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The Tang Band W2-852SH

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We're into very high end here folks (tongue in cheek)

Cost was less than $20 CAD each, bought on sale at  www.solen.ca for like $10 a piece.

 

If the datasheet is accurate, with a 86 dB efficiency, some low QTS, a reasonable frequency plot and a FS of 160 Hz. It could work in a horn.

I had to try to horn load it.

W2 datasheet here

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Could be a nice 2-way system with a pair of 12" crossed at ~800 Hz

For watching TV, this would suffice, as it's a TV speaker after all :)

 

 

I used the Eminence H2EA horn to mount the TB driver.

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H2EA Horn is exponential with 2" throat entry (60 x 40 coverage)

The cut off is 700 Hz.

Match should be good

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As per speaker datasheet, there is some anomaly above 14 kHz. Ideally, they would need a tweeter at ~7 kHz)

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Results are interesting.

I need to try a back chamber before I give it a listen.

Seriously, I WILL listen to this cause, as I've been bored lately.

Like Edison once said : "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

Update: Day 2.

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Just in case you’ve never seen an idea take off. How about this? I horn loaded a cheap TV speaker on a horn designed for PA use, and normally used with a compression driver.

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There must been a reason for nobody using this.

Because it’s not working. Well… not satisfactory at least.

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Subjectively, it does suck big time. No matter what music you play, it hurts.

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Very veiled, colored and kind of hopeless really.

No miracle cure… even with a DSP, the sonic are poor.

 

The speaker cone breaks up above 10 kHz making all cymbals sound exactly the same and unrealistic.

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I could go on and on describing the lame sound, but it’d be a waste of time, you get the idea.

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I did try to listen to the set up with the horn playing @ 700 Hz – 20 kHz

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I put a new measurement but ended up wasting 3 hours of my time. And that was that.

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