tubino
A guy with too many tubes
I'm on the verge of putting together a horn-loaded two-way system. This is (almost) all new to me, but I thought it might be worthwhile to share and document. I'm not starting entirely from scratch, though. I have a pair of cabinets that stand 62" tall x 38" wide x 25" deep. They appear to be built almost exactly to these plans:
So far I have:
So far I have:
- yanked out the old odd mismatch of drivers
- mounted the cabs on casters to make it easy to move them around till I'm done dinking
- cut new baffle boards to use standard 15" drivers
- put in wiring to bi-amp or use an external crossover for dual concentrics
- tried several drivers, including Tannoy dual concentrics
- been wowed by the results!
- vowed to see if I can get better still by learning how to maximize the cabinet's loading for particular drivers
- determined that I should try a dedicated 15" and high-quality horn-loaded compression driver on top to see if I can outdo the Tannoys
- acquired or am acquiring the parts to accomplish that last item (details to follow)
- built first- and second-order basic crossovers
- started getting a handle on BASIC formulas for determining throat dimensions