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[moodybuilder]

hi
was going to make a pair of half chilli chang speakers but no fostex 167, so can anyone give advice on a different driver or alter the design
regards phil

[chrisb]

Originally Posted by moodybuilder

hi
was going to make a pair of half chilli chang speakers but no fostex 167, so can anyone give advice on a different driver or alter the design
regards phil

Scottmoose will have some ideas re the newest Mark Audio drivers ( i.e. Alpair12) - the enclosures may be rather different than the half Chili. Judging by what I've heard of the smaller drivers and others have reported on the A10 and A12s - these should probably be on any DIYers short list of "affordable" drivers.

And of course lots of folks ( I think including Bob Brines?) are quite enamored of newer large TangBands, or for that matter Audio Nirvana.

[moodybuilder]

chers for the response but iwould like to use either fostex or jordans as these are more readily avalable in the UK also eard both these before and liked what they were doing, also cabnet hight is an issue as i have a real living room so still need help, cheers phil

[chris661]

Hmmm...

There's a lot of small bookshelf designs for Fostex drivers, but you need the drivers suited for vented use (FE127 if you can get hold of them, there's a couple of others too).

[moodybuilder]

thanks again,
I can have a hight of up to 36" as said i liked the sound of FE167e but cant get them unless anyone knows where has some in the uK, so i was thinking FE166 instead but dont know about cabnet adjustments,
please help
phil

[chrisb]

Originally Posted by moodybuilder

chers for the response but iwould like to use either fostex or jordans as these are more readily avalable in the UK also eard both these before and liked what they were doing, also cabnet hight is an issue as i have a real living room so still need help, cheers phil

Phil:

If Jordans are on your candidate list, then overlooking the newest Mark Audio designs, even if there is no direct UK distributor/reseller, could considered shortsighted.

I've heard multiple samples of both within the past couple of years, as well as being quite familiar with the late FExx7 and FFxxxK series, so the suggestion is not made on idle conjecture or 'cause "I read it on the internet"

of course I also understand the leap of faith required in the absence of an opportunity to hear something new with your own ears.


The requirement by any of the FExxx6E (now "n") drivers for a larger enclosure types than those in which the 7's would work could certainly be an issue in terms of domestic acceptance factors. Some solutions to this issue include separate woofers/bi-amping, but I'd suspect this might not be practical in your case?

There is no shortage of enclosure designs proven to work well for any of the drivers listed, better recommendations for either could be made if you were to clarifying your physical space constraints and anticipated amplifier power.

[chrisb]

Phil:

ps to above post - (too late to edit)

above was typed while multi-tasking, so excuse the possibly pizzy tone - not intended

cheers

[planet10]

FExx6En drivers really want to be in a horn...

I have FE167eN available if you want the best Chilis possible... you might also be able to talk Colin (Toppsy) in north England out of his (idle speculation on my part -- he has the addiction and is on to different things)

The Mark Audio are excellent, just not in the same efficiency league as the Fostex.Some of the gen 1 metal drivers are broadly similar to the Jordan, the gen2 are better IMHO.They are available from blue planet in Germany.

dave

[moodybuilder]

hi thanks for the advice/replies as for my room its 6m x 4m as i said i only really want the speaker to be about 1m tall, for power/ampifacation i use an Exposure 3010, 100 watts pc, the main music i listen to is jazz, folk & female vocals (emmylou harris, sandy denny, diana krall & naterlie merchant) to name a few, hope this helps
phil

[chrisb]

Originally Posted by moodybuilder

hi thanks for the advice/replies as for my room its 6m x 4m as i said i only really want the speaker to be about 1m tall, for power/ampifacation i use an Exposure 3010, 100 watts pc, the main music i listen to is jazz, folk & female vocals (emmylou harris, sandy denny, diana krall & naterlie merchant) to name a few, hope this helps
phil

That should certainly be plenty of power for lower sensitivity ( on paper ) drivers such as the Jordans or Mark Audio. Indeed, while I'm not familiar with or want to disparage the Exposure amp, at lower listening levels, the currently available higher sensitivity Fostex drivers (i.e. FE166En, FE206En) might well expose some heretofore undiscovered warts in the amp's sonics.

There are some relatively simple designs for the J or MA drivers that would easily fit your size criteria: the well proven 36" MLTL, Scott's Pensil 10 or 12 for singles, and the "microtower" for dual 4" (e.g. CHR & EL70) Note that the MA are 4ohms, so unless an amp's stability and sonics are known to be safe and listenable at 2ohms, duals should probably configured in series)