Speakerplans.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Plans > 1850 and 186 horns
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - grills for horns
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

grills for horns

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>
Author
Message
imageoven View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 28 March 2007
Location: Scotland
Status: Offline
Points: 2199
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote imageoven Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: grills for horns
    Posted: 13 August 2007 at 10:11am
I'm building a set of 4 1850 horns and thinking about how to protect the cones from the stuff I know ends up inside speakers (I don't know how some of that stuff gets in there..)

Obviously a full length grill is one solution (like in the pictures of the Earthquake horns on another thread) or a standard 18" round grille over the cone is another (although only before final assembly). Wondering what solutions other people have used, anybody put a grill midway along the horn path?
Back to Top
gingerbiscuit69 View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 23 September 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 2540
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote gingerbiscuit69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:09pm
how about the back of the mouth, kind of parellel to the bottom, to any crap will only get in the main horn mouth?
Back to Top
TONY.A.S.S. View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 21 February 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 6867
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TONY.A.S.S. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 August 2007 at 11:54pm

Being a horn freak, I love to see the horns in the cabs, But it's always at a price. Coats, cans and unmentionable things find there way in. So full size grills do it for me.
Back to Top
Fushion Julz View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 19 August 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 647
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fushion Julz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 August 2007 at 12:24pm
Originally posted by TONY.A.S.S. TONY.A.S.S. wrote:


Being a horn freak, I love to see the horns in the cabs, But it's always at a price. Coats, cans and unmentionable things find there way in. So full size grills do it for me.


Ditto...
FUSHION SOUNDSYSTEM

www.fushion.org.uk
Back to Top
Phil B View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 21 November 2004
Location: Melbourne
Status: Offline
Points: 2353
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Phil B Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 August 2007 at 10:45pm
I like the "recessed grill look" . Cut parallel slots in either side of the horn mouth and spring load a grill in there...

If you look at this pic there`s a couple of slots in the horn mouth...




and another just under the edge of the black paint.

Turbosound did it with their 718`s

.p.
Mostly harmless.... except if catering is shut.

Solar Sound System Shennanigans..http://diyhifi.biz/
Back to Top
mykey View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 18 August 2005
Location: UK/Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 9680
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mykey Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 August 2007 at 7:39am
2 options, will only use a small amount of grill aswell
 
 
 

Shot at 2007-08-15
Shot at 2007-08-15
Back to Top
breakdabeat pete View Drop Down
Young Croc
Young Croc
Avatar

Joined: 10 March 2008
Location: norwich
Status: Offline
Points: 758
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote breakdabeat pete Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 March 2008 at 5:37pm
surely the only way bottles, balloons and what not are going to get down to the baffle is if you have them upside down?!
Back to Top
cravings View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc
Avatar

Joined: 30 January 2007
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 7507
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cravings Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 March 2008 at 2:26am
i have some turbo horns similar to hd15s, and when they're on their side in the stacks, people seem to stash drink bottles and stuff around the corner out of site in the horn. every morning of a festival last summer i removed more stuff from them. don't underestimate people's ingenuity. and then all you have to do is lift a box, or turn it upside down during manoevers  and whatever is inside eh... falls to the top... so to speak. someone here or squatjuice did rotation diagrams for removing bottles from 1850s once...
Back to Top
Hi_Varu View Drop Down
Registered User
Registered User


Joined: 17 January 2008
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 181
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hi_Varu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 March 2008 at 11:48am
hahahha same problems.
Back to Top
biotec View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 07 June 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 2932
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote biotec Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:35pm
I nearly lost a sale recently because when I went to test the 1850 for the buyer it was making a horrible rattleing noise. It tuned out that a plastic cup had got all the way round the horn and wedged itself next to the driver.
Back to Top
toastyghost View Drop Down
The 10,000 Points Club
The 10,000 Points Club
Avatar

Joined: 09 January 2007
Location: Manchester
Status: Offline
Points: 10932
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote toastyghost Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 March 2008 at 6:39pm
Originally posted by biotec biotec wrote:

I nearly lost a sale recently because when I went to test the 1850 for the buyer it was making a horrible rattleing noise. It tuned out that a plastic cup had got all the way round the horn and wedged itself next to the driver.


I can beat that, loud horrible metal sound after a party once, I think that my friends thought the driver was rubbing.

Took it out to check and a tiny, very very squashed metal toy car fell out with it
Back to Top
Insomnia View Drop Down
Old Croc
Old Croc


Joined: 06 September 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1721
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Insomnia Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 March 2008 at 4:06pm
nice!
 
I was refurbing some WSX's they had a coke can and water bottle (half full) lodged in the mouth area directly infront of the driver. Also there was a few ecstacy pills and womens hair clips
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 12.08
Copyright ©2001-2026 Web Wiz Ltd.