"David Looser" wrote ...
"Scott Dorsey" wrote...
When stereo came in, corner horns went away.

It wasn't a horn, it was a bass-reflex.

If you had ever seen one, you would know better.

Paul Klipsch was (is?) famous for his corner horns.

"The Klipschorn is the only speaker in the world that has been
in continuous production, relatively unchanged, for over 60 years."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_W_Klipsch

But the most impressive corner horn demo I saw was the Cerwin-
Vega room at an AES convention in LA in the 1970s. They had
an "M" cabinet which looked like a largish column speaker. But
when positioned just right facing into the corner, it would flap your
pants legs at 20 ft. This page has a drawing of the appliation...
http://www.in70mm.com/news/2007/sens...ance/index.htm
at the bottom of the page.

C-W were also showing a 12-inch(?) driver which they would
plug directly into the 120V power mains outlet in the hotel room.

There were rumors that C-W cracked some plaster and had to
pay the hotel for repairs. And other rumors that the JBL demos
in another room down the hall, were reproducing such realistic
gunshot sounds (thanks to their 075 ring radiator tweeters, aka.
the "acoustic laser") that the LAPD was called out to investigate.

"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
"David Looser" wrote ...
"Scott Dorsey" wrote...
When stereo came in, corner horns went away.

It wasn't a horn, it was a bass-reflex.

If you had ever seen one, you would know better.


Did you bother to read the thread before posting that response? I thought
not.

I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than you
have. And it was a bass-reflex.

David.

In article , "David Looser" wrote:
"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
"David Looser" wrote ...
"Scott Dorsey" wrote...
When stereo came in, corner horns went away.

It wasn't a horn, it was a bass-reflex.

If you had ever seen one, you would know better.


Did you bother to read the thread before posting that response? I thought
not.

I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than you
have. And it was a bass-reflex.


OK, near the end of Speaker Builder magazine, and in Audio Express, a fellow was putting ports
or "bass reflex" into his horns to get improved performance.

So it might be either or both.

greg

"GregS" wrote in message
...
In article , "David Looser"
wrote:

I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than you
have. And it was a bass-reflex.


OK, near the end of Speaker Builder magazine, and in Audio Express, a
fellow was putting ports
or "bass reflex" into his horns to get improved performance.

So it might be either or both.


I wonder why it is that people who have never seen the speaker I'm talking
about, indeed know nothing about it beyond what I've told them, still insist
on trying to tell me what it "might be"? This wasn't a horn with a port in
it, it was a bass-reflex, OK?

David.

David Looser wrote:
"GregS" wrote in message
...
In article , "David Looser"
wrote:
I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than you
have. And it was a bass-reflex.

OK, near the end of Speaker Builder magazine, and in Audio Express, a
fellow was putting ports
or "bass reflex" into his horns to get improved performance.

So it might be either or both.


I wonder why it is that people who have never seen the speaker I'm talking
about, indeed know nothing about it beyond what I've told them, still insist
on trying to tell me what it "might be"? This wasn't a horn with a port in
it, it was a bass-reflex, OK?

Maybe they thought you were talking generally about speakers in corners
rather than the specific one which your grandfather built.

--
Eiron.

"Eiron" wrote

Maybe they thought you were talking generally about speakers in corners
rather than the specific one which your grandfather built.


Scott replied as though corner speakers could only be horns, fair enough if
that's the only sorts he's met. I simply pointed out that the one I was
talking about was a bass-reflex. But then Richard Crowley crashed in with
"If you had ever seen one, you would know better", clearly indicating that
he had no idea what the point of my comment had been, or indeed on the flow
of thread up to that point. Then GregS comes in with "So it might be either
or both" when it is clear from the context that "it" is the speaker I was
talking about. Yes I get ****ed-off when people tell me that I would "know
better" simply because they are incapable of following a thread!

David.

David Looser wrote:

"Eiron" wrote

Maybe they thought you were talking generally about speakers in
corners rather than the specific one which your grandfather built.

Scott replied as though corner speakers could only be horns, fair
enough if that's the only sorts he's met.

Actually it always was the case that there was only one other good technical
reason for a dedicated "corner only" design, and that other reason was to
save bricks and building time. Which is to say that the only "classic era"
corner bass reflex box known to me is the one designed by Briggs for a 12"
and I can't remember what else, probably a two-way.

I simply pointed out that
the one I was talking about was a bass-reflex. But then Richard
Crowley crashed in with "If you had ever seen one, you would know
better", clearly indicating that he had no idea what the point of my
comment had been, or indeed on the flow of thread up to that point.

People here are really incompetent like and don't know that they are not
supposed to type comments into a thread between you and somebody else.

Then GregS comes in with "So it might be either or both" when it is
clear from the context that "it" is the speaker I was talking about.
Yes I get ****ed-off when people tell me that I would "know better"
simply because they are incapable of following a thread!

This is because the good people here are not only technically incompetent,
they also do not have manners and they don't know the prior state of the
art. You should have seen this earlier on and understood that because of
their vast technnical ignorance they didn't know what corner box you were
speaking about and then you should have told them and provided a web link to
description and photos.

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...eld/page01.jpg

Is the one I'd like to have, way better midrange unit that the Klipsch box.

David

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

David Looser wrote:
"Richard Crowley" wrote ...
"David Looser" wrote ...
"Scott Dorsey" wrote...
When stereo came in, corner horns went away.

It wasn't a horn, it was a bass-reflex.

If you had ever seen one, you would know better.


Did you bother to read the thread before posting that response? I
thought not.

I did read the thread. It appears to be talking about the classic
Klipsch corner. You can go back and review it if you're confused.

I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than
you have. And it was a bass-reflex.

I guess we don't know which corner speaker *you're* talking about,
then.

"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
. ..

I did read the thread. It appears to be talking about the classic
Klipsch corner.

Actually the thread is about spikes, note the thread title. *One person*
misunderstood what I was talking about and mentioned corner horns. That
hardly makes this a thread about "the classic Klipsch corner".

You can go back and review it if you're confused.

I'm not confused - you are. Clearly, contrary to your assertion above, you
did *not* read this thread before posting!

I did see the corner speaker *I'm* talking about, which is more than
you have. And it was a bass-reflex.

I guess we don't know which corner speaker *you're* talking about,
then.
No you don't, as I told you.

David.

David Looser wrote:

Actually the thread is about spikes, note the thread title.

So it was, but then we all settled for chatting about something meaningful.
And if you wanna use three spikes then it really really had better be for a
corner box.

I guess we don't know which corner speaker *you're* talking about,
then.

No you don't, as I told you.

Then stop playing your silly undefined variable game and tell us what
speakear it is about.

David

Kind regards

Peter Larsen