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    Posted: 04 December 2014 at 2:15pm
Hi all!

We built a couple of MT122 box, now we have the following problem/question.

A while ago we've bought 4 B&C 700 8 ohm compression drivers, we're planning to use them in the MT122 box. This means we need to find a good horn with a 60/40 dispersion and the right dimensions to fit it in the box.

The problem is that B&C only made 1 horn for this driver (we mailed B&C about this). They advised the following horn B&C ME 90. The problem is that its 80/60 dispersion and the dimensions are to big, so it wont fit in the box. 

We're looking for a good alternative horn to use on the box with the driver. But we're thinking that most horns won't fit due to the mounting screws which are in a different position. Next to that the specs of the driver say the driver has a 1.5 inch horn, when we check specs of the ME 90 horn we see this piece of text "can be used for 1,4" driver, e.g.. : B&C DE700/900". Because we got confused we decided to measure the throat diam ourself and we measured 1.4 inch...

So the thing is, I am confused. The specs say 1.5 inch, we measured 1.4 inch... we can't find a B&C horn which fits our application and because of a lot of lack of knowledge and information... we're lost :)

Any help would be more than welcome!

Bless, Erik


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We've found a horn which would fit the box good, but we are not sure of this horn would work with the driver... http://www.bluearan.co.uk/index.php?id=PAUPH3022&seeimage=YES&img_name=ph3022

any idea on how to check/calculate if those work or even fit together?



Edited by erik404 - 04 December 2014 at 3:37pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Teunos Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 December 2014 at 6:06pm
Originally posted by cravings cravings wrote:

http://www.thomann.de/nl/eighteensound_xt_1464.htm

cheap,, nice....
Although i fully agree that that specific horn is very good, it's even bigger(both width and height) than the ME90 which the OP said was already too big.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cravings Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 December 2014 at 6:38pm
ah yes of course. i have a pair in my mt121s so just thought "they fit"..

if 270 x 270 is too big, what is your height restriction?

you need a fairly big horn to get down to 900..
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote erik404 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 December 2014 at 5:28pm
thanks for thinking with the us, the area we need to mount the horn is 230mm (height)  x 560 mm (width)
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Faitalpro LTH142 1.4'' Bolt on horn flares with the dispersion angle being 60x50? 
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can you please specify the outer dimensions H,W,D of your MT122 cabinet
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