Suggestion of a Midrange drivers

bng · 1st January 2009, 07:40 PM

I need help choosing a midrange driver for my speaker building project of 2009. Any suggestion of a good midrange. ScanSpeak, Accuton, Eton, Dynaudio, etc

Right now, I have these speaker drivers in 8ohms.

pair Dyaudio T330D
pair ScanSpeak 18W/8531G00 mid-woofer
four ScanSpeak 22W/8857 woofers

Henkjan · 1st January 2009, 08:15 PM

have you considered a high-end full range speaker? e.g. the Markaudio Alpair10FR

jupiterjune · 2nd January 2009, 12:21 AM

I recommend the Tang band 3" titanium driver. True, the manufacturer is not in the same league as Scanspeak, but they are really great drivers. Detailed but not harsh.

FWIW, I have Scanspeak 15W revelators in my home theater setup. There is a reason they are in the home theater rather than in my stereo setup.

JJ

inertial · 2nd January 2009, 11:30 AM

Hi

Another option, to remain with silk dome and paper wf can be SEAS CA12RCY . Gentle filtered this nice midwf is a classic. Sound good and easy IMO.

Cheers,
Paolo

Hennie · 2nd January 2009, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jupiterjune
FWIW, I have Scanspeak 15W revelators in my home theater setup. There is a reason they are in the home theater rather than in my stereo setup.

Care to give us that reason in more detail?

jupiterjune · 3rd January 2009, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Care to give us that reason in more detail?

I listen to a lot of female vocalists. When I am seriously listening, (with my eyes closed and nice glass of wine in my hand) singers like Souxsie Sioux do not sound quite right on larger midranges or two-way speakers. If I am even slightly distracted, like when watching a movie, I never notice the imperfections.

JJ

el`Ol · 3rd January 2009, 08:14 AM

I have recently seen a test of this ATD:
http://www.hifisound.de/oxid/oxid.ph...K--KOHLEFASER/
It is originally built as a mini midwoofer with low Fs, but has good sensitivity due to its high Qms / low Qes. Figures are somewhat different than given in this shop.
More value for money is simply impossible.

lazyfly · 3rd January 2009, 09:28 AM

jupiterjune,

Are your 15W's raw paper or treated? A friend treated his 18W's and found them to be a better, more refined listen.

FWIW I have 18W's [raw] in my mains and even the CSS FR125 is nicer with female vocals than the 18W, which I find to be somewhat nasally.

inertial · 3rd January 2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Henkjan
have you considered a high-end full range speaker? e.g. the Markaudio Alpair10FR

Hi,

Do you have tested that Alpair10? It seems very promising.......

Cheers,
Paolo

Henkjan · 3rd January 2009, 03:04 PM

it's waiting for someone to deliver me a big box of extra free time....

1st January 2009, 07:40 PM	#1
bng diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002	Suggestion of a Midrange drivers I need help choosing a midrange driver for my speaker building project of 2009. Any suggestion of a good midrange. ScanSpeak, Accuton, Eton, Dynaudio, etc Right now, I have these speaker drivers in 8ohms. pair Dyaudio T330D pair ScanSpeak 18W/8531G00 mid-woofer four ScanSpeak 22W/8857 woofers

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1st January 2009, 08:15 PM	#2
Henkjan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs	have you considered a high-end full range speaker? e.g. the Markaudio Alpair10FR

2nd January 2009, 12:21 AM	#3
jupiterjune diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006	I recommend the Tang band 3" titanium driver. True, the manufacturer is not in the same league as Scanspeak, but they are really great drivers. Detailed but not harsh. FWIW, I have Scanspeak 15W revelators in my home theater setup. There is a reason they are in the home theater rather than in my stereo setup. JJ

2nd January 2009, 11:30 AM	#4
inertial diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Italy	Hi Another option, to remain with silk dome and paper wf can be SEAS CA12RCY . Gentle filtered this nice midwf is a classic. Sound good and easy IMO. Cheers, Paolo

3rd January 2009, 08:14 AM	#7
el`Ol diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bavarian Forest	I have recently seen a test of this ATD: http://www.hifisound.de/oxid/oxid.ph...K--KOHLEFASER/ It is originally built as a mini midwoofer with low Fs, but has good sensitivity due to its high Qms / low Qes. Figures are somewhat different than given in this shop. More value for money is simply impossible.

3rd January 2009, 09:28 AM	#8
lazyfly diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne	jupiterjune, Are your 15W's raw paper or treated? A friend treated his 18W's and found them to be a better, more refined listen. FWIW I have 18W's [raw] in my mains and even the CSS FR125 is nicer with female vocals than the 18W, which I find to be somewhat nasally.

3rd January 2009, 03:04 PM	#10
Henkjan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs	it's waiting for someone to deliver me a big box of extra free time....

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