Great Waveguide List

[gainphile]

Please post your finding and keep the list clean

Link
Driver used
Pics
Price
Where to buy
Polar plots
Experience, subjective observations etc.

DIY Waveguides are also OK of course

 

[gainphile]

Dayton H10RW 10" Round Waveguide

I'll start with my find yesterday:

Dayton H10RW 10" Round Waveguide 1" Threaded, Parts Express, $12

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Compression driver: Selenium D220Ti

Sounds great, no colorations observed. No foams used. Feels plastic but strong.

 

[aczern]

Seas 27TBCD/GB-DXT

THE ART OF SOUND PERFECTION BY SEAS - H1499-06 27TBCD/GB-DXT

http://www.seas.no/images/stories/prestige/pdfdatasheet/dxt_seas.pdf

 

[aczern]

http://www.autotech.pl/pdf/audio_en.pdf

 

[jzagaja]

Autotech, Lublin, Poland (hand made).

 

[jerome69]

Monacor DT300 + Monacor WG300

Can be seen on Troels website

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Price < 40$ ? Easy to find in in Europe.
Very good value. A good treble. Can go as low as 1500Hz.
My measurement on axis.

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[ScottG]

A good source under the left link heading "Wave guides & horns":

Kimmo Sauniston DIY arkisto

18Sound XT1086 + ND1050
18Sound XT1086 + ND1075
18Sound XT1086 + ND1090
18Sound XT1086 + NSD1095 ***
18Sound XT120 + ND1050
18Sound XT120 + ND1075
Monacor WG-300 + Vifa XT25TG30
Monacor WG-300 + Monacor DT-300
Monacor WG-300 + Seas 27TBFC/G
AWSM-120 + Seas T29AF001
AWSM-120 + Seas T29CF001
AWSM-140 + Seas 27TBFC/G

 

[ScottG]

Yuichi's various Hyperbolic and Exponential horns:

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Mostly TAD and vintage JBL drivers.

 

[ScottG]

Jean-Michel Le Cleac'h's horn flair (terracotta horn on the "update section near the bottom of the page):

http://www.arduman.com/aa/Sayfalar/lecleach/lecleach.htm

Azurahorn (various sizes):

Azurahorn -Le Cleac'h Acoustic Horns - Products

Vintage JBL and Yamaha drivers.


Musique Concrete (500 Hz one inch exit):

http://francis.audio2.pagesperso-orange.fr/Comparaison_1pouce.pdf

Beyma CP380M
BMS 4552ND
B&C DE250
RCF N681
Radian 475PB

 

[ScottG]

Bentwood modified Iwata and tractrix flairs:

Welcome to Bentwood Horns

Vintage JBL & BMS 4592 coaxial

 

[ScottG]

Augerpro's Waveguide and Driver Measurement listing:

Horns and Waveguides - drivervault

http://sites.google.com/site/drivervault/driver-measurements/acoustic-elegance-td12m

(..yes, second url description doesn't fit the category.)

 

[Ed LaFontaine]

In relation to post 6

Threaded Horn Lens | H-65 (H65) | Distributed By MCM

$10.61

6 1/2" Dia. X 2 3/16" Deep

People have removed the threads and adapted it to dome tweeters.

See Zaph's blog post:

http://www.zaphaudio.com/Waveguidetmm.html

 

[ScottG]

(edit: oops, sorry for the double posting Ed!)

Zaph's listing:

Zaph|Audio

B&C DE10 horn driver w/ME10 horn

Seas 29TAFW, Parts Express 10" 75 degree waveguide

Design based on Waveguide:

Zaph|Audio

Blog section - scroll *way* down (February 5, 2010 posting):

Zaph|Audio

Seas 27TFFNCG in an 8" PE waveguide
SB29RDCN-C000-4 in an 8" PE waveguide

(January 24, 2010 post):

SB29RDCN-C000 modified MCM 6.5" waveguide
SB29RDCN-C000 modified PE 10" waveguide

(November 26, 2009)

SB Acoustics SB29RDCN-C000 (no waveguide.. for reference)

 

[ScottG]

Paul W's Raptor:

HTGuide Forum - The Raptor ... a 10" MTM

18 Sound ND1460A, horns are the 18 Sound XT1464

ND1460A - HF Neodymium Driver

XT1464 - Constant Coverage HF Horn

18 SOUND_ND1460A ND1460A

18 SOUND_XT1464 XT1464


..if you can take the narrow directivity pattern.. the combination is something of a bargain.

 

[Scott L]

Your Actual Measurement ?

I'll start with my find yesterday:

Dayton H10RW 10" Round Waveguide 1" Threaded, Parts Express, $12

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Compression driver: Selenium D220Ti

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Sounds great, no colorations observed. No foams used. Feels plastic but strong.

Is that your actual measurement of the Selenium D220Ti in said waveguide?
If so, that's actually pretty good vs some of the curves I have looked at !!

 

[dantheman]

Those look a lot like mine with the 220 and the Dayton except mine are high passed, EQed and taken at the bottom lip of the WG to the HF>15k will droop:

Dan

 

[gainphile]

Is that your actual measurement of the Selenium D220Ti in said waveguide?
If so, that's actually pretty good vs some of the curves I have looked at !!

Yes. My own measurement. I was surprised myself. Had them in the garage for a year and never bothered (too skeptical to be that good)

1m, on axis, indoor. 5ms gate. I use them for my dipoles.

Dan, why would you measure at the lip axis?

 

[gainphile]

JBL PT 338800-001 & Clones

This has got to be the darling of Constant Directivity builders, the Econowave cult. Thanks to Zilch.

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Cost about $14.

Clones:

Pyle Pro PH612
Dayton H6512
YD-L033 (Australia)

Dr Geddes performed measurement of this waveguide:

The usage of this waveguide is well established:

Econowave Summary (need to register to see pics & plots)

Use Selenium D220Ti or D2500Ti-Nd, 8 Ohms.

 

[gainphile]

AI ESP 12 (Geddes). = Abbey?

not sold separately

 

[gainphile]

Augerpro's Waveguide and Driver Measurement listing:

Horns and Waveguides - drivervault

Great collection, investigation. Some very respectable WG there:

Gedlee Nathan (kit only) + B&C DE250:

18 Sound XT 1086 ($88) + B&C DE250:

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QSC PL-000446-GP + B&C DE250 a.k.a Econowave Deluxe: