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Determining Two-Port Parameters of Horn Drivers using only Electrical Measurements

Authors: Makarski, Michael

AES Convention 116 · Paper 6098 · May 2004

Abstract

The basic theory and a measurement procedure for the two-port
description of horn drivers and horns was presented at the 111th
AES Convention in New York, 2001 (Preprint 5409 "Two-port
Representation of Horn Driver and Horn"). It was shown that this
method is a powerful tool for the development of loudspeakers but
it suffered from the restricted frequency range of the necessary
acoustical impedance measurements with the Kundt's tube. A new
method of measuring the driver's two-port parameters is presented
here using only electrical measurements and an acoustical
reference impedance. The frequency range of the two-port
parameters could be extended using this method. The theoretical
approach and first results are presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 116
AES Convention
116
Paper number
6098
Publication date
May 6, 2004
Session subject
Loudspeakers
Affiliation
Institute of Technical Acoustics, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper