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thepersonunknown
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Hey Speakerplaners. Long time no post. I’ve been out of the loop for a long
time, but a year or so ago I started getting back in to PA stuff with a crew
here in Madrid. We kinda winged it last year with a rig made up of bits and
pieces we had laying round, but this year I’m going right back into the madness
and will be building a new system. Now I know there will be a bunch of comments about how beefy
drivers are these days and that I should just use a simple reflex design on the
lows, and these people are probably right, but that’s not the point of what I’m
doing here, so if that was going to be your comment, you might as well save
your breath No points for guessing that the folding scheme is based on
the klipsch la scala, right down to the point that the first section of the
horn expands in the horizontal plane (which is not shown in the sketch). I
played about with many different folding schemes, but I like the one used in
the la scala for a few of reaons: 1. 1: When folding a horn, path length differences become
apparent when the cross-section of the horn increases through a bend. I
remember Tony ASS pointing this out to me years ago. The La scala folding
reduces this effect in two ways: a.
The expansion through the first section is
horizontal, therefore not increasing the cross-section (path length differences)
in the vertical plane through the bend. b.
The horn is split in 2, thus decreasing the total
cross-section and any path length differences for a given horn by 50%. 2. 2: The la scala folding is very easy to build. Over
the years I had toyed with the idea of Fk1 style phase plugs or Vdosc style
waveguides to get the correct cross-section through the bend, but these methods
are just way too much for your average diyer. 3. 3: The la scala folding really only has one 90
degree bend apart from the offset(ish) driver loading. 4. 4: This layout is known as one of the best sounding
diyable midbass folded horns, designed for PA and loved by hifi freaks. There’s
got to be something to it. The next thing to think about was of course the driver. Most
cabs of this type use a 15 inch driver, but I’m going in a slightly different
direction. The clarity in the upper band is one of my main design objectives,
and therefore I decided to use a 12 inch driver. After much searching I found
this brute. (Note, this specsheet was sent to me by DAS. It shows the
specs for the early model 12-B, which are very close to the old B20)Link: The DAS B20: No longer in production, having been replaced
with the 12-B which over the years has seen its specs downgraded from midbass
horn monster to run of the mill 12 inch all-rounder. The B20 is easy to find here
in Spain and I picked up 2 for this project with no difficulty for 90 euros
each. http:// https://ibb.co/VtmR8Hg As you may see from the specs, this driver is a brute of a
12; 4 inch voice coil, BL: 23.5, Qts: .188, Fs: 46 and 8mm peak to peak Xmas
(with a 20mm Xlim up the sleave for when the brown stuff hits the fan). As a
matter of fact, for what I was looking for, I only saw one driver that on paper
would be better; the PD 123C001, I didn’t bother checking the price of that
unit though. Lol This driver should be able to control the column of air in
the horn quite well, hopefully helping to negate some of the turbulence caused
by the horn folding and still be as ‘fast’ as any 15 inch driver seeing as it
is basically the motor from a big beefcake driver mated up to a small and
lightish 12 inch cone. Also I’m not asking it to play all that low. Also not shown in my sketch is my intention to mess about
with ports in the protype. The horn starts to roll off at about 110hz, with a 3db down at about 100hz. hornresp says that an 80ish hz port tuning would work, but like I said, this is a question better answered with sawdust and not a great concern for me as my subs will reach 100hz. I must add here that this design is oriented towards subs
which have a wide bandwith and can meet tops at 100-110 hz whilst still playing
low, namely, tapered horns. I plan on building Keystones personally. A
fantastic design by Art, I recommend you check it out if you don’t know what I’m
talking about. That said, these tops would also work very well with some good
old reflex. Most scoops and BP6 type boxes however are going to have trouble reaching
xover point required. I’ll be building the prototype as soon as we get out of
covid19 lockdown here in Madrid. I’ll take the measurements that I can (a smart
for the delay settings etc), but I think the best comparison that could be made
would be to compare it to some other cabs which do something similar (Martin
H3, Turbosound TMS, etc) If anyone’s local to me and would like to get on board
for an AB test, please give me a shout. As you may have guessed, Ill y findings will be open source. Cheers guys, Id love to hear your input, and its great to be back. Dave. |
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thepersonunknown
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Looks like the links for the pics of the drivers and horns havnt worked. Any suggestions for a good photo hosting site?
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Conanski
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Wrong thread.
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Imgbb is a good way of posting images, once uploaded copy/paste the bb codes to your post
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thepersonunknown
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https://ibb.co/fxC24w2
https://ibb.co/VtmR8Hg Lets see if this works @earplug. If you can see these pics, you might recognise the 10inch horns
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MattStolton
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So, and forgive my crassness, an Xtro mid and HF, but a W bin kick? Why not an Xtro Kick section? Or a martin H3T type kick?
Why not have the 10" Plugged horn and HF in a box, and a separate kick section? Almost stack the 10"+HF on top of a HD15? I think it all depends at which frequencies you have set as target X-over points? I am not seeing the advantage of a 12" over a 15" for the pass band you are aiming for. Please feel free to flame me back with your reasoning, as they have gone over my simple head, and I can't see the advantages for a 12" W bin Vs 15" HD15 ish solution. |
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thepersonunknown
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Hey. First point, its not a w bin. Like I said, its based more on a la scala horn, but flipped on its side. W bins typicaly have more than one fold and normally of more than 90 degrees. I think your thinking of this in the wrong way Matt. This is more of a low mid horn than a 'kick bin', hence the 12inch driver which if you look at the specs, is basicly a midrange driver but with a massive coil and resonable xmas. think really big MT12 because this is more the band im aiming to cover. The bandwith from 100hz and up is what I need, anything below I can get with porting is nice, but only an afterthought. I would have in fact made it straight if I could as this would get me the best clarity throught the mid, but im not up for boxes 1.2 meters deep. This need for the straightest posible hornpath with the bend as minimal and as early as possible is what drives the somewhat inefficient use of space in the design. You could if you wish put the mids and highs in another box, but the total size would be bigger as you wouldnt be able fit the comp and its horn into the hormouth of the 10 as the phase plug is in the way. The frequency im aiming for is 100-300 (or as close as I can get) on the lows, 300-3k in the mids and 3k+ on the highs. I was looking at doing something more like a cubo kick inicialy, but after messing with the design, i thought i would have a better chance of getting more clarity by going full FLH. I had the same problems when I checked out BPH alignments. there was no way they were going to play with such a big front chamber, at least not with the drivers i can get. Im sure at this point someone will say that i could use a 15 on a port assisted straight horn, and that is probably true, but I really just wanted to see if I could pull this off and hornload the driver right down to the xover frequency. Folding a horn and getting good responce up to 300hz is something ive not seen much at all, and seeing as im going to protype anyway, i would prefer to aim high. if its a complete flop i can still fall back on the straight horn. The FLH way of doing this seems to be a way forward, as seen on the martin linearays and other cabs. Im not sure whats going on inside the H3. Have you seen inside one? Cheers, P.S. Matt, one of the things that im banking on most is reducing pathlength differences and the problems this will cause in the higher frequencies. when i was playing about with hd style folding, to get the pathlengths anywhere near even, you needed to fill the front chamber with some crazy shaped phase plug (FK1 style) which i cant realisticly make. And at the end of the day, when you fill the front chamber whilst keeping a constant expansion rate, all you have done is create a more complex FLH.
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Peter Jan
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Given you can find those DAS 12" speakers fairly easy and thinking size and simplicity of construction, I would look into dual 12" BR as another option.
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thepersonunknown
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yea as a fallback i could do some kinda v baffel reflex with the 12s. Im keen to try the folded horn though. If the layout works then it will be an interesting direction to keep working on. its a challenge thats been bugging me for years
PS. I just want to point this out, twin relfex is clearly an easier option. I have tones of spare amp power (the lows will be running of a crown ma2400) the drivers are cheap and easy to get, the design is piss easy..... The thing is, i think its kinda boring as a project. I built my first relex box for a car sub when i was like 14, and ive done it i dont know how many times since. I want to have a crack at something that hasnt been done much. Edited by thepersonunknown - 30 March 2020 at 7:47pm |
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Fair enough, in which case carry on!
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thepersonunknown
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@Matt: whats the folding scheme on the H3?
like I said, ive never seen inside one, but im trying to emulate that sound, although if I remember correctly, the H3 crosses over at like 260hz right.
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If you haven't already, it might be worth a look at Peter Morris's https://soundforums.net/community/threads/new-diy-mid-high-90deg-aka-pm90.11601/ PM90 (& PM 60 on the same site). He too was looking for an efficient low mid horn and came up with something that has certain similarities to your proposed folding, just in a dual 12 version. He certainly uses the single fold and narrow cross section characteristics that you've already identified as useful in getting better HF extension than a typical kick bin/BPH style layout.
Re the H3, I think the XO was 280 so you're about right with your recollection. These are not my images but from a forum member who had theirs fire damaged a while ago - I can't find the original post but had saved the image out of curiosity. Looks like the 15 is mounted almost horizontally. Edited by DMorison - 31 March 2020 at 2:11pm |
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