Q:monacor sph-165kep

[Tomac]

has anyone used used this driver as a midbass?I heard that it is very good mid driver but I would like to use it as a midbass in 16 litres vented box.anyone had experiences with it?
thanks in advance
Tomac

[sreten]

http://jan-jaap.vegter.nu/bs.html

I found this but don't understand Dutch - well I think its Dutch.

The crosover suggests the driver isn't as smooth as the curves
on the Monicor site show, but there are no measurements.

sreten.

[Tomac]

another combination that fell on my mind is to use Monacor SPH 170 as a midbass.it is a rather cheap driver with pretty good freq response and it can go pretty low judging by parameters given by monacor.

[sreten]

check this out for both drivers :

http://www.klingtgut-lsv.de/shop/ind...eap_tricks.htm

sreten.

[Leeuwarden]

Okay, anyone already tried the SPH-165KEP by now?
I'm curious too!

[Tomac]

Now,that was an old thread
Still,haven't tried it but still I remain curios

cheers
Tomac

[Magura]

Ive had the sph-165 kep in a 4 way system for a number of years by now, it actually performs pretty close to monacor's specs. I have been quite impressed with it, especially counting in that back when I bought it, it was about 90USD, but counting out the fact that it's relatively cheap, it's a good mid-bass at any price.

Only got one bad thing to say about them, the colour of the cone is changing over time, and its not an insignificant change.

Magura

[Leeuwarden]

Originally posted by Magura
... it's a good mid-bass at any price.


Magura

Hello Magura,

Is this speaker "the secret tip" I've been waiting for? Could you compare it with another midrange? (I know, I know, that's a dangerous question to ask...)

Jan

[weidok]

Use 2 x SPH-165 KEP - 1 x Neodym-Tweeter DT-25n and only MKP 2,7 uF / 400V -in serie whit the tweeter

[Magura]

Originally posted by Leeuwarden



Hello Magura,

Is this speaker "the secret tip" I've been waiting for? Could you compare it with another midrange? (I know, I know, that's a dangerous question to ask...)

Jan

I will try to stay clear of the usual gibberish....and stick to the facts.

I would compare it to and have had something to do with lately, scan speak 15M/4531K00. The scan speak is like 3 times as expensive, and it caused me a lot of trouble to get the XO right, in fact I'm not sure it's right still.

In my opinion Monacor is very overlooked when it comes to speakers. The quality of their top range units is very high, the support offered by monacor is very fine, and they are very cheap compared to most other brands. I have built a few speakers with monacor units, it's been a pleasent surprise every time.

Magura