Community fiberglass bass horns.

Hey guys. A friend of mine has aquired a new skating rink that seems to be stuck in 1983 and we will be replacing the sound and light system. The current system consists of eight old Klipsch 12" 3-way speakers (4 on each side) and 4 Community fiberglass bass horns, one in each corner. I love the look of the old horns, they perfectly match the Times Square lighting 10X12 Disco lights that still work and will stay in the rink. I believe the horns are currently loaded with 15 inch JBL drivers. Does anyone have any info on these horns and know if it's possible to load them with a modern driver and possibly reuse them as a midbass between subs and some 8-12" 2 ways?

Found this leaflet of a Community speaker that looks similar to me:

https://i.imgur.com/OIqEcKa.jpg

"load them with a modern driver"

Do you know what they have now? I see an aluminium dustcap, which most probably means a K series driver. They obviously don´t boast a lot of power, but are very efficient and sound great. So why change if all you want is mid-bass? The JBL´s should be perfect!

Earplug wrote: "load them with a modern driver" Do you know what they have now? I see an aluminium dustcap, which most probably means a K series driver. They obviously don´t boast a lot of power, but are very efficient and sound great. So why change if all you want is mid-bass? The JBL´s should be perfect!

Same thinking here. Probably some K140 or E140, which are perfect for high bass to mids.
Sound real good, very efficient and all. You could recone them...
Can't be a problem to match them with BMS coax comps.
Back in the day I used the same low horns with E140 or EVM15L and crossed them at 800 Hz, worked like a charm. With a big enough horn on a BMS comp, you could go lower than 800 Hz.
Higher is also possible, but that would kinda defeat the need for a coax comp and the bass horn's dispersion gets too small in those regions.


Edited by Peter Jan - 09 October 2017 at 7:39pm

The biggest BMS coaxial comp driver and horn will play from 300Hz up, although 600Hz is probably a more sensible lower limit. Your Community horns should be able to play that high.

Also interested in the dimensions. Looks a similar size to my 2” tractrix and would look smart below it.