A pair of well-built horn-loaded loudspeakers can throw a soundstage that seems to ignore the walls of the room entirely, placing vocalists and instruments in…
For Australian audiophiles who gather at events such as the Melbourne International Hi-Fi Show, the conversation often turns to driver quality, cabinet…
In a horn-loaded loudspeaker, the compression driver is responsible for converting a small electrical signal into intense acoustic output. Its diaphragm moves…
The practical question of how to choose a woofer for horn loading bass response begins with the intended acoustic role. A woofer in a high-efficiency horn…
A bi-amped horn system uses separate amplifier channels for the low- and high-frequency sections of a loudspeaker. In a well-designed setup, a dedicated…
A step response waveform is one of the clearest ways to examine how a loudspeaker converts an electrical impulse into acoustic energy. For a horn-loaded…
Horn loudspeakers gain their efficiency from controlled acoustic loading. A compression driver couples to a carefully shaped flare, converting the movement of…
An interlocking speaker cabinet uses accurately fitted rebates, dados, rabbets, finger joints or loose tenons to make the panels reinforce one another.…
A loudspeaker crossover is often described as a protective device, but it is also a timing and phase-management tool. The high-pass section determines how a…
In a horn-loaded loudspeaker, the throat is the point where the compression driver hands energy into the horn profile. Its radius, curvature and transition…