chuyler1 said:
It sure isn't R&R, so for me it's the original HM along with Deep Purple, etc., though I guess all these could be called hard/progressive rock if Ozzie Osborn, et al is the HM reference. As Scott noted though, IF it can handle DSOTM 'good enough', then it should handle most everything since. The only ones that comes to mind ATM that it might not is some of Rick Wakeman's solo albums such as 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII", etc..
GM
JayH3 said:
I too would like to implement a FR driver as a mid in a 3way, but I dont really trust them to take the beating, when I get the urge
Well, I might do it anyway, as it seems to make sense fore several reasons
But to be honest, many ordinary multiways wont like very loud either
And you will also need very strong amps
I dont think your ST70 is able to play as loud as I have in mind
So I am completely lost in guessing how loud is loud really
It doesnt happen very often, but when its loud at my place a FR driver would be hanging out of the box, thats fore sure
But its really not my priority, so less would do fine
I suppose a Fostex FF225K would be nice to have as mid in a high sensitivity 3way design, but then a sub wont do the (mid)bass properly, other woofers needed, a different design
But its a thing I have playing in my mind, maybe some day
btw, how about a 12" in BIB 
any reports on those
Anyway, in my younger years I had the pleasure of owning a Dynaco ST70
The best I ever heard it play was on a quaterwave with an 8" Richard Allen, a FR driver with relatively heavy coated cone and foam surround...actually it was some of the best sound I had ever experienced at the time
Funny, I used the same 8" in other horns, but it really shined in that simple quaterwave, completely different from what I was used to
And yes, before that I had Lowthers, Corals, Fostex
any reports on thoseAnyway, in my younger years I had the pleasure of owning a Dynaco ST70
The best I ever heard it play was on a quaterwave with an 8" Richard Allen, a FR driver with relatively heavy coated cone and foam surround...actually it was some of the best sound I had ever experienced at the time
Funny, I used the same 8" in other horns, but it really shined in that simple quaterwave, completely different from what I was used to
And yes, before that I had Lowthers, Corals, Fostex
binarywhisper said:
I beg to differ. My current 7.1 home theater system (it's main purpose is 2.1 channel music reproduction and is thus tuned so) can do a pretty convincing job of doing near live levels of HM in that room. It even does a damn good job of a live pipe organ concert, and that's hard to do!
I simply don't see the problem if you have a good quality subwoofer, just put in a switch to switch it between two different crossing frequencies.
Believe me, my FE206's can handle even sustained ear damaging levels when they're crossed at 320 Hz to my 4 15" basses which are normally crossed at 80 Hz.
Believe me, my FE206's can handle even sustained ear damaging levels when they're crossed at 320 Hz to my 4 15" basses which are normally crossed at 80 Hz.
Re: Re: Anyone use thier FR's with heavy metal?
There are lot of designs, even semi-commercial designs, that use a FR as a mid. RAW Acoustics come to mind. They used the same FR as I've based my system on and there are some reviews of the products
http://www.stereomojo.com/RAWHT3SpeakerReview.htm
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_13_4/raw-acoustics-ht-8-speakers-11-2006.html
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf...aw-acoustics-ht3-speaker-kit-review-pics.html
Timn8ter also had some great designs based on similiar concepts and there are others.
The only FR I have much experience with is the CSS125's but they do seem to fit the bill for what you want. I found they were not capable of reaching the volumes I was hoping for and would bottom out horribly playing stuff like DSOTM. Once I implemented the 200hz cut off though everything changed. They can pound pretty darn good now so now my next project is to build a sub.tinitus said:
There are lot of designs, even semi-commercial designs, that use a FR as a mid. RAW Acoustics come to mind. They used the same FR as I've based my system on and there are some reviews of the products
http://www.stereomojo.com/RAWHT3SpeakerReview.htm
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_13_4/raw-acoustics-ht-8-speakers-11-2006.html
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf...aw-acoustics-ht3-speaker-kit-review-pics.html
Timn8ter also had some great designs based on similiar concepts and there are others.
Re: Re: Re: Anyone use thier FR's with heavy metal?
Too loud for a small room or apt. then. That, or the MLTLs they're in load them far more than I thought. As you implied though, BW limited they have enough Xmax to play well beyond its rated Pe, so the point where it 'lets the smoke out' is its real dynamic headroom capability.
GM
binarywhisper said:
Too loud for a small room or apt. then. That, or the MLTLs they're in load them far more than I thought. As you implied though, BW limited they have enough Xmax to play well beyond its rated Pe, so the point where it 'lets the smoke out' is its real dynamic headroom capability.
GM
Scottmoose said:Ask someone from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland if they're British & see how far you get...
Actually, I'm half Norweigian, so I don't know what that says.Blood of the Viking's with the cross of St George waving?
England:
"that annoying little country south of Scotland, and north of France"
have some 15" CTS fullrange somewhere ...
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