Hello!
I am planning to use MCA15RCY into a 3way system.
The system has 2nd order active filter with cutoff frequency of 300 / 2400Hz. Tweeter is SEAS 27TDC. Woofer: Beyma 8BR40N in a closed 55l box.
It is possible that I will upgrade filter to 4th order.
Anybody has experience with this driver? How it handles 300Hz?
I want a "fast" driver. Currently I have Beyma 5MP60N, but it can not keep up with tweeter (or at least this is my feeling).
Any other suggestion? I want to stay under 100EUR/driver.
I am planning to use MCA15RCY into a 3way system.
The system has 2nd order active filter with cutoff frequency of 300 / 2400Hz. Tweeter is SEAS 27TDC. Woofer: Beyma 8BR40N in a closed 55l box.
It is possible that I will upgrade filter to 4th order.
Anybody has experience with this driver? How it handles 300Hz?
I want a "fast" driver. Currently I have Beyma 5MP60N, but it can not keep up with tweeter (or at least this is my feeling).
Any other suggestion? I want to stay under 100EUR/driver.
I have not used the MCA15RCY. But I have used CA22RNY and I can say that this is a very good family of drivers. Natural tone, very good resolution, excellent motors. Very easy to use, no enormous rugged breakup mounts towards the high end of their passband.
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I used the MCA15RCY in a 3-way from about 350-2.2k 4th order and it performed well. Well behaved, smooth response.
You didn't say how loud you want to play it, so I suggest S. Linkwitz "SPL max" spreadsheet.
You didn't say how loud you want to play it, so I suggest S. Linkwitz "SPL max" spreadsheet.
Paul W said:
I don't what it to play too loud. I have a 75W amplifier and potentiometer is at 8-10 o'clock.
What I want is very clear sound and large sweet spot.
For test, I tried only with woofer and tweeter crossed very low (~1khz). I liked it very much. Of course, test was at low volume.
I hope that a dome midrange will give me the same or better sound, but allow me to play at higher listening levels.
Maybe also MCA12RC is a a good variant.
MCA12RC
I have the MCA12RCs in Troel Gravesons 3 way classic design and am very pleased with them. Very clear sound with exellent dispersion.
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/3WClassic.htm
Try them, you`ll like them.
Steve.
tpsorin said:
I have the MCA12RCs in Troel Gravesons 3 way classic design and am very pleased with them. Very clear sound with exellent dispersion.
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/3WClassic.htm
Try them, you`ll like them.
Steve.
I have received RS52AN. I played some voices fullrange. It sounds very very good indeed.
What it bothers me is that dome seems made of plastic. Not Aluminium.
What it bothers me is that dome seems made of plastic. Not Aluminium.
tpsorin said:
Hi,
It should be black anodised aluminium which unlike
plastic will not survive touching it to find out.
🙂/sreten.
sreten said:
It is black, but it seems not anodized aluminium. I did not press very strong to see if it bends. I just touch it to see texture. It feels like plastic to me.
Driver looks like here:
http://www.speakerdesign.net/dayton_rs/midrange/rs52/dayton_rs52.html
I just want to know if it is made like this by dayton, or it is a counterfeit. Anybody else have this driver and can check?
Not likely a counterfeit. What distributor did you buy it from? You might ask them about their sources if you have suspicions.
Otherwise hook them up in your system and see how they perform - I'm confident any counterfeit will be far inferior to the real thing.
Otherwise hook them up in your system and see how they perform - I'm confident any counterfeit will be far inferior to the real thing.
sdclc126 said:
No time for speakers with EURO_2008 🙂)
I have this driver from a local supplier, but on the box it is written: Partsexpress
I also don't think that it is a fake. Just that Dayton is advertising something that is not true. I have seen this on very cheap drivers.
I measured Fs and is ~335Hz, which is close to 325. After some break-in probably it will be even closer.
As I have already said, sound is very good, and after all, this is all that matters.
I have heard MCA12RC which is also a very good driver. I can be happy with any of this 2.
Euro 2008 is followed by 2008 Olympics. So much for my summer projects! 
Salas, Otto Rehhagel meshed up this year, didn't he?
Salas, Otto Rehhagel meshed up this year, didn't he?
bastek said:Euro 2008 is followed by 2008 Olympics. So much for my summer projects!
Salas, Otto Rehhagel meshed up this year, didn't he?
He made an unexpected guerilla run in 2004. Nobody really took seriously his tactics and they had it in their sleep. And then the Olympics where greatly held just afterwards. That was a great summer here. Very nice atmosphere then.
For 2008 I don't know if Otto can surprise anyone. The Dutch are playing like computers and run like horses, really complete team. But the Italians, French, Portuguese and Germans are serial soccer killers.
Soccer is like women. You never know what's happening in the end.
tpsorin said:
Are you referring to the phase diffuser (screen) or did you actually open the mid up to touch the dome? Either way, it's aluminum and one of the best midrange drivers on the market.
mazeroth said:
Now, I re-read your post. Are you saying that also diffuser is aluminum? Because on my driver, is 100% plastic. Only faceplate is aluminum.
Also for dome I am >80% sure that it is some kind of plastic. I expect aluminum to be cold on touch. This is warm. Even warmer than plastic; like textile.
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