around the onion
I would guess its the smoother curvature when t gets closer to 1 and beyond, mine droops.
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Yeah, smoothing the curvature further seems to reduce diffraction, DI is smoother without extra "boost", increased DI around 2kHz in the above sim labeled #27.
Whether this is a good or bad thing I don't know, little diffraction there helps increase DI to lower frequency with same diameter device which makes for more constant directivity. This is same profile as above other than few parameters tuned to smoothen the blue and red curvature lines in Desmos. DI ruler straight, but not constant of course. edit. added #27 graphs for easy comparison.
Whether this is a good or bad thing I don't know, little diffraction there helps increase DI to lower frequency with same diameter device which makes for more constant directivity. This is same profile as above other than few parameters tuned to smoothen the blue and red curvature lines in Desmos. DI ruler straight, but not constant of course. edit. added #27 graphs for easy comparison.
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There's always quite strong diffraction at the very end of the R-OSSE contour that helps to increase the DI at lower frequencies, i.e. at those frequencies which make it to the end of the profile, i.e. only those with large-enough wavelengths. Higher frequencies "leave the contour" soon enough to not to meet the edge very strongly. That's why I still don't see much merit in adding a rear side, except very wide-directivity designs where more higher frequencies ever "see the edge".
Just curious - what software are you guys using to generate the images above?
As I try to learn, I've been generating FRD files via ATH, and then importing them into VCAD to view performance. I was just curious if the above app is a faster process.
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