Faital HF108 or HF108R was in sight and mated with 10” or 12” midrange crossover frequency should be somewhere closer 1kHz than 1,5kHz.
Hi Joern,
I am looking for a horn to cross to a 10" with my Peerless DFM2535. I thought I had seen them all but thanks for pointing this horn out.
Have you got any measurements of it? I would be particularly interested in polar measurements if you have them, please?
Many thanks mate.
The Visaton HT21 looks remarkably similar to the Beyma TD194/TD164, both are cast aluminium but the HT21 seems to be slightly smaller.
The Visaton costs nearly twice as much as the Beyma though.
If you buy two the Beyma is almost exactly half price of the Visaton ie one HT21 costs £78.37 and if you buy two Beyma TD194 they cost £38.66 each.
The Visaton costs nearly twice as much as the Beyma though.
If you buy two the Beyma is almost exactly half price of the Visaton ie one HT21 costs £78.37 and if you buy two Beyma TD194 they cost £38.66 each.
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Cheers! Nice looking response, it's going on my to-consider pile 🙂
Visaton HT 21 | DV247 | en-GB
£41 at DV247.
Hi
yes - size is nearly the same. Depth differs.
Beyma 194: 202 x 202 x 135mm - 90x40°
Vis HT21: 208 x 208 x 105mm - 90x60°
Probably the Visaton is closer to something like "waveguide".
yes - size is nearly the same. Depth differs.
Beyma 194: 202 x 202 x 135mm - 90x40°
Vis HT21: 208 x 208 x 105mm - 90x60°
Probably the Visaton is closer to something like "waveguide".
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I used the distributors price including VAT, the DV247 price is £48 with VAT.
Blue Aran sells the Beyma for the price I quoted including VAT.
Blue Aran sells the Beyma for the price I quoted including VAT.
RCF H100 and P.Audio PH-220 are similar too.
For crossing low, a longer horn (e.g. the cheap Dayton H812) is better.
Rather than start a new thread I am investigating horn flares for one of my projects.
I am looking at the following flares and would welcome comments/ suggestions / alternatives?
Beyma TD194 1" Bolt On Horn Flare 90 x 40 Dispersion
Beyma TD235 1" Bolt On Horn Flare 90 x 40 Dispersion (discontinued)
18 Sound XT1086 Die-Cast Constant Coverage HF Horn (1" Throat) one of the best?
Thanks
DM 🙂
I am looking at the following flares and would welcome comments/ suggestions / alternatives?
Beyma TD194 1" Bolt On Horn Flare 90 x 40 Dispersion
Beyma TD235 1" Bolt On Horn Flare 90 x 40 Dispersion (discontinued)
18 Sound XT1086 Die-Cast Constant Coverage HF Horn (1" Throat) one of the best?
Thanks
DM 🙂
Hi,
I am using 18Sound NSD1095N + XT1086 and to my ears there is a problem. My subjective guess is that I can hear the distortion of the diffraction part.
Does anybody know of a better sounding alternative ?
I am using 18Sound NSD1095N + XT1086 and to my ears there is a problem. My subjective guess is that I can hear the distortion of the diffraction part.
Does anybody know of a better sounding alternative ?
sometimes a K-tube works as the better alternative to a small waveguide or horn
They aren't difficult to make. A one inch format tube could be 5.5" long with a 1/8" starting gap and half ellipse pattern slot.
The Transylvania product was very nice and had a 2 degree downwards slope to its sidewalls - but a straight pipe will work about the same.
You might even roll one from paper as a quick proof of concept.
As a K-tube the size of "The Tube" is quite small., there's no gain on the bottom and
its characteristics work out to not needing any contour EQ in the highpass network for "flat" response.
http://zelfbouwaudio.nl/forum/downl...id=a4838c2dba0b4c210824fa099cd22eeb&mode=view
K-Tube + fieldcoil project - forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl
They aren't difficult to make. A one inch format tube could be 5.5" long with a 1/8" starting gap and half ellipse pattern slot.
The Transylvania product was very nice and had a 2 degree downwards slope to its sidewalls - but a straight pipe will work about the same.
You might even roll one from paper as a quick proof of concept.
As a K-tube the size of "The Tube" is quite small., there's no gain on the bottom and
its characteristics work out to not needing any contour EQ in the highpass network for "flat" response.
http://zelfbouwaudio.nl/forum/downl...id=a4838c2dba0b4c210824fa099cd22eeb&mode=view
K-Tube + fieldcoil project - forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl
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I used the ND1090 (exactly same as the NSD1095 but with normal Ti diaphragm, not TiN coated) and it's sound character was unbearable for me for long term high quality home listening (too metallic, harsch in hifi terms, resonant, even if EQ-ed to flat). My subjective guess is that you hear the NSD driver as "bad" not the XT1086 horn. But of course I can be wrong.