Eton or Accuton or ???

foo · 13th August 2004, 12:36 PM

got 2 Idea
1.c12-2 + Eton 5-880 MTM setup
2.c12-2 + 7" Accuton single midwoofer

which one do u prefer ? And Why ?
I found the midbass can't fit with the tweeter perfectly because it has a little lower efficiency between 1khz and 4khz .
Does that reduce it's performance a lot ?
Or should I forget these 2 idea and go for an Audiotechnology
midwoofer ?

Taco · 13th August 2004, 01:36 PM

What for sound do you like?

I think the c12 + 7" has more potential. Eton is very nice but the accuton has better top-end.

If you like very smooth details without any grain buy an AudioTechnology C-quenze 7" and combine that with a Morel MDT-33 / Supreme 110 or something from ScanSpeak.

The Accuton /Thiel has a better defined low-end, but the mids of the AT are very very good.

Motorsystem of AT is huge, below a picture of a 15cm c-quenze unit (also used by Sonusfaber and Eben).

Pan · 13th August 2004, 01:44 PM

With the 7" just pad down the tweet with resitors.

Anyway, you can´t use the top end sensitivity ofthe 7" as the target anyway... unless you put the speaker up against a wall or prefer thin sound without body.

In a typicall box the 7" will have 83-85dB in the low mids and that´s what you have to aim for with the tweeter as well.

Using two drivers parallell you have higher voltage sensitivity (like 90dB with Etons) but lower impedance which will draw more current from the amp.

/Peter

foo · 14th August 2004, 10:27 AM

Thx for ur advices guys

especially the tweeter advice
i found out it's much easier to use the scan 9700 combined with eton 5-880 MTM setup

guess it will be my last design

foo · 14th August 2004, 02:02 PM

i also found the scan 8531G is good in a closed enclosure
much better than the 5-880s
But ...
Weeeeeeee~~
It's expensive ....

13th August 2004, 12:36 PM	#1
foo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: ...	Eton or Accuton or ??? got 2 Idea 1.c12-2 + Eton 5-880 MTM setup 2.c12-2 + 7" Accuton single midwoofer which one do u prefer ? And Why ? I found the midbass can't fit with the tweeter perfectly because it has a little lower efficiency between 1khz and 4khz . Does that reduce it's performance a lot ? Or should I forget these 2 idea and go for an Audiotechnology midwoofer ?

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13th August 2004, 01:36 PM	#2
Taco diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Place in the Netherlands	What for sound do you like? I think the c12 + 7" has more potential. Eton is very nice but the accuton has better top-end. If you like very smooth details without any grain buy an AudioTechnology C-quenze 7" and combine that with a Morel MDT-33 / Supreme 110 or something from ScanSpeak. The Accuton /Thiel has a better defined low-end, but the mids of the AT are very very good. Motorsystem of AT is huge, below a picture of a 15cm c-quenze unit (also used by Sonusfaber and Eben).

13th August 2004, 01:44 PM	#3
Pan diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002	With the 7" just pad down the tweet with resitors. Anyway, you can´t use the top end sensitivity ofthe 7" as the target anyway... unless you put the speaker up against a wall or prefer thin sound without body. In a typicall box the 7" will have 83-85dB in the low mids and that´s what you have to aim for with the tweeter as well. Using two drivers parallell you have higher voltage sensitivity (like 90dB with Etons) but lower impedance which will draw more current from the amp. /Peter

14th August 2004, 10:27 AM	#4
foo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: ...	Thx for ur advices guys especially the tweeter advice i found out it's much easier to use the scan 9700 combined with eton 5-880 MTM setup guess it will be my last design

14th August 2004, 02:02 PM	#5
foo diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: ...	i also found the scan 8531G is good in a closed enclosure much better than the 5-880s But ... Weeeeeeee~~ It's expensive ....

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