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Jordan jx92s + Aurum Cantus g2si (single cap on it, at 21,500hz).
here is a reviw from april 2010.
UltraAudio.com Equipment Review - Van Zyl Audio Frontline Loudspeakers (4/2010)
I know that Griffin's design is well recommended.
The decrease in distortion along with better dispersion is probably why full range driver fans leave their safety zone.
Over on the straight 8 thread on the bottlehead forum. they mentioned the g2si
Straight 8 - the only Bottlehead speaker kit
"Aurum Cantus ribbon we tried many times to make this work, mostly in the Straight 8 but with the intention of using it with the Climax as another option. The difficulty was a huge resonance around 1700Hz (if I recall correctly) which is quite audible because it is right in the middle of the midrange where the ear is most sensitive. The last crossover design I made for it had a big notch to correct teh resonance, but it did not work as intended and did not alleviate the sonic problem. In addition, the ribbon was very easily damaged by testing (we blew out a number of them) and a half hour of Nine Inch Nails through a Paramount was enough to make the ribbon sag visibly. So I gave up on it, there is no crossover I can recommend. A very airy tweeter, I would not hesitate to use them as a supertweeter crossed at 8kHz or higher, second order or steeper."
I think that a clone of the van Zyl Audio is possible ( using alpairs) assuming micro volume levels, what'cha think ?
Norman
Jordan jx92s + Aurum Cantus g2si (single cap on it, at 21,500hz).
here is a reviw from april 2010.
UltraAudio.com Equipment Review - Van Zyl Audio Frontline Loudspeakers (4/2010)
I know that Griffin's design is well recommended.
The decrease in distortion along with better dispersion is probably why full range driver fans leave their safety zone.
Over on the straight 8 thread on the bottlehead forum. they mentioned the g2si
Straight 8 - the only Bottlehead speaker kit
"Aurum Cantus ribbon we tried many times to make this work, mostly in the Straight 8 but with the intention of using it with the Climax as another option. The difficulty was a huge resonance around 1700Hz (if I recall correctly) which is quite audible because it is right in the middle of the midrange where the ear is most sensitive. The last crossover design I made for it had a big notch to correct teh resonance, but it did not work as intended and did not alleviate the sonic problem. In addition, the ribbon was very easily damaged by testing (we blew out a number of them) and a half hour of Nine Inch Nails through a Paramount was enough to make the ribbon sag visibly. So I gave up on it, there is no crossover I can recommend. A very airy tweeter, I would not hesitate to use them as a supertweeter crossed at 8kHz or higher, second order or steeper."
I think that a clone of the van Zyl Audio is possible ( using alpairs) assuming micro volume levels, what'cha think ?
Norman
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