Is it a Waveguide or is it a Horn? Plus Phase Plug Experiments скачать в хорошем качестве

Is it a Waveguide or is it a Horn? Plus Phase Plug Experiments

The term waveguide was introduced by Earl Geddes to describe horns that he developed based on his equations to define the directivity of a horn. As he said in the interview (and on his website) all waveguides are horns, but only horns that are based on his waveguide theory are waveguides. Of course the term waveguide has now been absorbed by the audio world and the original definition is fading into obscurity. But the main thing to remember is that if it looks like a horn and quacks like a horn, it's a horn. In the video I misspoke and said "constant" directivity instead of "controlled" directivity. Sorry, I'm not working from a carefully prepared script written by my team of support staff. I'm only human and make mistakes. You probably make a few yourself and I forgive you. Now onto the fun stuff! The wild and crazy phase plug experiments were interesting. I think I'll make a pair of the 50's tail lights for my horns (not waveguides...) from maple just because they look nifty. Like I said, I'm never going to hear the difference either way, but I'll enjoy looking at them. Also a side note: Guys tend to take all of this audio stuff way too seriously, and zoom in on the smallest details, blowing their importance out of proportion. There is this idea that if you do all of the little things "right", then you'll reach audio nirvana. And if you ignore those little things you obviously can't be taken seriously and any speakers you make will be subpar. This is simply not true. To get great sounding speakers you need to do the big things right. That will take them 99% of the way. That last 1% is in those 100 little details that can be tweaked. If tweaking details is your thing, then go for it. But stop fooling yourself on their significance. You don't get a "night and day difference" when you round the corners on the cabinet. Smoothing out a 2db ripple at 5Khz won't "add 3 feet to the soundstage depth" or some other miraculous improvement. Understand that we don't listen with our ears - we listen with our brains and our brains do all kinds of fun stuff with what our ears hear. The interview with Earl Geddes:    • Waveguides, Acoustics and Speaker Design w...   You can help support the work I do in making these videos: Project plans for sale: https://ibuildit.ca/plans/ Join the ibuildit community on Loacals: https://ibuildit.locals.com Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=865843... #diyspeakers #johnheisz #audio My "Scrap bin" channel:    / ibuilditscrapbin   My main channel:    / jpheisz   Website: https://ibuildit.ca/ Facebook:   / i-build-it-258048014240900   Instagram:   / i_build_it.ca