You're welcome. Bear had been asking for some listening impressions so I figured I'd chime in since I've heard them twice, as demo'd by Done Keele himself. I believe he uses some DSP, in the form of a DCX - but I never looked to see what he was doing.
If you look at the assembly manual for the CBT36, it has all the settings for the DCX2496.
He uses a LOT of low end EQ. Also, the tweeters are crossed over at 1K. Seems really low considering the ND91 is a 'full range' driver. I crossed my Auras at 6K .. that seemed to be where the natural roll-off of the driver stated and the Apex tweeters are happy there.
The only EQ I am using is a dip around 1-3K. The CBT36 EQ does the same thing. This takes some of the 'boxy' sound out of the mids.
Instead of trying to extend the Aura drivers down to where a 'subwoofer' is needed, I used the NHT1259s and cross higher at 150Hz.
Here is the link to the manual. DCX settings start on page 70.
http://www.parts-express.com/pedocs/manuals/301-980-audio-artistry-inc-cbt36k-manual.pdf
He uses a LOT of low end EQ. Also, the tweeters are crossed over at 1K. Seems really low considering the ND91 is a 'full range' driver. I crossed my Auras at 6K .. that seemed to be where the natural roll-off of the driver stated and the Apex tweeters are happy there.
The only EQ I am using is a dip around 1-3K. The CBT36 EQ does the same thing. This takes some of the 'boxy' sound out of the mids.
Instead of trying to extend the Aura drivers down to where a 'subwoofer' is needed, I used the NHT1259s and cross higher at 150Hz.
Here is the link to the manual. DCX settings start on page 70.
http://www.parts-express.com/pedocs/manuals/301-980-audio-artistry-inc-cbt36k-manual.pdf
Rhubarb , thanks for the 6K XO point # looks good to me. I got lucky with a small subwoofer I own , XO is 160. 2nd sub is 2 12" .
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I was at CES in Vegas last week, and had the opportunity to meet Don Keele and audition his CBT. I don't know why the crossover point was set at 1KHz, but I suspect that it is the cause for the flat sound of the line array. My 2 buddies felt the same way, and we came away very disappointed with the overall sound. All subjective comments, but the wow factor was not there at all.
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