I believe at that time I asked you how the combination sounded and you replied that it sounded fine. I really don't care what you measure, it has nothing to do with what I do.
I think we've made it pretty clear that the 2452H-SL is the better bang for the buck at very nearly the same price as the 2435HPL.
Please review the following comments made well before your measurements posts:
the 435Be and 435Al (2430 and 2435 are similar) have a substantial response problem around 10 kHz on many horns and are ceratinly dead by 15 kHz.
There is no way we could have just used the 435 and had it dump at 15 kHz. We needed to do something at least to clear 20 kHz and we didn't want to make a toy add-on device for a product of this stature.
Does it really matter that we go to 40 kHz or even 60 kHz? Good luck in figuring that out because I'm not going to touch that discussion with a 10 foot pole.
The 2435H is finicky as to what wave guides it works with because the phasing plug is so short.
Now, despite all that Greg decided to remove the 045 from his personal system and run the 435/H4338 all the way out. He designed a filter to facilitate that. Is it flat to 20 kHz? No. Did other people have a problem with that fact? Yes, they seem to freak out without that "flat to 20 kHz" spec. Does Greg care? No, it's his personal system and he felt that the gains were significant. Did he live with it forever? No, several years later he replaced the 435's with the 476's in his front left and right 2-ways (He left the 435's in the rear left and right 2-ways). He has stated that the 476's were a considerable improvement. Don and I both have heard his system with the 435's and I can't seem to express just how damn good it sounded. Outstanding comes to mind. I can only imagine what it must be like with the 476's, new electronics and better EQ on the four 1500AL subs.
I should probably add that the 045 is a really nice sounding driver and, as Doug has stated, it adds a degree of airy openess on the top end that one just can't get from running the larger compression drivers all the way out. So there's definitely a legitimate plug for the folks who like 3-ways and 4-ways.
I don't need to, I have all the information I need.
Despite the fact that the 435Be has an "ugly-ass 10 dB suckout at 14 kHz" on the PT-F95HF I ended up using the combination in my dual 12-inch two-way. Like I stated before, I personally didn't care for the K2-S5800 horn. Two reasons, I didn't like the way it looks and I didn't plan to use an 045. Since I wanted a two-way that means I also wasn't going to be using the S4600 horn either.
I decided on the cheap little PT-F95HF because it fit well into the enclosure design and I wanted to compare it with the 2344/2425. I already knew that the 435Be was a very nice sounding driver, once again, despite the "ugly-ass 10 dB suckout at 14 kHz". I also know that the 476Be is a bolt-in should I ever bother.No, the answers were provided above quite some time ago. I know that you love listening to your graphs. I don't think anyone thinks your measurements should be taken down and I know some people take them for exactly what they are without judgement. Other people will need to do their own measurements for their particular projects.
My reaction was based on the post comparing the LE14H-3 and LE14H-4 and the question with respect to the distortion curves. I know that both drivers are very nice sounding drivers. And my thought was "here we go again..."
Anyway, Ian has some 2435 drivers and I guess he'll either use them, sell them or throw them away. :dont-know