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Introduction
Frugal-Horn.com is a home
of high-performance, low-cost (ie frugal) diy horn designs.
The resurgence of interest in full range speakers has led to a renewed exploration
of the rear-loaded horn. This coupled with a whole new generation of more advanced
computer-based modeling tools have given designers more power to generate better
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Derek
Sanderson's Sachiko's with Fostex FE206eS-R
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These horns, with the rear of the
driver loaded by a bass horn, help a full range driver produce more bass with less
work, extending the range closer to the holy grail of 10 octave performance and providing
startling dynamics. Horns are typically more complex to build, and are not without
other problems, but a well-executed RLH can be a real aid to enjoying the music --
and in the end that is what it is all about.
Most of these horns are based on Fostex
drivers, the most widely available relatively inexpensive family of drivers available.
More & more full-range drivers are appearing givng the diy the community a wider
range of choices. On these pages are also designs for CSS,
Monacor, Pioneer & Lyeco.
There are many other drivers we would love to explore. |
The
latest Spawn -- Chang NBVR
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Inspired by the unflagging support
to the DIY community of people such as Greg Monfort, Terry Cain, Ron Clarke, Martin
King, and the great number of DIY forums that have created a fertile place for the
DIY community to gain the support & help of others around the world, and provide
for the healthy cross-fertilization of ideas that is bringing about the renaissance of people building their own HiFi.
Here you will find:
- the Frugel-Horn,
a small corner horn with 5 variations
- the Spawn family,
6 (+ variations) tall double mouth horns supporting many drivers
- Ron Clarke's
horns, 3 elegant horns
benefitting from some of the most advanced design tools available today
- Bob Hayes' Dalek,
a challenging to build but beautifully elegant horn for the Fostex FE166e
- the Metronome,
an ML- QQWP family supporting a wide range of drivers that is very elegant &
amongst the simplest of horn-like enclosures to build
All of these will be supported
by well developed plans (some still a work in progress) and links to community discussions
on these specific designs
These horns are free to build...
diy one-offs as well as local artisans for resale.
We hope that the builders add
their own creativity and personality to their speakers. This is already evident in
many Frugel-Horn builds.
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most
recent updates
(minor
Sachiko plan updates)
22_mar_09
(Venom
(aka Olivia 2v0), Ceinyn betas added, Vampyr updates)
24_jan_09
(Aiko
1v1, Vampyr added)
23_dec_08
(some
links to Spawn discussion threads added)
02_nov_08
(HA
FR6.5c Met added)
21_oct_08
(link
to some Metronome coverage)
30_jun_08
(some
plan links updated)
17_jun_08
(Ron
Clarke deflector for the Hornshoppe Horn)
15_apr_08
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