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ginetto61
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Hi just to say that
i do not understand why waveguides should be so "complex" in their design.
I listened to these speakers here ...
much simpler waveguide and they sound fabolous
I do not like the waveguide in the JBLs
I prefer also the ones in variuos Genelec monitors
I think they control dispersion, increase efficiency and help to align tweeter with the woofer ... all nice things. So Waveguides are good.
It is just that i do not understand why sometimes they come so "weirdly looking"
Thanks and regards, gino
The waveguides disperse energy from the tweeter over a larger area. The reason for the odd shape is that this waveguide is most likely not designed to have equal dispersion/radiation pattern up/down as left/right or perhaps something else.
Waveguide design is complex. And they don't all look the same since they are designed for different tweeters, and for different goals. What do you want to achieve?
They come out looking weird if the simulation software deciedes that that is the shape required for that specific wanted dispersion/other characteristics.
Btw I'm quite sure that last one is not a waveguide at all, it a horn.