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rvito
10-13-2010, 03:56 AM
I was thinking about raising my 4435's up. Since they are studio monitors what would you think would be a good height? I was thinking maybe 36" Thanks for any suggestions
richluvsound
10-13-2010, 04:54 AM
After many hours messing around 16" sounded best to me !

Rich
grumpy
10-13-2010, 08:04 AM
There's a nice description from one of the key design contributors here:

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/4430-35.htm

Juggling bass extension and "even-ness" with overall response and stereo imaging
is worth a bit of experimentation, height and placement-wise. Get the horns up to ear
level, more and you might want to consider tilting them down a bit, depending on
your listening distance.

I'd like to try flipping and hanging my 4430's, but that'll have to wait for a different locale.
Enjoy 'em. :)
Andyoz
10-13-2010, 09:08 AM
You could have done a wee tidy up Rich :p
richluvsound
10-13-2010, 09:47 AM
Hi Oz,

I think it was you that suggested I hang them from the I-beams . I miss that speaker .... I have had a
lot of studio monitors ,but that horn is nice ..... :D

uF
4313B
10-13-2010, 10:06 AM
but that horn is nice ..... :D Ranked in the top three. It's too bad there isn't a 1.5" version.
richluvsound
10-13-2010, 10:24 AM
4313b,

It would be great if there could be some more info in the library . It could be scaled up if the original
dimensions were available .

The woofer is pretty nice too .... :)
macaroonie
10-13-2010, 10:53 AM
4313b,

It would be great if there could be some more info in the library . It could be scaled up if the original
dimensions were available .

The woofer is pretty nice too .... :)

I'm sure someone would donate a broken one as a donor , I see them on the bay almost every day :crying:
4313B
10-13-2010, 11:00 AM
The woofer is pretty nice too .... :)I think so too. Greg designed it but never much cared for it, preferring his LE14H-1 or 2245H designs instead, but I always enjoyed the 2234H/2235H. Mark did the 136H/2231H and I always thought the 2234H/2235H was a nice upgrade. I sure liked the 136H/2231H when it was the king of the fifteens though!
Robh3606
10-13-2010, 12:12 PM
It would be great if there could be some more info in the library . It could be scaled up if the original
dimensions were available .


You are looking in the wrong place. Second page the problem is is when you scale it up you loose directivity control becasue the slot width changes. If you leave the slot width the same??


http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?7852-Improvements-in-Monitor-Loudspeaker-Systems&p=76021#post76021

Rob:)
richluvsound
10-13-2010, 12:40 PM
Rob,

I kind of think I know what your saying . It would be easier to reduce than enlarge ..... I can make'm , but designing them is another ball game .... Am I correct in thinking that I would lose the loading ( compression ) on the throat !

I'm going back to building this amp thats enough of a learning curve for the moment :)

Actually, could one of the mods move this to another tread for me ?..... If you guys have the patience, I would like to learn more about the mechanics in basic terms. It might be timely considering all the horn talk here these days .

uF