tinitus said:
That TB 5" is on hand so cheap that the discount is insignificant, unless you consider an array
BTW...now you are at it, this new TB looks ok
http://www.tb-speaker.com/detail/1208_03/w5-1611sa.htm
40% off "insignificant", hmph, maybe if your nickname could be "moneybags"?
Sure, it'd be nice to see 40% off some 7" Seas drivers, but, 3 for the price of 2 is enough of a deal to me that I decided to go ahead and order a half dozen to build some speakers with.
Zaph prob. wouldn't be happy with the distortion that you'd get if you try to get much bass out of these drivers, but, I bet you could make a decent sounding 2 way (vented) speaker with these drivers that'll still sound better than a $100 best buy speaker. If you don't play too loud, I bet these could be crossed as low as ~ 50hz (I mean that the port would be tuned around there). If you're wanting something more (better sound, less distortion) then I bet they'd still be great covering the range from ~ 100hz - ~ 2.5Khz. I want to try a 1st order xover to the tweeter with mine.
The reason they look good to me is: they don't look to have any huge high freq. peaks such as metal cone "break up" so a simple 1st order xover without notch filters might turn out OK.
Sorry to say, the deal's over, and, the kind young woman I talked to on the phone, Sara, said that they're out of stock now also.
She was nice enough to give me the $15 price to order a few more this evening, because when I called earlier today the man said the deal would be on until midnight. She's at extension 112 until 7:30 PM tonight, or so, not sure if she can give that price out anymore, but maybe.