Now a Soviet Era Drivers for the Mets
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Does that mean OB is close to live music? Vocalist and instruments in live music is also Dipole and not monopole. I am talking about live music without any Electronics involved.
If I am planning a 50" baffle and mont the driver at say 36", and if the usable baffle width is 9", the left is at 6" to center and right is 2" to center? Is this what u r saying? Any logic for this? Curious to know.
Hari Iyer, I really don’t have an answer for that
In the past I have owned all kinds of speakers. They all have their strengths and weakness.
Live music is more about presence, dynamics and tone. Not very easy for a speaker to reproduce. Personally having owned and heard many systems ranging from cheap to uber expensive, nothing comes close to live music.
In the past I have owned all kinds of speakers. They all have their strengths and weakness.
Live music is more about presence, dynamics and tone. Not very easy for a speaker to reproduce. Personally having owned and heard many systems ranging from cheap to uber expensive, nothing comes close to live music.
I briefly discussed the possibility of another speaker box (OB) in my room, and after that no one in my family is speaking with me
Haha
This is where your diplomatic skills come into play
shafic
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shafic
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My open baffles tryouts for Klangfilm kl l 405
Can I come this Saturday evening for a liste
Are they still around? Can plan visit this Saturday evening after 5pm if u r available for a listen.
shafic
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Sure Hari.
I never knew diplomacy works with wifeHaha
This is where your diplomatic skills come into play
.Hari Iyer, I really don’t have an answer for that
In the past I have owned all kinds of speakers. They all have their strengths and weakness.
Live music is more about presence, dynamics and tone. Not very easy for a speaker to reproduce. Personally having owned and heard many systems ranging from cheap to uber expensive, nothing comes close to live music.
What i get from above is, its futile to try matching your home speakers with live performance. Maybe its good to know where to draw the limits from being close to live performance. Even OB speakers will not be able to do full justice to the same.
My major concern is low end performance with a small 8" driver as the roll-off is 18dB/octave for an OB. If later discovered, i am in no position to use another 12" woofer or a sub-woofer to gel with the 8" FR driver due to space constraint. So, whatever i decided should be with a lot of logic. I dont have the luxury of listening to any 8" FR driver only OB speaker. Did any FM built an OB speaker with only a 8" FR driver? If yes, how low does it go?
Hari, for a OB speaker to work properly, you need to pull the speakers out sufficiently from the front wall because in a OB design, the rear wave needs to be managed. In your house I don’t see that happening. Hence my suggestion is to stay away from it.
This was the exact answer I was expecting. Should I, or should I not. Thanks Prem. But acually i do have some space in the front on the left and right towards the sofa, which will make from 3 feet to 6 feet from the front wall. It will then be around 7 feet from the rear wall. Do not know if that can cause "Boom".
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In the meanwhile, i did some test simulation with OB for both my current Fostex FE-166en and the new soviet driver with the published parameters. The red colour is Fostex and blue is the new driver. For the same baffle width, height and driver position, the fostex roll-off is 300Hz, but the soviet driver is cool 63Hz though at a lower SPL. This keeps me even more wondering, why not give it a shot. Most drivers in other diy project uses the Fostex in OB for mid-range duty. This particular driver is vintage and has totally different characteristics. Any suggestions?
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Hari how will you manage 6 ft from front wall?
Don’t you have a wall unit there?
Also you are not going to get any useful bass from a 8 inch driver in an open baffle
My suggestion is still to drop the idea. However as Yogibear suggested you can experiment for the fun of it and hear how it sounds
Don’t you have a wall unit there?
Also you are not going to get any useful bass from a 8 inch driver in an open baffle
My suggestion is still to drop the idea. However as Yogibear suggested you can experiment for the fun of it and hear how it sounds
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My Main door is 3 feet. Add to that 3 feet will bring it close to the sofa. This will be 6 feet from the front wall. Listening position near the window will still be 9 feet. Total length of the room is around 15 feet + additional 2 feet where i sit where the glass window is behind.
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