Just use two subwoofers under the fullrange drivers and you are all set. That way you can use any crossover point, even higher (300Hz), as long as sub will perform that high. Fullrange will be happy.
I have made the new speakers. They are working fine since mid of September. I was very delighted with their performance.
Since a few weeks or months, I hear something strange... I mean, everything is perfect (sound stage, air, clarity, dynamics), but I feel after a (half) hour long listening, that the sound is boring or annoying somehow. Just don't want to listen more. Maybe this is the alu driver's effect (MarkAudio alpair 5.3).
What do you think about this experience? Haven't you felt any similar with alpair drivers?
Since a few weeks or months, I hear something strange... I mean, everything is perfect (sound stage, air, clarity, dynamics), but I feel after a (half) hour long listening, that the sound is boring or annoying somehow. Just don't want to listen more. Maybe this is the alu driver's effect (MarkAudio alpair 5.3).
What do you think about this experience? Haven't you felt any similar with alpair drivers?
If this regards the sound of the Katana 1.
It is a small baffle and the center to center spacing with the wideband is large.
Not knowing their crossover design. The implementation would be likely to have a lot of vertical issues and overall response issues.
I dont think it is a driver issue. It is more a baffle/design and crossover issue.
With the speakers low to the ground and listening up high. Looks like a Vertical response cancellation Dipole nightmare to me.
Could likely be saved reusing the same drivers with a different baffle and crossover design.
Thanks to modern software it would save a lot of time as opposed to the wild guessing method.
Looking at their baffle and driver mounting positions. Wild guessing is the method.
It is a small baffle and the center to center spacing with the wideband is large.
Not knowing their crossover design. The implementation would be likely to have a lot of vertical issues and overall response issues.
I dont think it is a driver issue. It is more a baffle/design and crossover issue.
With the speakers low to the ground and listening up high. Looks like a Vertical response cancellation Dipole nightmare to me.
Could likely be saved reusing the same drivers with a different baffle and crossover design.
Thanks to modern software it would save a lot of time as opposed to the wild guessing method.
Looking at their baffle and driver mounting positions. Wild guessing is the method.
I have not heard this combination but I suspect that 11MS drivers in a wide open baffle with the Pass FullRange EQ (before or after your preamp, if you use one, or between your source and power amp if not) would be very promising. I am using such a setup (more complicated) with 11MS drivers in small Nostromo cabs and it's fabulous. I have dialed down the EQ in my setup, but the base settings in your OB might be just about right.
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If you've recently changed digital front-end that might be a factor. Integration with subwoofer, large phase difference will sound "hollow" half-empty unless your sub has continuous phase knob dialed-in. The Alpair 5 driver is quite smooth and flat but still has a residual metal sheen -- you might look for the MAOP 5 to upgrade or perhaps try dave's gloss coat miracle tweak (I'd do one cone-only and one dustcap-only and compare).