Tangbands had me at Hello

Posted by GarMan [ 216.13.136.38 ] on April 25, 2005 at 09:37:51:

Okay. I'm sold! These little Tangbands are amazing! I bought a five pack of them with the intent of using them for computer speakers. They arrived Friday, dropped them into the 0.1 ft^3 ELF cabinets I built, and they sang right from the start. Very engaging set of speakers.

The top end tends to beam, so you have to be on-axis. Bass rolls off very early, but you get acclimatized to it. Put them about a foot from a wall and it does enhance the bass. What you get from 100Hz up is smooth and sweet. A little hot in the midrange. Nothing a notch filter can't fix, but not essential. It doesn't get loud enough to shake a house, but enough to drown out conversation in a large sized room (15x20). And to top it all off, these drivers are only $16 each (less if you buy in bulk). And you only need one per speaker.

Cross a subwoofer with these ELF's at 150Hz and I'd say you'd have a very competent system for a small room. Five of these + a sub will definately beat out by a mile those Home Theatre "cubes" they sell for $1000+. I crossed mine with a pair of JBL 2235 at 250Hz through an active crossover and was extremely happy with the results.

The biggest drawback about these little Tangband is that it has me thinking about what the Jordan's are like. But at $160 a pop (10X the Tangband), it'll have to wait.