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    horn for LE85

    would 2345 horns work ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by highcut28 View Post
    would 2345 horns work ?

    Would a 2345 fit ( width-wise ) into your existing baffle ?

    To answer your question directly, yes , I would ( if it was me ) look at adding an actual radial type horn into your setup.

    2345 Radials 's typically don't command big bucks , therefore having/buying a pair allows one to experiment with their usage + "reverse-engineering".

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    The above picture shows a Yuichi 480FL BiRadial built with MDF ( and then painted ) .

    Yuichi 480 Horn

    Better ( sounding ) than a metal 2345 is almost any wooden version made from some appropriate hardwoods ( for example; maple > from here in N. America or Chinese Quince Lumber or Cheery Hardwood in Asia ).

    You can buy 2345's and then use them as patterns to make a wood version.

    Here's one project inspired by the 2345.

    Luxmanlover's comments about moving on from the H290 ( Eminence biradial ) to a JBL 2345 ( metal radial ) to his own wooden version of the 2345 I find pretty interesting.





    Quote Originally Posted by Kelly (from that thread )
    Hey Earl
    The horn in the 4 Pi's that I built was the Eminence H290, a cool looking horn and compact but certainly not to my tastes. It might be better in wood but that's a lot of work to find out. The horn I ended up building wasn't anything special. Just a plain old 2345 JBL cast aluminum ( a real POS casting job if you ask me....lol ) that I had literally holding the garage door open on windy days. I had always wanted to build a wooden horn to try but never got around to it. I had some plans off the net but my not reading Japanese was holding me back. Anyway, after taking a closer look at the 2345 I realized that it would be pretty simple to replicate. The side are straight walled so that greatly simplified fabbing it up in wood (being lazy I didn't want to spend a ton of time on some that might end up sounding like dog stuff, and the alumium version certainly did sound like !@#$ ) I took a plaster cast of the profile and found that it too was constant across the curve. So without getting into a ton of detail (unless someone is interested) of how to build one I "whipped" pair together. As far as drivers I'm pretty happy with the 2470/2421 combo. The TAD look cool but I'm not sure I need all that top end extention. The next step would be to try a super tweet first ( eh Bo) . But all in all I'm just plain out amazed at how this wood horn has smoothed out the sound. CD's that were previously "unlistenable" ie R. L. Burnside "Come On In" certain comes to mind. Great CD, TERRIBLE recording job. I think they used one mike in a bathroom or something...lol .
    Kelly




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    Nice LF loading from this radial > even from this Altec 908 driver.

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    Great digging Earl , you da Man.. The first one is a nice tidy effort IMO

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    Quote Originally Posted by macaroonie View Post
    Great digging Earl , you da Man.. The first one is a nice tidy effort IMO
    Thanks Mac!


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    horn for LE85

    You are indeed da man Earl.
    They are lovely,
    I will need to find someone to make these.

    I would place them on top of my cabs .
    see pics below.
    The woofers are mounted high on the cabs
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    horn for LE85

    I d like to get in touch with Kelly(luxmanlover) re plans to build the wooden 2345
    i note from threads that he posted as a guest.
    Does anyone know how i might get in touch with him?
    Ta
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    Hi,

    Kelly's account has been inactive for a long time & therefore it was deemed to be surplus > and so it was "retired" into a Guest status .

    Ask a moderator or Administrator if his old email details remain active somewhere on this site.

    If so, they might be able to message him for you.

    ( Though ), I doubt Kelly has anything resembling the type of detailed build plan you seem to be after .

    Your best bet ( IMHO ) is to buy a pair / clone them in wood and then sell them on for whatever money you can get for them.



    PS; You might be able to get something useful from the following ( if you're creative + good at interpretation );


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    Here's a jig for outing the tractrix profile.

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    H92 horns

    Gents I have secured a pair of H92s on ePay.
    I think this is the safer bet for a domestic speaker.
    Realistically I wouldnt have been able to get wood copies of the 2345.
    Thanks all the same for all the advice.
    So i have all the JBL hardware now except the the horns are in England the woofers are in LA and me in Kuala Lumpur.
    I ll get them eventually, Covid not withstanding.
    Plan is make a 850 Hz electronic XO(kit from ESP Aust) make up top end of N Pass 's XO for the mids n tweets.
    Will report further.

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    Sounds like a good plan. Good luck with shipping... please do keep us posted.
    I have a similar project in mind, but have no time line yet.


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