| The
use of horns in Pro audio is a must. When local enclosures are
designed for the larger portion of the PA market getting good
quality LF drivers to mate with a good enclosure is well understood.
However the is concept of spending money on good horns to load
the HF driver is very much in the dark. Proton supplies a full
range of horns in 2” and 1” throat exit with multiple
directivity options to suit most of the needs of the client. Most
of the horns by Proton are made of Glass Fiber and hence tend
to get a little pricier than cheaper plastic ones. The non-resonant
quality of Glass Fiber ensures low coloration of the HF signature,
and also ensures that the LF unit bothers the horn very little.
Glass Fiber however ensures better control of horn flexure in
manufacturing in larger numbers; this ensures the product being
standardized piece to piece. Climatic hazards of variation in
temperature tends to warp plastic and hence color the performance,
Glass Fiber does not get affected by climatic conditions and hence
has a greater life span and also performing accurately. It would
therefore be best, not to get penny wise pound foolish while choosing
your HF horn. |
