P-Audio in huge MLTL

[Tomac]

Reading these posts of people doing Tannoy Autographs, Westminsters, etc. I got an idea of doing something simmilar but not in horn enclosure.
I found 2 interesting coaxials made by P-Audio:
BM12CXA
SN-12C

Has anyone heard these drivers? Are they worth trying?
My initial plan was to put them in MLTL
L=130cm
S0=SL=2.4Sd
r-port=8cm
Lport=4 cm

All criticsm appreciated

 

[Bas Horneman]

Here is a guy using 15 inch co-ax speaker from Paudio
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/hug/messages/109979.html

 

[rcavictim]

Hey Bas,

How about an update on your fabulous new speakers? Do you have drivers in them yet?

My apologies to this thread for the OT.

 

[mgoedeke]

The SN- series was not too warmly received by Klang&Ton a while back iirc. I would recon anything with at least the BM-D440/450 tweeter on the back from P.Audio, though the 2" variants (BM-D750) have some issues on the very high end (the driver dives like a rock above 13kHz so EQ would be handy) though for stage monitor use they ahve the ability to rip your head off if called for.

 

[xstephanx]

this has very little to do with this thread...so i apologise

but when would you ever need to rip your head off?

 

[mgoedeke]

Some musicians are a little deaf and like extremely loud monitors(mostly as a function of stage volume).

 

[Bas Horneman]

How about an update on your fabulous new speakers? Do you have drivers in them yet?

Not yet...I'm thinking of selling them back to the maker. Don't have the cash to make em happen in the foreseeable future.

 

[Cameron Glendin]

Tannoys the nicest duel concentric I've ever heard.
My brief flurt with P.Audio's was a bit of a disapointment. Came up nicely when eq ed, they now belong to a travelling cinema in queensland and the dolby 1/3 octive eq is necessary.
Many P audio products are brillant, many are not!

 

[Tomac]

Cameron,
could you tell me which P-audio drivers you used? on which part of response you had to apply eq?
Which P-audio drivers you find brilliant, and which you would avoid?
Thanks in advance

 

[rcavictim]

Not yet...I'm thinking of selling them back to the maker. Don't have the cash to make em happen in the foreseeable future.

Don't do it Bas! That might be something you'd live to really regret. Why not put in some inexpensive (but not low quality)drivers in the meantime like from the Dayton line at PartsExpress?

 

[Cameron Glendin]

P.Audio

I love the PA-D99 2 inch compession driver, one of the best available regardless of price

P150 and challenger 15" 600 works very well in horn loaded designs.

The BM750 (2" compression driver)is a good sounding unit for its price

Unfortunatly cannot remember the coaxial that I used. I suspect it was the 15CXA, 3.5k was dominant. Sounded very nice when equalised.

Overall I find that most of the bass drivers dont go down as deep as I like, but cinema does have a true source of sub bass recording that is not neccasary for live music reproduction.

Beware of the catalogue, the frequency graph is often for the wrong speaker!!!