[Kalman Rubinson[_3_]]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:51:54 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:29:04 -0600, "WindsorFox[SS]"
wrote:

Kalman Rubinson wrote:
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:48:46 -0500, Randy Yates
wrote:

Chris Hornbeck writes:

On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:01:57 -0500, Randy Yates
wrote:

There was a company I saw, oh, maybe 10 years ago that made another type
of three-way horn system, but as I recall the horns had a 360 degree
dispersion. And they were, um, pricey - to the tune of about $100,000 /
pair.

Does anyone remember their name? Or better yet, have the literature on
them?
German? Free-standing horns with the flare continuing back to
(beyond?) 90 degrees? Very thin horn walls of plastic in
bright colors? Never heard of 'em...
The Audio(something-or-others) looked to have an actually
accurate exponential horn flare rate - something IME unique
in commercially available designs. All others make an
assumption of a flat wavefront, a good assumption at the
throat, but a very poor one everywhere else. Sound travels
at a constant speed, so wavefronts are spherical, etc.

The ones I heard were disappointing, but listening conditions
were very poor (a Las Vegas hotel room at a show) - so not a
very useful data point.
Thanks Chris. I wish I could conjure up that name, though.

How about these?
http://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/ho...er.php?lang=en

Kal


Geeze I could not come up with their name to save my life. I kept
thinking Esoteric and THAT sure wasn't correct...

Interesting claims on that site. The Solo has a bass horn 2.4 inches
long, 18.1 inches wide (from a driver diameter of 11.8 inches) and
works dow to 30Hz. Yet another company re-writes the physics book.

And of course horns distort - no options, it is built in.

d