Yes I thought the same when I first read that post, I thought we had gotten beyond that ole stab at horn/waveguides long ago.
Tap your finger on any speaker cone and it make a resonate sound of it's own too.
Tap your finger on any speaker cone and it make a resonate sound of it's own too.
Measurements or not, it's still been a cheap shot that been used to poke fun of horn owners for more years than I care to remember.
Usually by people that wouldn't know a ohm from a volt it you crammed them down their throats.
But it's OK oivaoi, I won't hold it against ya.
Interesting, I've always wondered if the dynamic bite of horns was distortion or the efficiency, good to know it's the efficiency. So if horn speakers were designed like modern camera lenses, where easy to fix optical problems are fixed by code, freeing up the designers to make smaller faster lenses, then we could have the benefits of horns with no drawbacks. I wonder if this approach is part of the JBL approach.
Couldn't help smiling here! The most noticeable feature of modern fast lenses is how enormous they are! I remember an interview with The Leitz chief designer years ago who said, in effect, it is easy to design a good lens if size and weight isn't constrained
That's the point I was trying to make, in engineering the requirement is often a list of things like they want it smaller, lighter and stronger, if digital processing can reduce or remove one of the requirements it's going to be easier to deliver the others.I remember an interview with The Leitz chief designer years ago who said, in effect, it is easy to design a good lens if size and weight isn't constrained
I've never understood how Leica lenses are so small, how do they do it and no one else can? The lack of auto focus motor is part of it, but surely not the main part.
Reading about lens design I note that some makers use the design tools to make the design less sensitive to assembly accuracy but this leads to bigger lenses with more elements and more significant sample variation. Leica lenses are simpler but much more accuracy sensitive, leading to more expensive lenses. The M lenses have to be small to avoid blocking the optical viewfinder which makes them hard to design and expensive to make compared to lenses for reflex cameras.
The 305 woofer crosses over lower than the 308. 305 and sub is a good combo. If I already had 308 s I think I would add subs. That combo would have the highest possible spl. You can always swap out for 305s later if you wish.
