thoms_here Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I was wondering if anyone knows of a good book about cabinet speaker design that would include the Klipschorn, Belle or other folded horn designs. Thanks! Thom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 "How To Build Speaker Enclosures" first printed in 1966 was the first speaker book many of us old timers had and has some folded horn plans including two Jensen Imperial plans and an early Klipsch shorthorn kind'a thing. As the book was written by two Altec engineers, Alex Badmaieff and Don Davis, it features several Altec plans including the famous 825 combination horn-reflex design and the 820 basshorn-reflex design for twin 15s. Also plans for several Altec reflex cabinets AND the mighty Bozak Concert Grand. Has interesting cutaway views of the KHorn but no plans. The authors considered the KHorn an excellent performer but discouraged it's building by DIYers as too complex. Also featured are the huge concrete 300 cubic foot infinite baffle enclosures built into the fireplace of John Hillard's house. Hilliard was the head engineering honcho at Altec. While at MGM he discovered time delay distortion and headed the famous MGM Shearer Horn project. Hilliard is the Zeus of the Great Horn Gods. With Olson, Lansing and Klipsch being Apollo, Ares and Hermes. The book is indispensible to the DIY horny and comes up often on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrinkles Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 "How To Build Speaker Enclosures" first printed in 1966 was the first speaker book many of us old timers had and has some folded horn plans including two Jensen Imperial plans and an early Klipsch shorthorn kind'a thing. As the book was written by two Altec engineers, Alex Badmaieff and Don Davis, it features several Altec plans including the famous 825 combination horn-reflex design and the 820 basshorn-reflex design for twin 15s. Also plans for several Altec reflex cabinets AND the mighty Bozak Concert Grand. The book is indispensible to the DIY horny and comes up often on ebay. This book is on Amazon.com now for $12.77 . Or in paperback for $5.77 used at the time of my post. http://www.amazon.com/Build-Speaker-Enclosures-Alexis-Badmaieff/dp/B0018CJPIC%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbookfindercom0e%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0018CJPIC Wrinkles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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