Looking for a FR driver that performs well between 100Hz - 20KHz in sealed or circular ported enclosures for LCRS speakers that will be crossed between 100-120Hz.
Goal - To use the advantage of the point source accuracy of the sound from a full range driver to build a 5.1 speaker set up for movies and music spanning genres like soft rock, dance and pop mainly. For the general sound quality benchmark, lets use the Marantz NR1510 AVR as a reference.
AVR Power Output - 8 ohm, THD - 0.08%, 2ch Drive - 50W
Current top contender - FaitalPRO 4FE35.
Reason - 8 ohms, 30W, 90Hz - 20KHz, 91dB, has good reviews and the amazing price of £13.73(Vat incl)/driver .
Question
Is a driver that has 100Hz - 20KHz range enough since HPF will be applied on LCRS speakers at 120Hz on the AVR or do I need a driver that goes lower?
Would appreciate other driver recommendations. Can go for higher priced drivers if I can get appreciably better sound quality.
PS: My earlier find was Tang Band W5-2143(£65/-) which I now feel is over kill for this project in term of its frequency range or should I stick to it for its sound quality.
Goal - To use the advantage of the point source accuracy of the sound from a full range driver to build a 5.1 speaker set up for movies and music spanning genres like soft rock, dance and pop mainly. For the general sound quality benchmark, lets use the Marantz NR1510 AVR as a reference.
AVR Power Output - 8 ohm, THD - 0.08%, 2ch Drive - 50W
Current top contender - FaitalPRO 4FE35.
Reason - 8 ohms, 30W, 90Hz - 20KHz, 91dB, has good reviews and the amazing price of £13.73(Vat incl)/driver .
Question
Is a driver that has 100Hz - 20KHz range enough since HPF will be applied on LCRS speakers at 120Hz on the AVR or do I need a driver that goes lower?
Would appreciate other driver recommendations. Can go for higher priced drivers if I can get appreciably better sound quality.
PS: My earlier find was Tang Band W5-2143(£65/-) which I now feel is over kill for this project in term of its frequency range or should I stick to it for its sound quality.
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Maybe the Mark Audio CHR-70 (45€), they are great sounding little drivers ment for things like that and have a flatter response (no such fierce resonance peak) and stronger frame as the 4FE35. Not that the 4FE35 is bad, but it's harder to implement as it will need a notch filter, and the frame is a bit odd to mount flush on the baffle.
I did come across the Mark Audios but my understanding is the FaitalPROs power 30W compared to 20W is a better match to use the AVR's output power 50W, THD 0.08%, 2ch driven @ 8 ohms and I prefer the sensitivity 91dB compared to 85.5dB which means it can go loud if required.
My understanding is the Audyssey will take of the driver FR anomalies and baffle step loss (along with the room) that were typically corrected by passive circuits. Am I right in thinking this ?
My understanding is the Audyssey will take of the driver FR anomalies and baffle step loss (along with the room) that were typically corrected by passive circuits. Am I right in thinking this ?
If you check the specks of this 4FE35 driver you see that there is a big resonance peak between 6kHz and 11kHz that will make the driver sound very sharp. That one needs to be flattend with an LCR filter in a passive setup or a dsp eq. It's too much (+10dB) to leave it there for hifi or HT use.