A line array is a loudspeaker system that is made up of a number of usually identical loudspeaker elements mounted in a line and fed in phase, to create a near-line source of sound. The distance betwe
Center stage of German Rock am Ring music festival with two line arrays of 6 metres (20 ft) height each
L-Acoustics V-DOSC/dV-DOSC line array at a concert
NEXO STM M28 Line array at EXPO Festival.
Two different line arrays rigged near a cluster of subwoofers
A horn loudspeaker is a loudspeaker or loudspeaker element which uses an acoustic horn to increase the overall efficiency of the driving element. A common form consists of a compression driver which p
Line array
…The distance between adjacent drivers is close enough that they constructively interfere with each other to send sound waves farther than traditional horn-loaded loudspeakers, and with a more evenly distributed sound output pattern. Line arrays can be oriented in any direction, but their primary use in public address is in…
A midrange horn driver used in a home speaker system from Klipsch. The width of the front opening is roughly 46 cm.
Various horn prototypes in the lab of Theo Wangemann, Thomas Edison's chief horn designer. From about 1888 to 1925, a horn was used to concentrate sound waves in the process of recording onto Edison cylinders, and another horn was used to amplify the recordings during playback.
Francis Barraud's original painting of Nipper looking into an Edison Bell cylinder phonograph
A collapsible cone horn with removable flared bell. This horn was patented in 1901 for gramophone record playback.