XL Horn Speakers.
The XL Horn Speakers are an outgrowth from the original horn speaker I began creating a few years ago. They have a more vertical posture and, therefore, a shorter footprint. Standing over 8-feet tall, this unique Patent Pending design lends itself to both a front-loading and rear-loading of drivers. 

 

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These XL Horns are extraordinarily efficient and have an alarming bass response. Used with an Eminence Beta12CX driver with a crossover and attenuating compression driver, they are also ideal for PA applications.  The two horns pictured here were purchased by Andrew Bird in October 2008. They have been touring with him along with his large speaker horn and spinning double-speaker horn, Andrew has been accumulating quite a collection of these.   Click the screen at the bottom of the page and watch a video of Andrew Bird playing through the XL Horn.

In December 2009, Andrew used a second pair of these XL Horns for a series of shows he played in Chicago at Fourth Presbyterian Church and in Minneapolis at St. Marks Cathedral. He called them his "Gezelligheid" shows which translates from Dutch to mean cozy atmosphere. For these shows, the XL Horns were Andrew's PA, exclusively. The tonal and audio effect was outstanding. Click on the following links to see some amazing photos taken at the Gezelligheid shows: - Chicagoist (also includes review of Chicago show) - Flickr

I have generated different scales of these and will soon add another even more vertical shape in different scales. The goal is to create a modular arrangement, a forest of horns covering all aspects of frequency spectrum. I envision these interspersed with actual foliage to create a complete listening environment with a natural botanical flare.

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Below is a photo and a video of Andrew Bird on tour with these XL Horns, the Large Horn Speaker, and the Spinning Double Horn Speaker.

 

 

Andrew Bird on stage at Carnegie Hall, January 28, 2009

photo Brian W. Ferry

 

Click here for You Tube videos of Andrew Bird and the horns.

Click here to see photos of these XL horns taken during the building process.

Click here to read about the horns on the New York Public Library's Web site.

 

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