Porn Horn V3 ideas

A three way would be great (poss. 12" - 8"/6" and 1.4"/1"), but you could probably get something commercial s/hand for the sort of money that would end up costing.
Or maybe a 1.4" hf, 10" or 8" mid and a 12" or 15" on a folded horn, like a resolution 4/5 or Aspect TA-500.


Edited by Footloose - 16 November 2007 at 11:48am

Last time I checked PAP quoted me £1600 I think for a Stasys but that was a while ago and the Mk I I think

Disco Stu wrote: If as you say the Porns were designed for touring systems and high end applications then that furthers the mystery of their design - Because the Stasys 3 already exists to fill that market and does so very well and I think last time I checked the Stasys wasnt a great deal more expensive than the Porn but that may have changed   Stu

Stasys 3 list is £2500, even with discounts I'd be surprised if it competed with £1000 for a pre-built Porn v2.

Although I do think that having an extra 6.5" driver will give a less 'stressed' sound when run loud than the Porn top end.

I think the point is that you should only be using horn loaded midranges like the Porns in large systems when the disadvantages aren't an issue.  They were never designed for small scale touring.  If you want to just run a 3 way system with one or two tops per side then I think direct radiating 12" or 15" mids are a much better solution.

The system I've been taking out to do bands recently is (per side) one twin 18" sub and one twin 12" + 1.4" mid-top.  That's been doing venues of a few hundred capacity without even breaking a sweat (rarely reaching -6dB on the LMS).

On the other hand, one of the venues I work in for live bands has two Martin F1 tops per side (single 12" horn loaded + HF) for a capacity of up to 500-800 people.  Assuming the Porns are louder than that I don't think you really need more than 2 of them per side for a lot of applications.

Just thinking....  You're finding all these issues with the Porn Horns, don't go low enough, not loud enough etc....  I assume therefore that you must have even more issues with every other cab based around a horn loaded 12" driver.  The Porn horn, because of it's size should actually go lower and louder than most of the other designs.  Even with multiple cabs they still won't get much lower because it's mainly determined by the horn length rather than mouth size in this case.

I run direct-radiating twin 12" mid tops which are capable of going well below 100Hz but I actually run the crossover to the subs at 110-130Hz, sometimes higher without any problem with the vocals.  Most of my work is live bands.

If you want to use a Porn Horn or any other horn loaded midrange then you have to design the system around them...

mykey wrote: no need to stack them.