Coaxial Speaker Build Thread with FaitalPro 6HX150

Pretty Persuasions project is finished!

They are finally finished and ready to take to the InDIYana DIY speakerbuilding event! I'm very pleased with how these turned out, visually they met my goal of creating a unique and notable look, acoustically the shape of the cabinet reduced any diffraction issues and made baffle-step-compensation a breeze. If you remember the drivers in-cabinet measured the same as the factory advertised response curves even. The cabinet is non resonant and structurally stable and sound.

They also sound excellent, they image well and have a very coherent sound, they are dynamic, detailed, accurate and meet my expectations with my typical reference music I use to evaluate every speaker I build and listen to. If I had to critique or characterize them them are on the forward side due to the small hump around 2.6khz, but not offensively so and they have a warm and detailed sound, voices are natural and stand out vs. being more dark or shaded.

They have excellent bass response and require no subwoofer, there is no port noise and bass is tight, fast and precise. In room they easily play 30hz notes and resolve well the deepest bass notes in music I listen to, they effortlessly play 105db at 1 meter down to 35hz.

Thank you for following along everyone, I hope you get to see and hear these at some point, I appreciate all the encouraging words along the way and the many of you that engaged in this project along with me. Speakerbuilding would be a fraction of the fun w/o your camaraderie along the way!

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Charles Darwin said:
Sex on stands!

However there seems to be a hint of VKL in some photos. [emoji3]

VKL = visible kerf lines


Definitely visible kerf lines, quite difficult to do away with them completely on a kerf panel as it’s how the bend is formed and is a visual representation of the geometry involved to create the bend.

It’s a multi-sided curve made up from angular bends in the wood combined with small flats the width of the kerf cut spacing. Does that surprise you?

Glad you like them them thanks! =)
Javad
 
Just beautiful enclosures. Awesome work. I am a huge fan of large roundovers.
With the level of attention you pay to the cabinets, I bet they sound just as good as they look.

Since I live 3 hours north of the Bay Area, we should discuss where you are getting your wonderful woods from. ;):D
 
markymiles said:
Another brilliant build. I seem to be copying your choice of drivers again!!!



Was considering using 4 of the 6HX150's as Atmos speakers. Going on your comments your pleased with how they perform??



Thanks! Yes if you copy my crossover it should get you close, active they’re a breeze to work with for sure, very nice and coherent for the price, would work very nicely for compact armos speakers

Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Javad
 
Thanks! Yes if you copy my crossover it should get you close, active they’re a breeze to work with for sure, very nice and coherent for the price, would work very nicely for compact armos speakers

Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Javad

Marvelous project
Would there be a chance to get an update on the latest version of the crossover [considering the final tweaks you've done]?
Thanks in advance
 
Great project! Thank you for sharing all your measurements. I am looking for a coax of this size, and this Faital was one of the top contenders. It still is, but as I figured from the published data, the mid and the horn don't overlap much in the middle, so that is challenging.