Help with a Small Mistake - Page 3

rhart · 2nd February 2006, 11:18 PM

Here's a quick pic of one of the speakers.

I ran my VDH CS122 cable direct to the driver (where I attached some speaker plugs). I couldn't decide on what hook-up wire to use so I thought I'd do this until I found some FE207Es and chose the wire.

Cal Weldon · 2nd February 2006, 11:22 PM

Those look very nice! I mean it, it looks very nice.

Salas · 3rd February 2006, 01:00 PM

Very nice grain and finish. Bravo.
Is the Fostex broken in? A notch filter, break in, and a proper loudspeaker cable will stop comments like 'blown up pc speaker'.

rhart · 3rd February 2006, 08:50 PM

They are breaking'n nicely. The highs are starting to even-out. I don't have a notch filter, but did put 5ohm Mills noninductive resisors on the + terminals. This brought the bass level up and smoothed-out the harshness/brightness. They are starting to approach the Omega Grande 8 that I listened to a little while ago (inspiring this DIY tribute).

I'm using a Bryston 3B-ST (a very high damping factor). So, I may try 10ohm to hear how that sounds. I have yet to try these with my t-amp...but I am curious so maybe this weekend.

I'll let me girlfriend have another listen when she gets home from work and try to get her to recant her "computer speaker" comment--though I doubt she will since she wants my PMC DB1s back on the stands.

Salas · 4th February 2006, 01:29 PM

Apart from creating a current source drive tiping the balance towards bass, dont your resistors create division and compress dynamics? Did you notice dynamic compression also?

rhart · 5th February 2006, 07:50 PM

I haven't noticed any loss of dynamics and only a little loss in resolution with the Mills resistor.

2nd February 2006, 11:22 PM	#22
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Those look very nice! I mean it, it looks very nice. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

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3rd February 2006, 01:00 PM	#23
Salas diyAudio Chief Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens-Greece	Very nice grain and finish. Bravo. Is the Fostex broken in? A notch filter, break in, and a proper loudspeaker cable will stop comments like 'blown up pc speaker'.

3rd February 2006, 08:50 PM	#24
rhart diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, ONT	They are breaking'n nicely. The highs are starting to even-out. I don't have a notch filter, but did put 5ohm Mills noninductive resisors on the + terminals. This brought the bass level up and smoothed-out the harshness/brightness. They are starting to approach the Omega Grande 8 that I listened to a little while ago (inspiring this DIY tribute). I'm using a Bryston 3B-ST (a very high damping factor). So, I may try 10ohm to hear how that sounds. I have yet to try these with my t-amp...but I am curious so maybe this weekend. I'll let me girlfriend have another listen when she gets home from work and try to get her to recant her "computer speaker" comment--though I doubt she will since she wants my PMC DB1s back on the stands.

4th February 2006, 01:29 PM	#25
Salas diyAudio Chief Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens-Greece	Apart from creating a current source drive tiping the balance towards bass, dont your resistors create division and compress dynamics? Did you notice dynamic compression also?

5th February 2006, 07:50 PM	#26
rhart diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, ONT	I haven't noticed any loss of dynamics and only a little loss in resolution with the Mills resistor.

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