Yes Sir. Issue is the Driver listing. All the three-way designs have at-least 1 of the 3 drivers which is not available at my location or is extremely high priced. That is what is causing the issue.
Will definitely keep you in the loop. I got some helping advises from you. Specifically the Pro DSP.
"But please can you help me find some good 3-way speaker design. With either SB Acoustic or Dayton Audio or Fountek or Tang Band mix." I thought these were on your OK list. Which driver is missing you may be able to substitute?
The reason some of them are on the expensive side is because he has done extensive testing on a wide range of drivers and he gravitates towards what works best. Unfortunately that sometimes comes at a cost.
The reason some of them are on the expensive side is because he has done extensive testing on a wide range of drivers and he gravitates towards what works best. Unfortunately that sometimes comes at a cost.
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I understood you to state a preference for something other than the conventional high fidelity sound that speakers like the Emotiva seek to provide albeit at the budget end. You have reinforced this here where you compare with the unnatural sound of headphones with stereo signals. This is a hobby and people like what they like so it is not a problem just a difference.
Studio-type high fidelity sound with a flat on-axis response, smoothly controlled beam width, clean transients with close to inaudible levels of distortion at standard levels is something of a recognised reference that many consider high sound quality albeit within a range given there is no such thing as a correct beam width only a close to optimal range which produces a reasonably accurate perceived timbre/tonal balance with stereo signals in a room. What is optimal is of course a function of the room, recording and to some extent expectations/preference when listening. The expected/wanted contribution from room reflections tends to be rather different when listening to orchestral music or studio created music. Confusion arises when one person considers this to be the meaning of high sound quality when someone else considers high sound quality to be what they prefer/like. Neither is wrong.
So I believe I understood your dislike of the Emotiva-type sound but not the sound you prefer which seems to involve conflicting linear distortions but then I may not be translating your audiophile descriptions like warm and bright into something more precise in the same way.
Yes those are my OK list. Seas, Scan-speak and some other brands are hard to find or are overpriced.
I am very tempted to try and build something like this but using the RAAL tweeters I have (not the dipole ones I am currently using) http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Illuminator-CENTER.htm
Scanspeak are definitely on the dear side I paid around the current money 10 years ago when I bought about 20 of them. Hard to justify the price on a budget, but if you can make the dollars stretch the 12MU is widely accepted as an incredible mid by many top end manufacturers and have been used in systems costing way way beyond the dollars we are talking here (6 figures).
Hey is RAAL really as good as they say for off axis response and room coverage even at high frequencies. What is your Experience.
I am using a pair of their AM dipoles at the moment, which by the very nature of open baffle spread the sound around the room better. The treble can be heard fairly decently at nearly right angles (not that I recommend it but when I am in the kitchen there is still treble to be heard).
I also have three of their same 140 series monopoles for the two mains and centre speakers for the home theatre and another 4 of the 70-10's for the surrounds.
Personally I prefer the sound of the monopoles but haven't had them out of the box in years. I am in love with the RAAL tweeters. I have heard nothing that comes even remotely close to them, but they are not budget friendly.
VINEET REDDY,
Have read a lot of the discussion on the thread but not all of it... 🙂
Have a few questions:
Have read a lot of the discussion on the thread but not all of it... 🙂
Have a few questions:
- Your speakers have to be 3 way designs (be it passive or active)? There are 2 way designs capable of playing fairly loud too.
- Are you looking for reasonably priced drivers that you can find in India for your build vs having to import?
- Would you be open to using a subwoofer (if needed for the lower bass) with a good 2-way speaker?
Something very close to these was what was in the $13k cremonas... https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.c...covery-r2604/8330-tweeter-dual-ring-radiator/
They are a pretty decent tweeter for the money, but they are not even in the same ballpark as the RAAL, worlds apart in every way.
And by very close I am talking a different face plate and maybe modified to spec but essentially the same speaker.
They are a pretty decent tweeter for the money, but they are not even in the same ballpark as the RAAL, worlds apart in every way.
And by very close I am talking a different face plate and maybe modified to spec but essentially the same speaker.
That's why I linked to that page and asked what drivers you didn't have available. You may be able to substitute but what you can use he will have worked out the best crossover points for.
Not going for loud but having dedicated mid-range with higher crossover point and wider consistent coverage.
Find in India Yes. Not to be Made in India. No need.
I will most definitely be using a SUB. But still would like the Woofers to go down to 40hz easy.