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If you have been following my tutorials in speaker design, you have no doubt read the previous blog on “ Geek Speak on Boxes ” which dealt with sealed box designs. Please review the variables listed in that blog as I will be referring to them...
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Recently I discussed Bandwidth VS Sensitivity. This blog I will delve more into the fundamentals of driver and box alignment, or what we generally call "loudspeaker tuning." This is where the speaker engineers at Klipsch dissect all the electrical...
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As most of you know, Klipsch works very hard at insuring our speakers will be “LOUDspeaker.” Some ignore this philosophy because it is difficult to achieve, but it is the first rule that PWK founded and the first rule for our designs engineers...
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Have you ever wondered why Klipsch is so horny? From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia… “ Horny is an adjective that can describe any one of the following conditions: • An animal that possesses a horn • A slang term for sexual arousal...
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A key factor in acoustics is the effect of the room environment on the loudspeaker. This is actually half of what you are hearing. The loudspeaker distributes the sound around the room, drastically, influencing what we hear. Loudspeaker systems do not...
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50.8? Thomas Holman (THX) claims that anything more than 20.2 is diminishing returns. Most people are happy with 5.1, but with the new formats of 7.1 via Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio superior formats can be enjoyed. What the heck is this? Is...
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In this final installment of the Palladium crossover design I will get into the thick of it, the final touches and delicate nuances of equalization to give you that satiny smooth shimmer from a speaker system with ultra flat response. In the picture of...
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Today we are going to dig deeper into the design theory and process for the Palladium P-39F crossover. If you were to study Electronics 101 which would go over simple filter design you would find that there are three primary components for passive crossovers;...
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Crossover Features • Optimized 3 ½ Way Crossover (low, mid, high) • 4th Order Crossover for all sections • High linearity air-core inductors • Polypropylene capacitors (No electrolytic capacitors) • Ultra low inductance...
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High-Frequency Driver (Tweeter) Design Horn Loaded Tweeter Driver Features • 90° x 60° Modified Tractrix Horn • 10 to 1 high compression phase plug • ¾” lightweight titanium diaphragm • Ferro-fluid cooled voice...
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Mid-Frequency Driver (Midrange) Horn Loaded Midrange Driver Features • 90° x 60° Modified Tractrix Horn • 4 to 1 high compression phase plug • 1” Diameter – High temp copper voice coil • Aluminum cone w/ Aluminum...
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Transducer Design Low Frequency Driver (Woofer) LF Driver Features • 1 ½” Diameter – Flat-wire “low mass” aluminum voice coil • 0.72” (18mm) linear peak-to-peak high excursion design • High linearity...
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Enclosure Design Enclosure Features • Non-parallel wall construction • 1.06” (27mm) thick side wall – 1.2” (30mm) front baffle • Triple Layer Laminated medium density fiberboard (MDF) and particle board • Mid/High...
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Notes from the past... 600 Acoustic Watts! Gentlemen: This could be a photo of one of a number of installations dating from the heyday of California Aerospace in the sixties and seventies. Fancher Murray may be able to shed some light on this, inasmuch...
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Eventhough Klipsch is not having a Pilgrimage this year it won't stop the Pilgrims from having fun! I helped Michael Colter this weekend put together his Klipsch PA for the "Battle of the Bands". You can see some of the other photo's...