1850 and 186 horns - 4 186 Horns in a stereo setup

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4 186 Horns in a stereo setup

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Topic: 4 186 Horns in a stereo setup

Posted By: siox
Subject: 4 186 Horns in a stereo setup
Date Posted: 26 January 2010 at 5:59pm

Hello!

I read a lot of topics but couldn't find an answer to following question:

i've 4 X1,4 BB 15 horns, 8 12 inch mids (1 speaker per cabinet) and 4 186 horns.

does following setup make sense: on every side a tower with 2 X1, 2 186 and 4 12 inch mids, and between a stack with the 4 BB 15 horns?

what would you recommend?

if the question is to stupid put it the newbie forum, and sry for my english - i know its not well.

regards, siox

Replies:

Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: 26 January 2010 at 6:08pm

If you're using the BB 15 horns in the same frequency range as the 186 then I think extensive testing and measuring would be the only way to do it properly.

For starters though, have a read of the bass guide on the Void website (in the support section) and have a search on google for 'speakers power alley'.

Posted By: siox
Date Posted: 26 January 2010 at 6:30pm

thx for the answer, i'll read the bass guide, seems very interesting to me.

Posted By: siox
Date Posted: 28 January 2010 at 9:31am

in general the guide is very interesting and helps. but as i understand the measurments were done with a double 18 inch driver reflex cabinet, but aren't horn cabinets a diffrent thing, because they have another radiate characteristic?

Posted By: Saul
Date Posted: 28 January 2010 at 10:06am

how big is the venue?

Posted By: siox
Date Posted: 28 January 2010 at 10:19am

in summer mostly outside, no space limits. my questions relates to unlimited space.

in winter factory halls, castles - in smaller venues indoor we'd used only X1 and bb15.