Acoustic Horn Design – The Easy Way (Ath4)

It should be possible to print the slotted throat and the initial part of the mouth with (solid) polycarbonate filament and add a mounting flange.
The rest of the mouth could be made of wood.
 

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The cones must then breathe through 2 slots, each.
Tbh, I'm not convinced of the suitability of MEHs for hi-fi purpose (just my personal opinion), but there's a reason why Danley uses strictly conical horns.

My favorite Danley is the Jericho J1, because that one doesn't sound like a giant horn. At least not at a distance of 5-50 meters.
 
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It should be possible to print the slotted throat and the initial part of the mouth with (solid) polycarbonate filament and add a mounting flange.
The rest of the mouth could be made of wood.

Have you printed with polycarbonate before, if so what was it like? I don't know anything about it's acoustic properties, but it's always impressed in everything else I've seen it used for... It's expensive as hell though!
 
Something slightly bigger perhaps?
Total length: 18 cm, slot length: 6 cm, mouth Ø: 36 cm.
Ø36 cm is reached for 162 mm of length, slot 60 mm (the same as before), 1" throat, infinite baffle -

(Well this is just a first quick try, no optimization whatsoever.)
 

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Have you printed with polycarbonate before, if so what was it like? I don't know anything about it's acoustic properties, but it's always impressed in everything else I've seen it used for... It's expensive as hell though!


No, my experience with 3D printing is exactly zero.
Although I have a friend who works for a 3D printer manufacturer and he suggested playing with his printer.
I believe their polycarbonate filament is available at cost price.
 
How to evaluate that? Measure distortion with and without the cone drivers?

Can you messure pressure at the throat in the simulation? only mid playing. In real world you could measure with the driver, use it as microphone.

Tried to google up how pressure changes in pipes, no idea if it goes to horns but narrow part of narrowing pipe has less pressure since the speed increases so pressure should be less in the throat than in the mouth. How much less and does it matter, got no idea. Mouth is just atmospheric pressure? Just thinking while writing. Maybe distortion measurement is the right way.
 
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