In my opinion, there's few methods of reproducing music that sound better than a favorite song being played through a well design horn loaded sound system. Throw in a Class A amplifier and heaven is but a push-button away.
Now, I'm not talking about metal, or cheap plastic horns--no way. I'm referring to a well dampened horn made from substantial material. JBL has their proprietary elements, thick, black and shiny. Beautiful stuff--but expensive.
I prefer to DIY. You learn, boy do you learn. And when it comes out right, you've got a good reason to pat yourself on the back.
In my case, I prefer paper mache--for high frequency anyway. The blue horn on my home page is absolutely the best sounding horn I've ever fabricated. In fact, it's one of the best sounding horns I've ever heard. But it has to be coupled with the proper compression driver. The JBL 2446 is my favorite. It has excellent midrange response, down to 400hz if I so desire, and plenty of sparkle in the upper spectrum. Yes, a one inch throat compression driver may deliver a more delicate flavor, but it won't reach down low. The best thing about the 2446 is the price--$550.00. Imagine that--110db one watt, one meter for only $550.00. What this means is that I can spend less money because I don't have to purchase quality, high wattage power amplifiers. It means that a three watt amplifier can easily reach concert level from 500hz to 18,000hz. It means I can run in Class-A mode.
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- DIY Paper Mache Horn
- Inlow Sound 15-A
- Inlow Sound 15-B bass horn
- 100 hz 12 sided conical horn
- 40 hz horn with bass reflex
- Spiral Bass Horn
- DIY 60 hz crescent horn
- 135 hz mid bass horn
- Tube Audio
- 125 watt KT88 tube amplifier
- Iron Butterfly: Mosfet amp transformer input/output
- Inlow Sound Products
- Reviews of my products
- Folded bass horn
- DIY 100hz midbass horn
- DIY 80hz midbass horn
- PCBs for your project
- Horn with Bass Reflex
- DIY tapped horn sub
- DIY 4 x 18" subwoofer
- DIY Class-A amplifier
- DIY water cooled amp
- DIY speaker cables
- Jensen Imperial Horn
- JBL 2240 60hz midbass horn
- 25hz 114db 1W1M Horn
- DIY 16hz sub bass horn
- Audio Nirvana and T/L
- Line Array: so simple...
- Rear loaded horn project
- DIY heat sinks
- Horns and Class-A Audio
- BAF 2009
- Favorite Links
- Altec A7 horn
- Current project