Phusis and others thanks for the thoughtful replies. True many different horn flares driver combinations available and I do see some the the DIY crowd having a bit of trouble sorting it out. I find with horns matching radiation patterns and using full horn loading combined with care in alignments. Yields the best results in horns. I have yet to design or hear a ported woofer that does full justice to a horn loaded system. You miss much when you attenuate or padd down mid tweeter to match bass systems a way arround this a bit is to bi or tri amp. I also tend to end up with 3-5 way front horns depending on range this tends to cause gigantism in end result but if pursuing
the best that horns can do this is where you end up. I have been messing about with a more waveguide approach that sort of splits the difference between loading and depth thus saving space but this reduces output by -3db not a big issue still ends up over 100db 1 watt 3 meter but with a 58in bell. lol
the best that horns can do this is where you end up. I have been messing about with a more waveguide approach that sort of splits the difference between loading and depth thus saving space but this reduces output by -3db not a big issue still ends up over 100db 1 watt 3 meter but with a 58in bell. lol