Room size for FE206E

sleephead04 · 3rd August 2007, 09:03 AM

The size of my sitting-room and dining room together is around 250 square feet. The area of my sitting-room, where my Hi-Fi is put, is around 120 square feet. Should I choose BLH FE206E or other full range driver.

Thanks

Sleephead04

Scottmoose · 3rd August 2007, 09:09 AM

The 206 should be fine.

blumenco · 5th August 2007, 08:18 AM

are those measurements correct?

120 square feet? that is 10 by 12. not that a small living room is bad, but the large fostex stuff just don't go well with a small room IMO.

eh... I might go with a smaller driver. bass will propogate sooner.

got pictures of your room? construction style is important too.

Clark

Scottmoose · 5th August 2007, 02:44 PM

I used to go that way too, until GM pointed out that it just gives more tuning flexibility. Now I tend to go for the larger drivers -works for me anyway, and being a rocker at heart I they suit me better. Now I've said that, you can squeeze a heck of a lot of sound out of the 6 1/2in & 4 1/2in drivers & they generally have better mids & highs.

MJK · 5th August 2007, 03:23 PM

Quote:

not that a small living room is bad, but the large fostex stuff just don't go well with a small room IMO.

Why? I don't see any reason why an 8" Fostex won't work well in his room.

Quote:

I might go with a smaller driver. bass will propogate sooner.

How does bass propagate sooner?

hm · 5th August 2007, 04:19 PM

Hello,

i´ve heard my SAXOPHON in only 16 sqm, it works.

More important, clap your hands, if the sound
comes later out of the dining room, you need a
curtain between or a large wall carpet ~4 cm before the wall
in the dining room to reduce the echo.

Scottmoose · 5th August 2007, 04:46 PM

& I've run MLTLs with 8in Fostex drivers in even smaller spaces. Ed has similar space for his Vofo TQWTs which have the 206 and they work fine.

Shoe-horning a big BLH with the 206 into a very small room is going to need some tweaking to get going right, but it'd be fun.

Puffin · 6th August 2007, 02:57 PM

I run the 206E in a 208 BLH cab in a room 10x10. Magical bliss !!

wixy · 11th August 2007, 01:08 PM

I've got a choice between rooms for my FE206E's in FE208ESigma cabinets, as indicated in this diagram: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/287...optionsbh7.jpg

Which option would be better?

Puffin · 11th August 2007, 05:33 PM

I would think option B. I would suspect you may find that If you use option A the opening on the left hand side could cause imaging problems.

3rd August 2007, 09:03 AM	#1
sleephead04 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	Room size for FE206E The size of my sitting-room and dining room together is around 250 square feet. The area of my sitting-room, where my Hi-Fi is put, is around 120 square feet. Should I choose BLH FE206E or other full range driver. Thanks Sleephead04

5th August 2007, 04:19 PM	#6
hm diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: near Hamburg Germany	Hello, i´ve heard my SAXOPHON in only 16 sqm, it works. More important, clap your hands, if the sound comes later out of the dining room, you need a curtain between or a large wall carpet ~4 cm before the wall in the dining room to reduce the echo. __________________ http://www.hm-moreart.de

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3rd August 2007, 09:09 AM	#2
Scottmoose diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK	The 206 should be fine.

5th August 2007, 08:18 AM	#3
blumenco diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle	are those measurements correct? 120 square feet? that is 10 by 12. not that a small living room is bad, but the large fostex stuff just don't go well with a small room IMO. eh... I might go with a smaller driver. bass will propogate sooner. got pictures of your room? construction style is important too. Clark

5th August 2007, 02:44 PM	#4
Scottmoose diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK	I used to go that way too, until GM pointed out that it just gives more tuning flexibility. Now I tend to go for the larger drivers -works for me anyway, and being a rocker at heart I they suit me better. Now I've said that, you can squeeze a heck of a lot of sound out of the 6 1/2in & 4 1/2in drivers & they generally have better mids & highs.

5th August 2007, 04:46 PM	#7
Scottmoose diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK	& I've run MLTLs with 8in Fostex drivers in even smaller spaces. Ed has similar space for his Vofo TQWTs which have the 206 and they work fine. Shoe-horning a big BLH with the 206 into a very small room is going to need some tweaking to get going right, but it'd be fun.

6th August 2007, 02:57 PM	#8
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	I run the 206E in a 208 BLH cab in a room 10x10. Magical bliss !!

11th August 2007, 01:08 PM	#9
wixy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia	I've got a choice between rooms for my FE206E's in FE208ESigma cabinets, as indicated in this diagram: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/287...optionsbh7.jpg Which option would be better?

11th August 2007, 05:33 PM	#10
Puffin diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: U.K	I would think option B. I would suspect you may find that If you use option A the opening on the left hand side could cause imaging problems.