Ascendant Audio poly 6.5's - are they still availible?

Spasticteapot · 21st January 2007, 05:01 AM

Ascendant lists the Poly 6.5 on their webpage.

http://www.ascendantaudio.com/poly_6.5_page.html

However, Zaph (who liked these drivers a lot) lists them as discontinued.

When I model a 24 liter box in WinISD, I get eerily flat response - the -3db point is at 40hz!

I'm looking to build myself a pair of "really good" speakers as soon as I get the hang of building lesser ones, and these might just fit the bill. I'm leaning towards a pair of Bohlender-Graebner Neo3's for the tweeters - their relatively low price and very low distortion are both big selling points - but a pair of good dome tweeters would'nt be bad, either.

454Casull · 21st January 2007, 06:05 AM

If they are, it's rather unfortunate. They look to deliver awesome performance for their cost... or at any cost, rather.

Ang · 21st January 2007, 07:28 AM

looks like they're still available direct.

Spasticteapot · 21st January 2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by Ang
looks like they're still available direct.

Woot!

I must say that I very much like this woofer - it's perfect for a medium-sized 2-way, it's cheap, and it's attractive. Good combination if you ask me!

I'm a bit new to speaker design, but it seems to me that a 24 liter (0.85 cu. ft.) enclosure is just the right size for one of these woofers. The THD is not as good past 200hz, but it's still better than anything else I can afford anyway.

As a completely unrelated side note, can anyone reccomend a good design based around this woofer?

PB2 · 24th May 2007, 05:54 PM

They seem to be out of stock on all their drivers.

Parts Express should second source it.

21st January 2007, 05:01 AM	#1
Spasticteapot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin....what did you expect?	Ascendant Audio poly 6.5's - are they still availible? Ascendant lists the Poly 6.5 on their webpage. http://www.ascendantaudio.com/poly_6.5_page.html However, Zaph (who liked these drivers a lot) lists them as discontinued. When I model a 24 liter box in WinISD, I get eerily flat response - the -3db point is at 40hz! I'm looking to build myself a pair of "really good" speakers as soon as I get the hang of building lesser ones, and these might just fit the bill. I'm leaning towards a pair of Bohlender-Graebner Neo3's for the tweeters - their relatively low price and very low distortion are both big selling points - but a pair of good dome tweeters would'nt be bad, either.

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21st January 2007, 06:05 AM	#2
454Casull diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada	If they are, it's rather unfortunate. They look to deliver awesome performance for their cost... or at any cost, rather.

21st January 2007, 07:28 AM	#3
Ang diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pittsburgh	looks like they're still available direct.

24th May 2007, 05:54 PM	#5
PB2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: North East Blog Entries: 1	They seem to be out of stock on all their drivers. Parts Express should second source it.

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