Hi
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Is its sound good?
Why you dont used some bigger speakers instead of 25 little speakers? Is this 25 speakers better?
These speakers are the best I have ever had and among the best I have ever heard and I have hear quite a lot as I have been attending CES for a couple of years in the early 00´s. They need to be equalized. Try to google Roger Russel IDS25. You will get an idea of witch league they are in...
You get problems with bigger drivers as the center to center distance becomes too big, so the drivers can´t blend seamlessly @ high frequencies.
The combined membrane areal of 25 3,5" is the same as one 17,5" driver 😛
Hi, have not dropped in on this thread for a while, but the Fanes are holding up very well. They have become an integral and familiar part of my particular audio soundscape. They play music, purely and simply. To my ears they get on with the job with no fuss, favoring no one genre over any other. They work equally well with both my low powered SE tube amp, and my 60W solid state power amp. I can't now, imagine audio life without them.
In hi-fi terms, as they have loosened up over the four months they have been in the system, the bass has become a bit more extended.
Being a high efficiency driver, fitted into what I would term a reasonably sized 80 Litre sealed cab, they are never going to generate room-shaking LF, but cabs against the wall, bass is even, tight, detailed and completely free of any kind of murk or boom.
The overall presentation is rich, dynamic, forward of the speakers, but never too 'in your face' shrill or nasty. They tend to tell you what's right about your music, rather than throwing faults into your lap. As such they are very easy to live with and provide a sympathetic window into your music collection.
I've not heard them in baffles, but one or two people I've spoken to are considering building baffles for them.
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Its a long time since I posted here, but here are my current office system speakers. Jordan Eikona in original Blue Room Minipod cabinets. Amazingly they fit perfectly with no mods needed! So obviously the tweeter has been blanked off and the port too, so they are now sealed and roll off at around 70hz. Perfectly low enough to get good integration with a BK subwoofer. I tried a few small cabinets for the Eikona's but these sound the best, the shape certainly helps, very low baffle defraction effects, and also breaking up standing waves internally, aided by the damping material too. These are great wide range drivers, very transparent, clean, clear and work very well in the near field, about 3 feet away currently!
Yes, both topologies use lots of small drivers with different degrees of Eq, but I think the line array vs Dr Bose’s splashing 8/9ths of the sound off the back and side walls are radically different approaches to dispersion.
I’d used stacked pairs of 901s powered by Crown DC 300 or BGW500 amps as dance party systems “back in the day” and they could definitely play louder than safe, but were not refined, nor had any of the imaging specificity for which I’d be looking.
if i wasn't moving toward wall mounted systems (off the floor) i'd go with one of the PE systems by DB Keele or something like it from Visaton.
Tang Band W8-2145 Floorstanders
My finished for now Tang Band W8-2145 floorstanders, still need to be wrapped and some better isolated stands but already sounds great!
For those interested check out my blog for the build log Fyr Audio – My attempt to wrap my head around the world of DIY Audio
My finished for now Tang Band W8-2145 floorstanders, still need to be wrapped and some better isolated stands but already sounds great!
For those interested check out my blog for the build log Fyr Audio – My attempt to wrap my head around the world of DIY Audio
You're quite welcome Poultry!
I try to keep my words to nice comments about a product or say nothing at all!
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Thetubeguy1954 (Tom)
Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society -- Full-range/Wide-range Drivers -- Front & Back-Loaded Horns -- High Sensitivity Speakers
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