Hello everyone!

[augerpro]

New to the forum here. i'm getting back into audio and the DIY community is pretty impressive now!

This winter I'll be building various little projects to learn the ropes so be prepared for some dumb questions

My eventual goal is to beat, in every way, the Onix Rocket 760s I have. I just bought the setup a couple months ago and really like them. I finally started sitting down and listening to music again!

My first little project before building and actual speaker involves the 760s. Assuming the crossover is competently designed, I've read that a SS 9800 should drop right in. So bought a couple. From a SQ standpoint what can I expect? I like the XT25 as far as where it is on the bright/laidback scale, however I'm looking for a little more clarity and smoothness. Will the 9800s deliver?

Also can anyone steer me to some primers on designing loudspeakers and crossovers, and using various tools to measure speaker response?

Thanks in advance!

[Willitwork]

Originally posted by augerpro Assuming the crossover is competently designed, I've read that a SS 9800 should drop right in. So bought a couple. From a SQ standpoint what can I expect?[/B]

Hello augerpro, I'm also new to this forum but I trust my welcome is as good as anyone else's

I'm new to the forum as I said, but not to the hobby. Just a bit rusted after a decade of enjoying my last creation which was so perfect it couldn't be improved by anyone.

Nah, what happened is I got married and ran into some serious WAF issues, but I digress.

With regards to dropping a new driver in an existing system, if the crossover was indeed "competently designed" then in all likeliness the 9800 won't perform as good as the Vifa. Both tweeters have the same Fs and nominal impedance but apart from that they don't have much in common and I doubt a crossover designed for the somewhat unusual design of the XT25 would be able to extract top performance from a different driver regardless of its pedigree.

Something else worth taking into consideration is the fact that the relatively expensive (for a Vifa) ring tweeter may have been chosen, among other reasons, for favorable compatibility with the other drivers in the system. In audiophile quality speakers this criteria is of critical importance. IMHO using the 9800 would require crossover adjustment.