Finished up my first speaker build today. CHR70's in 6L sealed.
At first I was a little sad I couldn't get them in gold, but I'm liking the silver now.
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At first I was a little sad I couldn't get them in gold, but I'm liking the silver now.
Nice build, how do you like th e sound?
The "gold" Alpairs are copper. The "gold" CHRs are champagne, they have just a touch of pink in them. The last gold drivers that were gold were original generation Alpairs.
dave
The "gold" Alpairs are copper. The "gold" CHRs are champagne, they have just a touch of pink in them. The last gold drivers that were gold were original generation Alpairs.
dave
After realizing excellent results with open baffle (many ‘full/wide range’ drivers, regardless of specs, can be used on something around 2’ wide x 4’ tall when including bass support), I began wondering about sealed boxes and drivers that work well in them with bass support. I always felt the three and four inch TB’s I used performed well in simple sealed enclosures of reasonable size. When partnered with a powered sub everything gels.
Wide range drivers offer many ways to musical goodness. I bet your relatively simple sealed speakers sound great… and would sound even better with bass support. Enjoy them!
I’d like a pair too! Uhg! Not many will be able to go back to speakers with crossovers after listening to these things for a while… I can’t! All I hear is the handoff from one driver to another.
Wide range drivers offer many ways to musical goodness. I bet your relatively simple sealed speakers sound great… and would sound even better with bass support. Enjoy them!
I’d like a pair too! Uhg! Not many will be able to go back to speakers with crossovers after listening to these things for a while… I can’t! All I hear is the handoff from one driver to another.
Finished up my first speaker build today. CHR70's in 6L sealed.
At first I was a little sad I couldn't get them in gold, but I'm liking the silver now.
Smart looking speakers, now enjoy!
Make sure you break in the drivers gently before playing loud.
A went out and grabbed pictures to illustrate:
Alpair gold, CHR champangne, Alpair copper, CHR (G2) silver, Alpair silver
dave
At first look I thought you had some type of Markaudio variants- the centers look like they are inverted(!).
They're sounding good, better each day. I'll be honest, I wasn't blown away at first, but I recently went back to the logitechs I was using and the difference is huge.
I can pinpoint sounds so clearly in the mix. I was listening to one song by Muse and there was a little guitar riff that was sitting 6 inches from the left speaker. It then did the tiniest pan left and right, moving only a couple inches in each direction. But I could hear every movement. Got chills. With my old speakers it'd just come out of the left speaker.
A lot of the reverb and subtlies are very clear. Highs are still a bit harsh, I'm hoping they'll get better with time.
All in all, considering the price tag they're fantastic!
Time to get started on the sub
That's the reason I ended up selling my gen2 CHR's - the highs seemed to harsh to me, like a cheap mylar tweeter. Hopefully the gen3 turns out better with break in.
I found harsh highs on gen2 but some simple EQ fixed it (series inductor). gen3 dosen't have this issue but is still a little hot on axis compared with off axis. Overall superb drivers though aslong as you can work around there limitations. Infact the gen3 is perfectly listenable inside a simple ported box with no eq which makes it very good value.
Chris, I do really wanna try Alpair 6M, but they are embarrassing expensive for such a small driver. I can almost get a pair of CHR70 with the price for a single 6M.
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