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• Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" - Inmate51 09:48:23 04/23/06 (1)
  In Reply to: compression driver and horn set "pairing" posted by meganumb on April 20, 2006 at 10:59:41:

  So, you bought the hardware before you knew how you were going to apply it? Have I got that right?

  
  
  

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  • Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" - meganumb 12:06:54 04/27/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" posted by Inmate51 on April 23, 2006 at 09:48:23:

    Gee - thanks for the input. I have an open mind and am considering several options, as a true professional (as suggested by the name of this forum). Simple hardware purchases do not a system make.
    Actually, I am consiering building 2 systems or one larger one.

    Posts like yours are the main reason real, working pros don't usually bother with this kind of discussion....

    I'm out.

    
    
    
    

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• Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" - Cuppa Joe 20:47:12 04/22/06 (1)
  In Reply to: compression driver and horn set "pairing" posted by meganumb on April 20, 2006 at 10:59:41:

  Adaptor advantage: more power handling in less space.
  Adaptor disadvantages: comb-filtering where the two throats merge into one; possibility of overloading the horn throat; no real gain in SPL beyond halving the impedance to the amplifier; extra cost of the adaptors.
  If you use all four horns and stack pairs of them vertically, coupling the horn mouths as closely as possible, you'll avoid most of the combing and get a higher system gain, overall (assuming that you intend to use 2 drivers per side). Pair up the JBL horns for one side and the Copies for the other side if you're running stereo, just in case there's enough sonic difference that you'll have to EQ them separately.
  Personally, the only way I'd use a two-into-one adaptor is if I were using two different kinds of compression drivers on the same horn, like a midrange and a tweeter with a crossover between them.
  
  

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  • Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" - meganumb 12:10:13 04/27/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: compression driver and horn set "pairing" posted by Cuppa Joe on April 22, 2006 at 20:47:12:

    good points. that's about what I thought. I'll map out the dispersion/spl and decide to either build a single cab for 2 horns, or one each.

    meganumb
    
    
    

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