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Engineering Brief

Influence of Horn’s Surface Temperature on its Directivity Control

Authors: Levine, Dave "Rat"; Calza, Paolo; Di Cola, Mario; Martignon, Paolo; Chisari, Letizia

AES Convention 145 · Paper 482 · October 2018

Abstract

Horn directivity control and dispersion angles, especially at high frequency, have always been achieved by carefully design and optimized the horn’s surface. It can be experimentally demonstrated that the control properties of constant directivity, high-frequency horns may be influenced by the horn’s surface temperature which can be severely affected, for instance, by being exposed to direct sunlight. This e-brief presentation shows various experimental results that demonstrates the phenomenon and shows how much this problem can influence the directivity control at high frequency range.

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Published in
AES Convention 145
AES Convention
145
Paper number
482
Publication date
October 6, 2018
Session subject
Transducers
Affiliation
Rat Sound Systems, Camarillo, CA, USA; Contralto Audio srl, Parma, Italy (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief