Seas MCA15RCY anyoane?

[tpsorin]

Hello!

I am planning to use MCA15RCY into a 3way system.
The system has 2nd order active filter with cutoff frequency of 300 / 2400Hz. Tweeter is SEAS 27TDC. Woofer: Beyma 8BR40N in a closed 55l box.
It is possible that I will upgrade filter to 4th order.

Anybody has experience with this driver? How it handles 300Hz?
I want a "fast" driver. Currently I have Beyma 5MP60N, but it can not keep up with tweeter (or at least this is my feeling).

Any other suggestion? I want to stay under 100EUR/driver.

[Salas]

I have not used the MCA15RCY. But I have used CA22RNY and I can say that this is a very good family of drivers. Natural tone, very good resolution, excellent motors. Very easy to use, no enormous rugged breakup mounts towards the high end of their passband.

[tpsorin]

What about dome midranges?

Tang Band 75-1558SE or Dayton RS52AN? Anybody used this?

[Paul W]

I used the MCA15RCY in a 3-way from about 350-2.2k 4th order and it performed well. Well behaved, smooth response.

You didn't say how loud you want to play it, so I suggest S. Linkwitz "SPL max" spreadsheet.

[tpsorin]

Originally posted by Paul W
I used the MCA15RCY in a 3-way from about 350-2.2k 4th order and it performed well. Well behaved, smooth response.

You didn't say how loud you want to play it, so I suggest S. Linkwitz "SPL max" spreadsheet.

I don't what it to play too loud. I have a 75W amplifier and potentiometer is at 8-10 o'clock.

What I want is very clear sound and large sweet spot.

For test, I tried only with woofer and tweeter crossed very low (~1khz). I liked it very much. Of course, test was at low volume.
I hope that a dome midrange will give me the same or better sound, but allow me to play at higher listening levels.
Maybe also MCA12RC is a a good variant.

[castlesteve]

Originally posted by tpsorin



I don't what it to play too loud. I have a 75W amplifier and potentiometer is at 8-10 o'clock.

What I want is very clear sound and large sweet spot.

For test, I tried only with woofer and tweeter crossed very low (~1khz). I liked it very much. Of course, test was at low volume.
I hope that a dome midrange will give me the same or better sound, but allow me to play at higher listening levels.
Maybe also MCA12RC is a a good variant.

I have the MCA12RCs in Troel Gravesons 3 way classic design and am very pleased with them. Very clear sound with exellent dispersion.
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/3WClassic.htm
Try them, you`ll like them.
Steve.

[tpsorin]

I will try both: Dayton RS52AN and Seas 12RC

[tpsorin]

I have received RS52AN. I played some voices fullrange. It sounds very very good indeed.

What it bothers me is that dome seems made of plastic. Not Aluminium.

[sreten]

Originally posted by tpsorin
I have received RS52AN. I played some voices fullrange. It sounds very very good indeed.

What it bothers me is that dome seems made of plastic. Not Aluminium.

Hi,

It should be black anodised aluminium which unlike
plastic will not survive touching it to find out.

/sreten.

[tpsorin]

Originally posted by sreten


Hi,

It should be black anodised aluminium which unlike
plastic will not survive touching it to find out.

/sreten.

It is black, but it seems not anodized aluminium. I did not press very strong to see if it bends. I just touch it to see texture. It feels like plastic to me.
Driver looks like here:
http://www.speakerdesign.net/dayton_...yton_rs52.html

I just want to know if it is made like this by dayton, or it is a counterfeit. Anybody else have this driver and can check?