Frugel horn. Would somebody care to explain the design?

[Bigman80]

Harass away Oliver, you will hear nothing but praise for them from me, but then I think Geoff is also an advocate for them as well.

Lol, he's not budging.

[wee tee cee]

I bought electric beach frugels a couple of years ago.

They reside in my son system amplified by croft pre/power.

They sound fantastic in a near field set up-he runs super tweaters on the rear firing vertically which make a sizeable difference to the bass....go figure!

Ive not found them overly fussy placement wise.

Colin Wonfor brought a selection of his EWA amps and cables to Ali Tates place last year-i brought my frugels....boy oh boy they werent lacking in anything sonically.

[Stratmangler]

I bought electric beach frugels a couple of years ago.

They reside in my son system amplified by croft pre/power.

They sound fantastic in a near field set up-he runs super tweaters on the rear firing vertically which make a sizeable difference to the bass....go figure!

Ive not found them overly fussy placement wise.

Colin Wonfor brought a selection of his EWA amps and cables to Ali Tates place last year-i brought my frugels....boy oh boy they werent lacking in anything sonically.

Which drivers did you opt for, Tony?

[hifinutt]

I've been offered a loan of a pair of these. I hadn't picked up that they should be used in a corner either, probably due to ignorance lol.

Does the siting have a massive effect on these in your theoretical opinion, Geoff?

i used these in several positions in house and didn`t make huge difference , sounded superb wherever they were. in fact i am suffering withdrawel symptoms

[hifinutt]

But you've still got the awful colourations from the horn, you've still got no bass, and now you've got a load of x-over components in there too. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

had superb bass from the xl version with alpair drivers , no need for any supertweeters either

some pics

P1050211 by , on Flickr

P1050246 by , on Flickr

[Infinitely Baffled]

You can get deep enough bass from small drivers. The output will be limited, but the depth can be surprising. Anybody remember the 'Daline' design using a five inch KEF B110?

It was capable of output down to 30Hz.

Well, there's a turn-up! I have never seen anybody mention the Daline design on this forum before. I had assumed it was totally unloved. It is in fact the loudspeaker I am listening to right now. I got them last year - a bit battered and bruised, but I was thrilled to track down a pair because the idea of putting the drivers from an LS3/5A into a cabinet employing a totally different acoustic principle appealed to me. Mine are the twin driver unit (a B110 and a T27 in each cabinet) and I absolutely love the way they sound. As Geoff points out they have an astonishingly deep bass capability given that the mid/bass driver is only about 5.5ins or something. Very well-balanced and tuneful too. I have now assembled all the parts I need to convert them into the three-driver version that represents the designer's "ultimate" Daline. I have high hopes. As bought, they are a bit scruffy unfortunately, so I need to undertake some cosmetic rehabilitation. That's a new area for me, but should be interesting. I'll post some pictures if they come out anything like.
IB

[walpurgis]

Well, there's a turn-up! I have never seen anybody mention the Daline design on this forum before. I had assumed it was totally unloved.

Not unloved, just forgotten 'cos it was such a bloody long time ago.

[walpurgis]

Some info here Geoff if you haven’t seen it already-

http://www.frugal-horn.com/FH3.html

Not seen that before Ali.

[wee tee cee]

Chris,
I went for the copper coloured Alpair drivers.

Should be thread on her somewhere with photos-lovely looking speakers finished to a really high standard.

[Stratmangler]

Chris,
I went for the copper coloured Alpair drivers.

Should be thread on her somewhere with photos-lovely looking speakers finished to a really high standard.

Could be the Alpair 7 - is the driver around 4" across?