Ultimate OB GALLERY

[ALF in AUS]

Originally posted by gainphile
Alf, how did you get those Hawthornes to Australia? If shipped, how expensive was it to send it? Must be very heavy ...

Hey Gainfile, G'day.
Darrel beat me to the answer ... they shipped speedily and arrived safely - well packed in a big inviting box ... it was love at first listen.

ALF

[gainphile]

Darrel & Alf .. thanks heaps.

... now to start saving ... how do you find the midrange of the Hawthorne's ?

[ALF in AUS]

Originally posted by gainphile
Darrel & Alf .. thanks heaps.

... now to start saving ... how do you find the midrange of the Hawthorne's ?

Mate the midrange is not one of those things you have to search for to find - it is there in front of you ... sweet, detailed and inviting - very smooth ... as well, the bass is very good indeed, and the treble brilliant (as with all coax speakers this needs the longest burn in time - IMO anyway - but it's great to start with and the burnin experience is a pleasure) - bass, mid and treble are very well integrated to produce a single point smooth sound .. these drivers I am very happy with ... very happy indeed ... probably a convert for life I'd say.



ALF

[ttan98]

Originally posted by ALF in AUS
Mine are not nearly so professional looking as most of those just posted ...
Silver Iris (Performance Grade) in cloth covered upholstered open baffles ...


Perhaps not so professional looking ... but they sure sound professional!!
ALF

Hi Alf,

I live in Melbourne, I am curious about the sound of the Hawthorn speakers. I heard so much about them.

If it is not too much of an intrusion would it be possible to listen to your speakers?

You can contact me privately via my email address shown on this private profile.

Thanks.

[ALF in AUS]

Originally posted by ttan98


Hi Alf,

I live in Melbourne, I am curious about the sound of the Hawthorn speakers. I heard so much about them.

If it is not too much of an intrusion would it be possible to listen to your speakers?

You can contact me privately via my email address shown on this private profile.

Thanks.

Yeh mate, I'll send you an email ... we won't be able to catch up for a couple weeks because I am absolutely flat out ... but I'll make it as soon as possible.
Cheers
ALF

[auplater]

Built ~ 2005... aging well as part of my 7.1 HT with 2 sonotube subs



and my "latest" OB restoration in progress Philco 37-116





John L.

[Kensai]

Ed,

I recognize the Neo3, but what are your mids and woofer. There also seems to be alot of crossover down there. How are you running it?

Kensai

[ebag4]

Hi Kensai:
The top MTM section is actually the GR research OB5/7 using the GR Research M130/16 drivers crossed to the Neo3PDR at about 2000 hz. The M130s are high passed at 200 hz. The bass driver is Darrel's (Hawthorne Audio) excellent 15" Augie, it is driver separately by a 100 watt (Infinity) sub amp, low pass at 200hz.

Best,
Ed

[Kensai]

The mids look like they have metal phase plugs . . . pretty sweet. And I love the minimalist baffle. I much prefer the sound field thrown by narrow OBs. Is the Infinity a repurposed car amp? I love repurposed gear.

Kensai

[ebag4]

Originally posted by Kensai
The mids look like they have metal phase plugs . . . pretty sweet. And I love the minimalist baffle. I much prefer the sound field thrown by narrow OBs. Is the Infinity a repurposed car amp? I love repurposed gear.

Kensai

No, not car sound equipment, actually it is the bass amp for the Infinity OVTR-1, I picked them up from ApexJr., here:
http://apexjr.com/inf.html

The phase plugs are actually dust caps, these are standard drivers offered on the GR Research website.

The narrow baffle was one reason I decided to build this speaker, although in my small room I may have been better off with something other than an MTM. These do so very good however, even in my small space.

Ed