[jparkhur]

Sorry Jack,, other side of the state..  La Crosse...Miss. river area...it would be a hike...

[jackman]

Sorry Jack,, other side of the state..  La Crosse...Miss. river area...it would be a hike...

I haven't been there in years but LaCrosse is very nice.  You are right about being a hike!  It's too bad because I'd like to hear your system.  I've never heard a Frugal Horn system like yours.  I really like the sound I'm getting from my traditional setup but appreciate strengths of all kinds of systems.  In a perfect world, I'd have four or five systems!

Cheers,

J

[planet10]

?what happens if you made the frugal an 8 inch wide cab and then proportionally adapted it to fit and 8 inch driver..  ???

You likely end with a mess. We have tried to scale FH3 for larger drivers and we have not met with success. Personally i don't care much, since i feel the sweet spot for FRs is 4-5" -- larger drivers give up too much midrange finesse. If you want back what you lose to a larger driver, add a pair of powered woofers (note that i did not say subwoofers)

dave

[chrisby]

You likely end with a mess. We have tried to scale FH3 for larger drivers and we have not met with success. Personally i don't care much, since i feel the sweet spot for FRs is 4-5" -- larger drivers give up too much midrange finesse. If you want back what you lose to a larger driver, add a pair of powered woofers (note that i did not say subwoofers)

dave

If you really wanna go 8" FR in a BLH,  you'll likely be looking at something like BIB, Ron Clarke's Dallas, or for really big scale Woden Vulcan - dual rear mouth.

And to echo Dave's post above, and other folks' sentiments,  whether related to BLH types or not,  4"or so seems to be a really sweet spot for FR drivers - and very easy to add (multiple)  woofers in compact enclosures for bass support - for music only, or HT   

[jparkhur]

Ok, I am going to build the triangle rear baffles/reflection for behind my speakers. I would like to include a driver to reach some of the lower freq. Does anyone have the dimensions for ones that they are using? Can I put the driver on the front two angled sides (using two drivers) or should I put it on the back facing the wall/corner? Also, could I down fire it instead? All suggestions would be great... Thanks Folks.

[chrisby]

jon's query addressed, if not answered,  at

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/172937-frugel-horn-mk3-builds-build-questions-57.html#post2809045

[Poultrygeist]

Here's my solution to increase Mk3 bass when you can't stick them in  corners. These are Alpha 15A FR bass speakers in a simple open baffles.

[Poultrygeist]

Mk3 bass augmentors

[jparkhur]

Moved them to corners, and has slanted ceiling too....super improved sound, much lower on the bottom end and the owner is extremely happy.  It is now a 3 watt bedroom system.  I am looking forward to trying the Wyred for Sound Udac next month with an Apple TV2...