From my memory: Western Electric used a bent throat to optimize the wave front depending on the horn flare / total horn length, in accordance with the desired dispersion for the size and shape of the mouth.
But we'd better ask Dr. Horn aka Bjørn Kolbrek for a comprehensive and educated reply.
Last time I heard Funktion One was a small set up at a country fair.
However since the organizer has very close links to the music industry he hired it from a renowned hire company including an operator/sound engineer.
I have no doubt that in that situation it sounded as good as it could.
I am not a Funktion One fan, on the contrary. I think their products are overpriced and their fame is, to a great part, based on the reputation earned in the electronic music scene. That being said: for electronic music in clubs or small / medium sized outdoor events, in my experience Funktion One may indeed be ranked among the best, proper technical support provided.
Evidently, I have been to many places where the sound quality was close to life threatening, with Funktion One install/PA, or any other brand.
Evidently, I have been to many places where the sound quality was close to life threatening, with Funktion One install/PA, or any other brand.
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This quote is a brief summary of the underlying design philosphy:
The art is in weaving elements together as whole I think. For me there has to be a physical connection for any aesthetic element, structural, sonic, thermodynamic, etc. otherwise it is out of place whimsy and even the person experiencing the object who doesn't have any idea about any of those disciplines will see it as an awkward creation because it is human to be sensitive to the superfluous and the necessary. In the case of this horn it has come to be safely in the functional incubator where form is a result not a goal. you might notice that it's shape is defined not only by it's own needs but by the needs of the elements around it. In almost every way it's shape is a product of it's function. It is informed by modern design tools, it is informed by our oldest design tools. it looks old, it looks new.
The art is in weaving elements together as whole I think. For me there has to be a physical connection for any aesthetic element, structural, sonic, thermodynamic, etc. otherwise it is out of place whimsy and even the person experiencing the object who doesn't have any idea about any of those disciplines will see it as an awkward creation because it is human to be sensitive to the superfluous and the necessary. In the case of this horn it has come to be safely in the functional incubator where form is a result not a goal. you might notice that it's shape is defined not only by it's own needs but by the needs of the elements around it. In almost every way it's shape is a product of it's function. It is informed by modern design tools, it is informed by our oldest design tools. it looks old, it looks new.
Sounds less like a 'design philosophy' and more like artsy marketing speak to me.
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A French guy exchanged his Harbeths 30.1 for this:
No comparison according to him, and best of all: at a fraction of the price.
People who are familiar with the horn in this Shindo clone, will notice the relationship with the custom horn from the previous page.
Unfortunately ;-) , at some point, I have to get back to small direct radiators in order to finish what I started.
No comparison according to him, and best of all: at a fraction of the price.
People who are familiar with the horn in this Shindo clone, will notice the relationship with the custom horn from the previous page.
Unfortunately ;-) , at some point, I have to get back to small direct radiators in order to finish what I started.
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