Line Taper -- a Survey of the Literature


an inclomplete & very preliminary table

 

 

Start

Mouth

 

Author

Publication

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Comments

Atkinson 5-way Transmission-line

1.4

.6

 
Bailey A Non-resonant Loudspeaker Enclosure Design

 

>=1

 
Bailey The Transmission-line Loudspeaker Enclosure

1.35

.6

 
V. Dickanson Loudspeaker Design Cookbook

1.25-2.5

1

 
Radford Studio S.90

1.66

.75

 
C. Rogers The Pro 9TL Domestic Monitor

1.5

1

 
C. Rogers HiFi Answers

1.5

.68

 
R. Sanders Electrostatic Loudspeaker Design Cookbook

1.25

1

calls this a "Classic Line"
Seaford HiFi World

1.1-1.5

1

 
D. Weems How to Design, Build & Test Complete Speaker Systems

1.5-2

1

 

Lines with a smaller Start/End ratio have "leaner" bass

if you have any examples please contact me.




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