W4-657sc

Salas · 30th March 2005, 11:05 AM

Do you have any listening experiences with Tangband W4-657SC ? Any comments?

Timn8ter · 30th March 2005, 08:24 PM

I found them to be a bit fatiguing to listen to. The upside is that you can get respectable bass response from them.

Timn8ter · 30th March 2005, 08:32 PM

I sent one to Mark McKenzie for a measurement and this is what he came back with.

Hrappur · 30th March 2005, 11:45 PM

That looks like a picture of the Himalayas

Timn8ter · 31st March 2005, 12:23 AM

Yeah. I haven't pursued it but the lower peak should be easy enough to filter and if you roll it off to a tweeter before the second peak you might have something worth listening to.

Josephjcole · 31st March 2005, 01:18 AM

I was supprised how listenable it was though... I only listened to it that once with you, Tim, but it was supprisingly good. Maybe I had just set my expectations so low that I was impressed with average sound. Either way it was a fairly short listen, but it might be quite good for the price if you could tame those peaks.
Joe

rdf · 31st March 2005, 02:40 AM

Note that Mark uses a linear frequency scale for his graphs, requiring a mental conversion before comparing to regular data sheets, but yep, that's what they sound like. A very, very nice speaker for the money with an unliveable blemish at 8 kHz.

Salas · 31st March 2005, 07:31 AM

I think I would use W4-655SA up to 15kHz. The metal SC is better for use as an extended range. I will make a speaker with 2XSC and the 28mm TB tweeter and I will report.
I can not find a better performance / price ratio for an extended than the SC. It is a looker too.

johninCR · 2nd April 2005, 01:52 AM

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Originally posted by salas
I can not find a better performance / price ratio for an extended than the SC. It is a looker too.

You just haven't looked. Go to electronics supply houses that carry replacement speakers for TV's, radios, etc. Give everything you can find for under $5 ea a listen. I found some for $1.50 that have a nice smooth sound with a reasonably flat responce from 180hz to 10600hz. They might not look as cool, but I'm sure they sound worlds better than those TBs. Listening to lots of different drivers in your search really tunes your ears to wide variety of sound that different drivers have.

Mayuri · 11th March 2010, 11:31 AM

Major gravedigging, but what kind of components would one need to tame the peak at about 7kHz. I was thinking of doing a speaker with W4-657 and some tweeter (a piezo, perhaps) to take off after 10kHz. Would 1st order crossover be enough to damp the high frequenzies on the full range so the tweeter can add the "air" the W4-657 lacks.

30th March 2005, 11:05 AM	#1
Salas diyAudio Chief Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens-Greece	W4-657sc Do you have any listening experiences with Tangband W4-657SC ? Any comments?

30th March 2005, 11:45 PM	#4
Hrappur diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Reykjavik	peaks and wailers That looks like a picture of the Himalayas __________________ My name is Action, lights, musik, action

31st March 2005, 07:31 AM	#8
Salas diyAudio Chief Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens-Greece	W4-655SA I think I would use W4-655SA up to 15kHz. The metal SC is better for use as an extended range. I will make a speaker with 2XSC and the 28mm TB tweeter and I will report. I can not find a better performance / price ratio for an extended than the SC. It is a looker too.

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Timn8ter diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	I found them to be a bit fatiguing to listen to. The upside is that you can get respectable bass response from them.

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Timn8ter diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Yeah. I haven't pursued it but the lower peak should be easy enough to filter and if you roll it off to a tweeter before the second peak you might have something worth listening to.

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Josephjcole diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wisconsin	I was supprised how listenable it was though... I only listened to it that once with you, Tim, but it was supprisingly good. Maybe I had just set my expectations so low that I was impressed with average sound. Either way it was a fairly short listen, but it might be quite good for the price if you could tame those peaks. Joe

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rdf diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: big smoke	Note that Mark uses a linear frequency scale for his graphs, requiring a mental conversion before comparing to regular data sheets, but yep, that's what they sound like. A very, very nice speaker for the money with an unliveable blemish at 8 kHz.

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Mayuri diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Finland	Major gravedigging, but what kind of components would one need to tame the peak at about 7kHz. I was thinking of doing a speaker with W4-657 and some tweeter (a piezo, perhaps) to take off after 10kHz. Would 1st order crossover be enough to damp the high frequenzies on the full range so the tweeter can add the "air" the W4-657 lacks.

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