Alpair 10 wide bass driver and Alpair 10 Fullrange - Page 6

Henkjan · 10th January 2009, 12:43 PM

could you also post the cone excursion? and up the power in the sim to see when it hits Xmax?

eeyore · 10th January 2009, 01:43 PM

Alpair showing woofer displacement at 50W. Xmax is rated at 8.5mm approximately.

eeyore · 10th January 2009, 01:45 PM

Jordan showing woofer displacement at 50W. Xmax is rated at 9.0mm approximately.

nietze · 10th January 2009, 09:04 PM

Could this be a contender for a 2-way with sdx7 or should one stick with fr125s or alpair 5? I'd like to update my FR125s bipoles to something a bit more powerfull and with more "kick" in the 100-500 hz area.

eeyore · 11th January 2009, 12:20 AM

This was actually going to be my two way active cross over setup, the sub beaing a Scan Speak 8656 Carbon fibre cone. Was going to choose a XO at around 100 Hz 3-order, and a simple high pass at around 100 Hz as well for the Jordan or Alpair. Since the cabinets are simple, I might make two sets, and when I get the spare cash (big hit after Christmas) put in the pair A10 and then I can do almost a double blind test.

My idea, turn off the sub late at night for more quiet and intimate listening (I have a baby), and then have the full rig on during the day for full listening. Going to power the Jordan/Alpair with a low power 1-2W tube amp (small listening room), and a LM3886 chipamp for the sub.

_henry_ · 11th January 2009, 03:25 AM

I'm planning to mate the alpair 5 with the 10's bass driver, and seriously considering using pushpull 2a3 tubes with 15 watts.

mark is recommending 40-50 watts amp to drive the alpairs, he pointed kt88 or el34 tubes, although he's using vintage 2a3 with good results.

im waiting for the right time to do this, since im terribly busy this past months. but hopefully on february will finish the alpairs

its nice to see this driver gaining interest from alot of folks

cheers

spedmetal · 11th January 2009, 03:17 PM

Im burning in my Alpair 10 FR.s on the livingroom floor, and on a comfortable spl level the meters on my amp show power peaks of about 1W. The floor probably ads gain, but what im saying is they dont need huge ammounts of watts.

oon_the_kid · 11th January 2009, 05:23 PM

Hey all you guys who have tried the alpair. How do you find the sound so far? Thinking of getting the alpair 6

Oon

Henkjan · 11th January 2009, 07:54 PM

Alpair6 is the best 3" I've heard *), I can definitively recommend it. for moderate sound levels in not too large a room, also the bass is good. (I've tried them in the Needle (a ML-TQWT))

*) yes, it is also the most expensive 3" that I've heard, so no free lunch also here unfourtunately

EUVL · 12th January 2009, 05:27 AM

Could you kindly post some details (in a new thread) ?

Most obliged,
Patrick

11th January 2009, 12:20 AM	#55
eeyore diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2005	This was actually going to be my two way active cross over setup, the sub beaing a Scan Speak 8656 Carbon fibre cone. Was going to choose a XO at around 100 Hz 3-order, and a simple high pass at around 100 Hz as well for the Jordan or Alpair. Since the cabinets are simple, I might make two sets, and when I get the spare cash (big hit after Christmas) put in the pair A10 and then I can do almost a double blind test. My idea, turn off the sub late at night for more quiet and intimate listening (I have a baby), and then have the full rig on during the day for full listening. Going to power the Jordan/Alpair with a low power 1-2W tube amp (small listening room), and a LM3886 chipamp for the sub. __________________ DF http://diy-audio-blog.blogspot.com

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10th January 2009, 12:43 PM	#51
Henkjan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs	could you also post the cone excursion? and up the power in the sim to see when it hits Xmax?

10th January 2009, 09:04 PM	#54
nietze diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Could this be a contender for a 2-way with sdx7 or should one stick with fr125s or alpair 5? I'd like to update my FR125s bipoles to something a bit more powerfull and with more "kick" in the 100-500 hz area.

11th January 2009, 03:25 AM	#56
_henry_ diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Indonesia	I'm planning to mate the alpair 5 with the 10's bass driver, and seriously considering using pushpull 2a3 tubes with 15 watts. mark is recommending 40-50 watts amp to drive the alpairs, he pointed kt88 or el34 tubes, although he's using vintage 2a3 with good results. im waiting for the right time to do this, since im terribly busy this past months. but hopefully on february will finish the alpairs its nice to see this driver gaining interest from alot of folks cheers

11th January 2009, 03:17 PM	#57
spedmetal diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kokkola	Im burning in my Alpair 10 FR.s on the livingroom floor, and on a comfortable spl level the meters on my amp show power peaks of about 1W. The floor probably ads gain, but what im saying is they dont need huge ammounts of watts.

11th January 2009, 05:23 PM	#58
oon_the_kid diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2008	Hey all you guys who have tried the alpair. How do you find the sound so far? Thinking of getting the alpair 6 Oon

11th January 2009, 07:54 PM	#59
Henkjan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs	Alpair6 is the best 3" I've heard ), I can definitively recommend it. for moderate sound levels in not too large a room, also the bass is good. (I've tried them in the Needle (a ML-TQWT)) ) yes, it is also the most expensive 3" that I've heard, so no free lunch also here unfourtunately

12th January 2009, 05:27 AM	#60
EUVL diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003	Could you kindly post some details (in a new thread) ? Most obliged, Patrick

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