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    Decware Imperial S.O

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O. Uses a radical new concept in horn theory to accomplish an end result that's nothing short of spactacular! the horn flare was designed to bend waves up to 600 cycles making it very efficient up to that frequency. To eliminate this and other problems, the design of the horn has been completely changed so that the horn resonates at low frequencies with no high frequencies ever getting down inside the throat.

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    Decware Imperial S.O

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O. Uses a radical new concept in horn theory to accomplish an end result that's nothing short of spactacular! the horn flare was designed to bend waves up to 600 cycles making it very efficient up to that frequency. To eliminate this and other problems, the design of the horn has been completely changed so that the horn resonates at low frequencies with no high frequencies ever getting down inside the throat.

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O. Uses a radical new concept in horn theory to accomplish an end result that's nothing short of spactacular! the horn flare was designed to bend waves up to 600 cycles making it very efficient up to that frequency. To eliminate this and other problems, the design of the horn has been completely changed so that the horn resonates at low frequencies with no high frequencies ever getting down inside the throat.

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    Decware Imperial S.O

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    V Ger Seven
    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O. Uses a radical new concept in horn theory to accomplish an end result that's nothing short of spactacular! the horn flare was designed to bend waves up to 600 cycles making it very efficient up to that frequency. To eliminate this and other problems, the design of the horn has been completely changed so that the horn resonates at low frequencies with no high frequencies ever getting down inside the throat.

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O.

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O. (sub-only)


    One of things an Imperial always did better then every other speaker was low bass. Unlike our implimentation of the original Imperial, Steve Deckert designed this one specifically as a subwoofer. It uses a radical new concept in horn theory to accomplish an end result that's nothing short of spactacular! How does it work? The Imperial horn flare was designed to bend waves up to 600 cycles making it very efficient up to that frequency. When used as a subwoofer, even with a 24dB per octave active crossover, you can still hear vocals down in the horn flare. Not a problem in a large commercial venue, but in a private listening room the close proximity to the listener makes it possible for this low level information to be heard thus polluting part of the sound of your main speakers. To eliminate this and other problems, the design of the horn has been completely changed so that the horn flare resonates at low frequencies with no high frequencies ever getting down inside the throat. Rather then rear-loading the woofer as in the original Imperial, the Imperial S.O. has the woofer running in a sealed cavity and the front of the driver is rather esoterically loaded to bias it's output towards the throat. The throat is exposed to the room taking the shape of a narrow slot and achieves a resonance just like a beer bottle would with wind blowing past it's top only at a much lower frequency. It is possible with the right driver to run these cabinets full range with no crossover giving a nice blend into a high efficiency full range speaker. Even when running the driver full range, you can crawl into the mouth of the horn and still hear no mid bass, midrange or treble. This results in really clean bass and ensures nice black backgrounds with any type of music. Another advantage of this design is that it will function better in a small room. Having

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O.

    http://www.decware.com/ImperialSO.htm

    the driver in a sealed box and pre-loaded against a variable rate slot also protects the it from getting loaded up from the room. This concept in part came from Decware's car audio enclosures such as the Deathbox, where results became predictable from car to car. Another benefit of the design is that it also significantly reduces sympathetic resonances. Shown below is the Decware implimentation of the original Imperials configured as subs. As you can see, with woofers exposed to the room and the flare of the horn, they are bound to resonate with any low frequency sounds in the room. When I listened to speakers placed in front of it, I seldom hooked an amplifier up to it because it made plenty of bass all by itself.

    With the new Imperial S.O. design, this problem has been practially eliminated, allowing you to hear what a given pair of speakers placed in this room might actually sound like on there own. Compared to the picture above, the S.O. design is a far cleaner sounding bass with a noticably lower hit. You can find tons of tech-talk about this design in our support forum. Support forum

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O.

    http://www.decware.com/ImperialSO.htm

    The plan above is available as a large hi-res grayscale image that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed.

    PLANS NOW ON LINE!

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    DECWARE IMPERIAL S.O.

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    Assembly pics can be found in this thread of our online forums.

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    DECWARE Copyright 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 by Steve Deckert All Rights Reserved All graphics contained herein are also and may not be used without permission.

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