WMcD Posted December 31, 2000 Author Share Posted December 31, 2000 It is a good question, and one which I looked into. However, I don't have the calculations here to allow detailed discussion. My conclusion was that the back chamber volume does scale down, as do the general dimentions. PWK's equation for back chamber volume was based on driver area times flare rate, as I recall. So it is a matter of scaling factor^3. This works in dimentional analysis. Getting the best bass response out of horn system may well require more emperical testing. There are two patents issued to PWK which hint that in finite length horns, the back chamber should be smaller. This is because the reaction from the finite horn is larger. Regards, Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Warren Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 If the reduced LaScala (exponential, wall placed, 10" driver), has 1.6 sq. ft mouth, these are the first order design parameters I would expect: fc 125Hz (linear response 140Hz up to mass cut-off of driver) throat 16.5" sq. horn length; 2.46 ft. doubling distance 7.5" air chamber volume behind cone: 360 cubic in. These numbers indicate that the response should drop off rapidly after 140Hz from wall placement. How significant are the deviations of the reduced LaScala from these numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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