I'm envious as I have no carpentry skills whatsoever.
Regards, Ron
I'm envious as I have no carpentry skills whatsoever.
Regards, Ron
JBL Pro for home use!
Of all the horns I tried, I must say my favorite were the JBL 2397 horns - I had pair built by a fellow forum member and well as westlake like horns I bought on e-bay.
In my application - they were my favorite! And I have no idea why I sold them.
I've tried:
1) Klipsch 400 horns.
2) ALK Eng. - 1" Tractrix horns
3) Greg Roberts 2" Vtrac horns
4) JBL 2307 horns
5) Woody Yuichi 290 horns.
6) Smith Horns (2397 horns).
The most beautiful were the Yuchi horns - and I think had I used them for their entire bandwidth capabilities (500hz - 20Khz) - they might have been my favorite.
But in my applications the horns were being used from approximately 1Khz - 10khz - and in that range, the Smith horns were my favorite.
And I loved them simply because - no matter how loud I turned my system, they was no "honky-ness" / they were effortless / there was no straining of any sort - I just loved them.
I have yet to try circular horns so can't speak about them much.
Congrats on your build!
Thanks to everyone for the encouragement.
I'm planning to put the speakers on three inch walnut stands. Its just that the wife just keeps coming up with chores! The 076's are present standing or sitting. Its not so much that you hear them as the speakers become transparent. Voice and instruments sound like the musicians are in the room. I really hear the timbre and dynamics. The high hat doesn't sound like 1st graders making an ssssss sound. Cymbals sound like . . . cymbals. Once when watching a BluRay video something fell in the movie and I thought it was in the room! So, I think putting the speakers up 3" will be enough.
The smith horns are impressive in many ways. There's no beaming of mids. I don't have any way to objectively measure them, but the whole system seems balanced, smooth and does not induce ear fatigue (that's what I call it) when some frequencies are over emphasized. Amazingly consistent through most of the room. The speakers don't sound loud even when pushed to the point the floor is vibrating. For the moment at least, I'm hooked on the smith horns!
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