Vifa NE85W 2.5"

inrank · 03:12 PM

Anyone actually got their hands on one yet? looks an interesting option against the FR88EX / Bandor 50mm / Omnes BB3.AL / Mark Audio Alpair 5/6.....

Vifa NE85W, 2.5" Fullrange Driver, 4 ohm from Madisound

Bill poster · 12th May 2010, 04:40 PM

I also like the look of this one for the bandwidth (if they are being truthful); no idea what they sound like.. 3" aluminium and $30 each. Bit of a sudden rise at 15 khz

http://www.parts-express.com/pdf/264-887s.pdf

chrisb · 12th May 2010, 04:57 PM

nice basket casting - but spoiled by the rather chunky terminal block, which aside from the aesthetics, could make for tight wiring and baffle machining on line arrays with which no doubt some folks will want to experiment

Bill poster · 12th May 2010, 05:12 PM

just spotted this line array bargain - 3" poly cone, good bandwidth

Tang Band TGW3-560SE 3" Full Range 20 ohm from Madisound

inrank · 13th May 2010, 08:30 AM

I saw someone posted recently a pic of the basket, but did not give any subjective views on their performance.

inrank · 13th May 2010, 10:45 AM

There also seems to be two versions, the REv1.1 which has the normal surround and a nicer Response Graph and an FS - 167Hz, and the REv2.0 which has am inverted surround (Pic on Madisound site), more ragged top end (Bigger Breakup Peaks) and an FS - 105Hz.

Quite a big difference

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/PDF/NE85W-04.pdf

http://www.premiumloudspeakers.com/f...0Rev%202_0.pdf

Godzilla · 13th May 2010, 03:22 PM

For now i am going to pass on these new Vifa's... I wish their 6" driver had a more extended response.

chrisb · 13th May 2010, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godzilla

For now i am going to pass on these new Vifa's... I wish their 6" driver had a more extended response.

well then, there's always the Alpair 7 and 12 bracketing this nominal dimension -

I finally got a pair of the former installed in some boxes late yesterday evening, and only got a chance to listen to them on some TV. Maybe some music tonight?

chrisb · 13th May 2010, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill poster

just spotted this line array bargain - 3" poly cone, good bandwidth

Tang Band TGW3-560SE 3" Full Range 20 ohm from Madisound

That looks virtually identical to a driver of which a buddy of mine acquired a batch of B-stock/warranty returns from some clearance house - they are a very nicely made little driver indeed.

I fabricated a pair of line array towers with 25 per side ( it's handy to have access to a talented CNC operator rather

) - maybe someday I'll have to listen to them.

inrank · 17th May 2010, 06:07 PM

No one heard them then?

12th May 2010, 03:10 PM	#1
inrank diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	Vifa NE85W 2.5" Anyone actually got their hands on one yet? looks an interesting option against the FR88EX / Bandor 50mm / Omnes BB3.AL / Mark Audio Alpair 5/6..... Vifa NE85W, 2.5" Fullrange Driver, 4 ohm from Madisound Last edited by inrank; 12th May 2010 at 03:12 PM.

12th May 2010, 04:57 PM	#3
chrisb diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: victoria BC	nice basket casting - but spoiled by the rather chunky terminal block, which aside from the aesthetics, could make for tight wiring and baffle machining on line arrays with which no doubt some folks will want to experiment __________________ you don't really believe everything you think, do you? community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com commercial site planet10-HiFi

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12th May 2010, 04:40 PM	#2
Bill poster diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London	I also like the look of this one for the bandwidth (if they are being truthful); no idea what they sound like.. 3" aluminium and $30 each. Bit of a sudden rise at 15 khz http://www.parts-express.com/pdf/264-887s.pdf

12th May 2010, 05:12 PM	#4
Bill poster diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London	just spotted this line array bargain - 3" poly cone, good bandwidth Tang Band TGW3-560SE 3" Full Range 20 ohm from Madisound

13th May 2010, 08:30 AM	#5
inrank diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	I saw someone posted recently a pic of the basket, but did not give any subjective views on their performance.

13th May 2010, 10:45 AM	#6
inrank diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	There also seems to be two versions, the REv1.1 which has the normal surround and a nicer Response Graph and an FS - 167Hz, and the REv2.0 which has am inverted surround (Pic on Madisound site), more ragged top end (Bigger Breakup Peaks) and an FS - 105Hz. Quite a big difference http://www.madisound.com/catalog/PDF/NE85W-04.pdf http://www.premiumloudspeakers.com/f...0Rev%202_0.pdf

17th May 2010, 06:07 PM	#10
inrank diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	No one heard them then?

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