From what I read most people who have heard the Mark Audio drivers like them. Most of the people who have heard more than one seem to like the 7.3 the best. Most like to run them with tube amps, including small watt tube amps. I have not heard any of the MA drivers or even tube amps to compare to SS. Due to the low sensitivity of the drivers, they don't get real loud with single digit SET amps.
So since I don't have any experience with them I was wondering if one could build a sealed sub with an 8" driver and set an Alpair 7.3 in a golden ratio mar-Ken enclosure on top. The baffle for the sub would be wider than the Alpair enclosure. Have you ever done this before? I read some of the threads on the FAST systems, but your Woofers were side mounted instead of front mounted. I was thinking of a single speaker with two cavities: one sealed cavity for the sub and one front ported for the Alpair driver. Would this work? I am pretty inexperienced when it comes to speaker design, but while I have seen OB builds like that I have not seen ported/sealed speakers being done that way.
Thanks,
Mike
So since I don't have any experience with them I was wondering if one could build a sealed sub with an 8" driver and set an Alpair 7.3 in a golden ratio mar-Ken enclosure on top. The baffle for the sub would be wider than the Alpair enclosure. Have you ever done this before? I read some of the threads on the FAST systems, but your Woofers were side mounted instead of front mounted. I was thinking of a single speaker with two cavities: one sealed cavity for the sub and one front ported for the Alpair driver. Would this work? I am pretty inexperienced when it comes to speaker design, but while I have seen OB builds like that I have not seen ported/sealed speakers being done that way.
Thanks,
Mike