A pair of the Tang Band buyouts from Parts Express landed in my possession and I needed something to get by until I could do my permanent in-wall build. So I used a pair of Silver Flute W20 I had on the shelf and made this FAST.
Waayyy better than expected. The tang band sounds really good for $9.99. Measures really well to. Bass from the silver flutes doesn't blow me away, but enough to rattle my chest without my sub on.
There was a big efficiency difference so I used a minidsp to do the cross over. Right around 300hz. Tang band doesnt stress at all and the 8" silver flute can take a lot of abuse.
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Waayyy better than expected. The tang band sounds really good for $9.99. Measures really well to. Bass from the silver flutes doesn't blow me away, but enough to rattle my chest without my sub on.
There was a big efficiency difference so I used a minidsp to do the cross over. Right around 300hz. Tang band doesnt stress at all and the 8" silver flute can take a lot of abuse.
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Ya, eventually it'll be replaced with a matching right and left. That center in the picture is REALLY good. Enjoying it emmensly. Hard to believe it but I may have found something I can call permanent.
It's a SEOS12 with the DNA-350. It severely needs subwoofer support, but that is a given in Ht anyways. I have an acoustically transparent screen over them.
The FAST is really fun though. Was so easy to make though. I might add another silver flute for an MTM and then linkwitz transform it to make deeper bass. Then it may actually be a pretty top tier stereo setup. Even as is I'm loving music on it.
The FAST is really fun though. Was so easy to make though. I might add another silver flute for an MTM and then linkwitz transform it to make deeper bass. Then it may actually be a pretty top tier stereo setup. Even as is I'm loving music on it.
Very nice. I am looking forward to my own FASTing this winter when I get those EL166ens back from Dave (no pressure!!!). Dave posted a picture of a miniOnken with a pair of sliver flutes and fullfrsnge in MTM that looked really nice. Those 6-8" silver flutes look like pretty promising alternatives to the EL166, do you have any comparative impressions of them?
Kyle
Kyle
I don't really have a comparison. The applications are totally different, only similar in that they are crossed around 300hz. Different slopes, different alignments, etc.
I'm newhere. I have been looking up this term but can't seem to find anything. What does FAST stand for?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Subwoofer assisted? That's cheating. Not fullrange anymore. 🙂
How's about Fullrange Assisted Tweeter Technology FATT? Somehow folks would definitely not call that fullrange anymore.
How's about Fullrange Assisted Tweeter Technology FATT? Somehow folks would definitely not call that fullrange anymore.
Understood. You mentioned an optically transparent screen, do you mean a projection screen??
KM
My two favorite speakers from the last two DIYFests were FAST systems. Alpair 6m + SDX7 this year and FF83en + 2xEL166 from the year before. I think I've said that a lot on these forums, they made quite an impression on me.
Kyle
There has been lots of work done by Dave at Planet 10: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/full-range/144099-thread-tysen-variations-fast.html
There are many others as well if you do a search.
Kyle
A6 not A6.2m
A7.3 + 2xSDX7 in the prep for manufacture stage. And µBlade.
EL166 MTM was with FF85k.
dave
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