After a good 2 way kit

[griff]

Sorry to make such an lazy post, but I have run out of ideas for the next project.

What I am after is a floorstanding 2 way, to be mated to a Shiva or later on possibly a Tumult.

Size is not an issue, but I would like them to be decently loud, well, very damn loud!

I am prepared to forgoe a completely flat response for this.

Plans or a kit are great, as I can produce either, but a kit would be prefered due to time constraints.

So in summary

90db+
45hz->22khz
Musical tastes = alt rock, metal, alt general, emo, hip hop, punk etc etc, but believe it or not they have alot of vocal solos that require actual music ability!

I can get access to most products so there are no limits there.

Budget wise - upto $700 USD for drivers and XO.

 

[rabbitz]

LSK

Why don't you try the Loudspeaker Kit as it's in Melbourne. Look at these:

http://www.theloudspeakerkit.com/index.php?page=deluxe&kitid=TL6

http://www.theloudspeakerkit.com/index.php?page=deluxe&kitid=F6

Cheers

 

[griff]

This is going to come out wrong no matter how i word it, so here goes anyway.

I am after something a little more "high end"

 

[ronc]

Then look to either horns,MLTL or TQWT.
ron

 

[tbla]

I am after something a little more "high end"

"real" high end speakers as kits are very rare and also very expensive.......suggestion : the complete orion project

http://www.linkwitzlab.com/orion_ec.htm

oh, you said 2-way i thought you wanted "high end".....

perhaps a fostex fullrange and some upper bass/low midrange....?

 

[ronc]

Dont want to start any wars here but on my fostex fe-166e single driver full range horns my f3 is 48Hz(all i need or want) and extends to slightly better than 20KHz and has breathtaking dynamics , very tight powerful bass and tons of slam all with a pin point image.All driven with battery powered gainclones, no zoble, no filters, no crossovers.
ron
Of course the down side is the shear size and weight (114 lbs/ea) of my horns.

 

[LaMa]

So in summary

90db+
45hz->22khz

It isn't easy to get an high efficient 2way which is reaching 45 Hz with the regular drivers. Most 2ways suffer from baffle-step problems, so the typical maximum efficiency is only 83-87dB/W/m, when you also want some low frequencies in your room.
So I would opt for a 2,5 way (the identical second woofer has to compensate the baffle step) with this setup in combination with reasonably efficient drivers (89-90db/w/m each) it is possible to get >90dB/W/m and get enough bass.

 

[Volenti]

I've had a few customers in the past that sound like griff , they tell you they want high end sound, loud, but when they're presented with high end sound, they don't like it.

What they actually want, is a night club in their living room.

be carefull what you wish for...

 

[GM]

Have you scoped any of these out?
http://www.pispeakers.com/contents.html

GM