Not a tiny enclosure, and like the previous 3 members of the FH family - to which I’ve had some exposure - I’d opine they’d work best with a healthy amount of breathing space behind and to the sides of the rear mouth. Of course mileage and opinions will vary in that regard.
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Nice. Do you have FR and distortion measurements?
I have experience with Fostex 203En-S, Lowther PM6A and Seas Exotic and like the open, microdynamic and coherent sound. I dont like the wizzercone recconance/distortion around 4000 Hz.
Do you think Alpair 12P is better here?
I have experience with Fostex 203En-S, Lowther PM6A and Seas Exotic and like the open, microdynamic and coherent sound. I dont like the wizzercone recconance/distortion around 4000 Hz.
Do you think Alpair 12P is better here?
FR and distortion are in essence innate to the drive unit, except in the LF. Since the Frugels are boundary-loaded / corner horn designs, the specific loads vary somewhat with the room acoustic & the precise enclosure positions. That's why we don't provide anechoic measurements of boundary-loaded horns: they'd be more or less meaningless since the entire final part of the horn expansion is missing.
The 1st beta drawings were delievered to a couple people. Nothing back yet.
Just yesterdayi was thinking of just finishing it and push it out.
dave
Not yet, still working on cutting the pieces. I'm OCD about the inner panels all being of equal width.
Hello guys, recently I have purchased diy cabinets with Alpair 12P. These are Pensils, the small ones but with extra bracings. Such a great drivers, so many details, however the quality of the cabinets is just so so... so I am wondering about making some new cabs 🙂 it's been 8 years - if I'm not mistaken - since the drivers were manufactured... maybe there is something more interesting than Pensils these days? 🙂
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Emailed! I have a pair of Super Pensils and have been thinking about trying a new enclosure for fun.
hi Dave, not sure if you have received my email, it would be great to see the Frugal Horn for 12P 🙂
Are there designs out there that - sizewise - are in between the pensil 12.2p and the small 12p bass reflex box?
The A12p like a big box. I have a set of miniOnkens for these, but strongly recommend the small Pensil as a minimum. If you need a smaller box choose the A10p — personally i think a slightly better driver (goes higher, lower, has better DDR and greater versatility).
dave
dave
Ok, thanks Dave. I allready have a pair of small 12.2p screaming for a house (which I am not able to build myself entirely). Will choose between the small BR or smaller Pensil then.
Hi,
Great news. Felling so excited to see them. I didn't know how to contact you so I have sent an email to <email address removed>
Please let me know if that is alright with you.
Regards
Ujjwal