Frugel-Horn Mk3 Picture Gallery - Page 6

planet10 · 1st April 2012, 02:49 AM

Fantastic... far too many discount the EL70 because it is too inexpensive. If performs well above its price point.

Is that some Audio Research kit in the background.

dave

nrg2009 · 1st April 2012, 02:52 AM

Very nice set of speakers and impressive setup in the background. I love the color of the speakers. Enjoy listening.

pchw · 1st April 2012, 06:26 AM

Good eyes, Dave.
They are vintage ARC sp-6c and Dac 1.

The FH Mk3 is now mated to a Mini-Aleph which I tuned it to provide 18 healthy watts of class A power. I just fired them up 20 minutes ago after some boring in-law gathering :-) Panic at the beginning but resolved it in 10 mins - I torqued the driver too tight.

Before the Mk3, the Mini-A was hooked up to a pair of 3 ways Dahlquist. I didn't feel I missed anything from the high and low in sense of the whole frequency spectrum is very balanced and natural. Obviously, the drivers had less than 20 minutes of exercise, what surprised me is the bass the little driver reproduced. While I never audition any full range speaker prior to the Mk3, I can second Dave's comment about not to discount this little fellow - the EL70. If there is one thing I wish for the EL70, it will be a little more efficient.

nrg2009, the color is called antique red. My wife also likes the color. No kidding, her attitude was a 180 degree turned around when she saw the cabinets "naked" to after completed stained. To be honest, I was surprised that the whole project turned out - a pair of great sounding and beautiful speakers. I am sure I will be in 9 cloud after the drivers are broken in!!

Kudo, Dave, Chris, and the whole design team!!

dobbykins · 2nd April 2012, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchw

nrg2009, the color is called antique red.

pchw - I'm curious if I could convince you to post a couple more pictures to better show off the color. This looks very close to what I'd like to do with mine. Great work!

Thanks,
Guy

Bozeman83 · 6th April 2012, 02:17 PM

Here are my finished Solid Cherry Frugel Horns. They sound great and look great. Tell you what, it takes about 5 times as long to make them from solid wood then from plywood.

woodturner-fran · 6th April 2012, 02:19 PM

They're lovely though.....

Fran

zman01 · 6th April 2012, 03:11 PM

Bozeman,

Splendid looking set of speakers! Congratulations!

I see you've got a tweeter/super tweeter on top - I am guessing the drivers in the FH MK3 are CHP-70.2?

-Zia

planet10 · 6th April 2012, 06:18 PM

Good work Bozeman

dave

toobhed · 6th April 2012, 07:05 PM

Quite beautiful indeed! ...may I ask what cap/resistor values you have on what looks like the ERT tweeter?
Mario

Bozeman83 · 6th April 2012, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zman01

Bozeman,

Splendid looking set of speakers! Congratulations!

I see you've got a tweeter/super tweeter on top - I am guessing the drivers in the FH MK3 are CHP-70.2?

-Zia

That is correct.

1st April 2012, 02:49 AM	#51
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 5	Fantastic... far too many discount the EL70 because it is too inexpensive. If performs well above its price point. Is that some Audio Research kit in the background. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com, frugal-phile.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

1st April 2012, 06:26 AM	#53
pchw diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fremont, California	Good eyes, Dave. They are vintage ARC sp-6c and Dac 1. The FH Mk3 is now mated to a Mini-Aleph which I tuned it to provide 18 healthy watts of class A power. I just fired them up 20 minutes ago after some boring in-law gathering :-) Panic at the beginning but resolved it in 10 mins - I torqued the driver too tight. Before the Mk3, the Mini-A was hooked up to a pair of 3 ways Dahlquist. I didn't feel I missed anything from the high and low in sense of the whole frequency spectrum is very balanced and natural. Obviously, the drivers had less than 20 minutes of exercise, what surprised me is the bass the little driver reproduced. While I never audition any full range speaker prior to the Mk3, I can second Dave's comment about not to discount this little fellow - the EL70. If there is one thing I wish for the EL70, it will be a little more efficient. nrg2009, the color is called antique red. My wife also likes the color. No kidding, her attitude was a 180 degree turned around when she saw the cabinets "naked" to after completed stained. To be honest, I was surprised that the whole project turned out - a pair of great sounding and beautiful speakers. I am sure I will be in 9 cloud after the drivers are broken in!! Kudo, Dave, Chris, and the whole design team!! __________________ - Fred -

6th April 2012, 06:18 PM	#58
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 5	Good work Bozeman dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com, frugal-phile.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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1st April 2012, 02:52 AM	#52
nrg2009 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Detroit, born and raised in the netherlands.	Very nice set of speakers and impressive setup in the background. I love the color of the speakers. Enjoy listening.

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woodturner-fran diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ireland	They're lovely though..... Fran

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zman01 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dhaka	Bozeman, Splendid looking set of speakers! Congratulations! I see you've got a tweeter/super tweeter on top - I am guessing the drivers in the FH MK3 are CHP-70.2? -Zia

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toobhed diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2010	Quite beautiful indeed! ...may I ask what cap/resistor values you have on what looks like the ERT tweeter? Mario

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