newbie help

[spoggles]

Hi all, I have been doing some reading around here and have enjoyed this site very much....I'm interested in getting my first kit and hope some of you could take a look at what I'm considering this kit requires me to make my own cabinet wich is not a prob, I have a wood working shop at my disposal as well as humble skills, the kit I am considering is available not too far from my house so it would be convenient if you guys give me the thumbs up!...as a reference I was going to buy some Boston Accoustics bookshelve speakers that were $400 CAD. retail....here the link and thx for your help
http://www.solen.ca/pmmonitor.htm

[SY]

Solen is a very reputable company. And these are very good drivers. Don't expect floor-shaking bass, but otherwise, this will probably be a fine little speaker. A kit is an excellent choice if you don't have the skills and test equipment necessary to do your own design.

Thumbs up.

[spoggles]

thx for the thumbs up!....i think I will enjoy making these very much, and maybe i have found a new hobbie , i hope these speakers have as good a sound or better than the bostons wich I liked because of the airy sound they produce I will be driving this kit with an old Quad 303 amp wich i trully love...

[sreten]

Sorry, but its thumbs down from me as its a nearfield monitor.

Only build it if its going to be used in that context.

Suggest this :

http://home.hetnet.nl/~geenius/DD8-MkII.html

though there are other excellent designs available for your budget.

something bigger ? :

http://www.speakerbuilder.net/web_fi...a/lyramain.htm

something very small ? :

http://home.hetnet.nl/~geenius/HATT-III.html

sreten.

[gary f]

Well, I'm not sure that it matter wether it is a nearfield monitor or an "ordinary hi-fi speaker".

I read a study in an audio Mag comparing small 2 ways hi-fi with 2 professional nearfield monitors. The main difference was power handling and compression being better for the pro units. But the frequency response and dispersion was not very different between units.

So, I wonder if this particular "nearfield monitor" is really different from any "small 2-way hi-fi speakers" like the Hatt or others.

Back to the point, these drivers are good units and i would be confident to buy them.

F

[sreten]

Originally posted by gary f
Well, I'm not sure that it matter wether it is a nearfield monitor or an "ordinary hi-fi speaker".
F

Well it should, the amount of bafflestep included is the main issue.

It does happen that many commercial speakers have limited or
no baffle step avoiding boomy bass when poorly placed, but
conversely poor bass when well placed, and end having to be
used at least very near the rear wall.

The sensistivity of the "nearfield monitor" indicates it has no baffle
step correction, and IMO would make a poor stereo farfield speaker.

The same applies to many small "hifi" speakers specified for "AV" use.

sreten.

[Jay]

I owned the speaker once. My impression was that it was very balance (well, compared to most of my own design )

And it didn't sound like a nearfield monitor to me. The vocal was clear from 50m with mini-crescendo.

And I'm looking forward to pairing the woofer with XT25, like that of Premium11 (same box)

[spoggles]

Originally posted by sreten


The sensistivity of the "nearfield monitor" indicates it has no baffle
step correction, and IMO would make a poor stereo farfield speaker.

the solen people seem nice enough maybe they could incorporate for me the baffle step correction in the XO design ? or should i go with the Audax kit as I intend to use these as main speakers?
http://www.solen.ca/audsrd.htm