Frugel-Horn Mk3 flat-paks - Page 29

zman01 · 21st May 2012, 07:34 PM

This looks like a genuine article and not Photoshoped...

Btw, the egg shell blue on the driver is charming. Recent one Dave?

Hope the owner is enjoying the sweet sound!

doorman · 21st May 2012, 08:16 PM

Wow! I also hear it's very good at playing rhythm & ---'s!
don

chrisb · 21st May 2012, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doorman

Wow! I also hear it's very good at playing rhythm & ---'s!
don

"From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow
I’ve been in some big towns and I heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know
A (wo)man's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night

My mama was right, there's blues in the night."

doorman · 22nd May 2012, 01:44 AM

planet10 · 22nd May 2012, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zman01

This looks like a genuine article and not Photoshoped...

Btw, the egg shell blue on the driver is charming. Recent one Dave?

It's not easy being green (apologies to Kermit)

dave

Sfwg · 9th June 2012, 10:28 PM

And a few weeks later, the flat paks have been finished.

kiwirob · 26th August 2012, 10:44 PM

Just finished a pair of MK3's with Alpair7's. Simply amazing sound. I usually veneer my speakers but took this pair to the autobody guy and had them painted piano gloss black. Beautiful sounding and looking as well. Still breaking the cones in and will hook up to a system of upgraded all Dynacl tube/valve stuff.

valvesound · 28th September 2012, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwirob

Just finished a pair of MK3's with Alpair7's. Simply amazing sound. I usually veneer my speakers but took this pair to the autobody guy and had them painted piano gloss black. Beautiful sounding and looking as well. Still breaking the cones in and will hook up to a system of upgraded all Dynacl tube/valve stuff.

Hi Rob.

If I may ask why did you go for the alpair 7's rather than Fostex FE126En? I am a newb in speaker building and would like to make the right choices.

Thanks

planet10 · 28th September 2012, 06:59 PM

I must have answered that question a zillion times

Here is an extract form an email i sent out that answers the question wrt the drivers i typically ship with flat-paks.

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Quote:

I am planning to built the MK3, Is*FE126eN2 the best*driver to use.

Depends on the amp, your room, your listening tastes. On an absolute scale the A7 is, IMO, best. But you need a really good amp of adequate power to drive them as they are brutal at revealing an amplifiers shortcomings . The FE126 is also brutal on amps, has a synergy with SE amps (tubes or SS), and is the most efficient of the lot, so is the favorite of those with small tubed SE amps.. The EL70 has almost the finese of the A7, but has greater synergy with lesser amps. It also has the best bass and is the driver that rocks best. The FF125wk is newish here and, without having extensively testing it yet, somewhere beteen FE126 & A7 for how it fits into the picture.

All of these drivers make a good set of FH3, but they all have there strengths.

dave

kiwirob · 28th September 2012, 07:08 PM

I have the Fostex drivers in a pair of transmission line spkrs and I didn't like them much so I just experimented. The presence is amazing and I am totally happy. I use a self powered sub for the lowest of the lows but these really do a great job. Rated from 40hz to 40k hz! Very delicate speakers so take care mounting them.

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21st May 2012, 07:34 PM	#281
zman01 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dhaka	This looks like a genuine article and not Photoshoped... Btw, the egg shell blue on the driver is charming. Recent one Dave? Hope the owner is enjoying the sweet sound!

21st May 2012, 08:16 PM	#282
doorman diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver Isl. B.C.	Wow! I also hear it's very good at playing rhythm & ---'s! don

22nd May 2012, 01:44 AM	#284
doorman diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver Isl. B.C.

26th August 2012, 10:44 PM	#287
kiwirob diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2012	Just finished a pair of MK3's with Alpair7's. Simply amazing sound. I usually veneer my speakers but took this pair to the autobody guy and had them painted piano gloss black. Beautiful sounding and looking as well. Still breaking the cones in and will hook up to a system of upgraded all Dynacl tube/valve stuff.

28th September 2012, 07:08 PM	#290
kiwirob diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2012	I have the Fostex drivers in a pair of transmission line spkrs and I didn't like them much so I just experimented. The presence is amazing and I am totally happy. I use a self powered sub for the lowest of the lows but these really do a great job. Rated from 40hz to 40k hz! Very delicate speakers so take care mounting them.