Total Horn: Back Loaded Horn with Horned Tweeter

Shinjitsu Audio Wood Total Horn Pair

These are our tweaked HIVI Research bass driver now with Horn Loaded Peerless Ring Radiator Tweeter in a custom SEOS 8 Waveguide. Designed from the ground up to produce deeper punchier bass with increased power handling. Reaches down to an in room response of 35 Hz. These rock ready speakers dispel the long held belief that back loaded horns are made for chamber music and solo artists whispering in the night. 

Detailed top to bottom with an overall warm tonality not lacking in top end sparkle. No mid range shrieking here or horn honkiness.

Able to achieve sound pressure levels of at least 105 dB with only 15 watts these are conservatively rated at 100 watts peak input. 

Utilizing a proven and well reviewed Japanese designed back loaded horn and SEOS 8 waveguide with the  Peerless XT25BG60-04 Dual Ring Radiator Tweeter provides smooth and extended high frequencies and midrange musical overtones.

All True Baltic Birch Laminate Labyrinth construction with solid Monkey Pod Wood front baffle.  

The low frequency driver is our custom HIVI Research Aluminum Magnesium cone 100 mm bass drive unit. Featuring an efficient, low-distortion Neo-Balanced motor combined with a rigid yet lightweight aluminum magnesium damped diaphragm, yielding impressive high-impact audio reproduction. Wide operating range from 35 Hz to 2 kHz with an extremely broad directivity pattern. Advanced low-distortion motor design. Crossed over with a  first order design at 2 kHz to avoid beaming and capture the upper midrange detail with the Heil Transformer. 

The laser cut solid maple back plate is terminated with solid copper heavy duty speaker terminals and a unique attenuation network. The single Crossover inductor is an upgraded Pure Copper Foil Coil with a single Clarity Capacitor for the high frequencies. 

The attenuation resistors provided allow for infinite adjustment of midrange crossover point and high frequency SPL and employs a unique super high frequency bypass capacitor to compensate for room response and age related high frequency hearing loss. Tailor the highs to your desires. 

Versatility in placement allows for tilted back floor standing, stand mounted or shelf mounted placement. Designed for punchy deep bass in any configuration these speakers are tested to energize rooms up to 1000 square feet with a harder hitting deep bass than our Wood Speakers with a bit less efficiency. Perfect for small apartments and larger venues as well. They can reach crescendos of 105 dB with just 50 watts of input. 

This speaker is designed for medium to high sensitivity and can operate with as little as 12 watts and are rated to produce up to 105 dB of sound pressure level in an average sized room. 

Comfortable with chamber music to all out rock and roll these speakers provide a wide gamut of musical tastes. 

• Dimensions: 22 inches height / 17 inches depth / 9.5 inches wide
• Weight: 45 Lbs.
• Sensitivity: 85dB to 88 dB depending on high frequency attenuation selected
• Maximum Power HIVI Bass driver: 50 watts with +/- 4mm Xmax
• Maximum Power Horn 100 watts
• Maximum combined SPL 105 watts which is equal to: Very loud rock concert in open air, a car horn from 6 feet, chainsaw or a thunderclap

 

THE BACK LOADED HORN SPEAKER

The most elegant way to enhance bass response is the back loaded horn speaker.

• Designed to collect the back wave (which in normal speakers is wasted or absorbed) the speaker driver amplifies the bass via a properly designed labyrinth enclosure which exits the horn located on the back of the speaker enclosure. This clever design enhances bass more efficiently and accurately than bass-reflex and sealed enclosure types.
• Back loaded horn type enclosures make the most efficient use of such back sound waves. Back-loaded horn system enclosures work in such a manner that, as bass comes out of a horn mounted on the back of a driver, the rest of sound spectrum, e.g. mid- and high-frequency ranges, is radiated directly from the driver.
• Speakers employing back loaded horns are highly efficient by actively utilizing sound output from the bass driver and respond well to the subtlest components of music signals. Improved transient response, speed and effortless sound quality are some of the hallmarks of this type of driver arrangement.