Posted by akhilesh [ 204.97.214.168 ] on July 27, 2005 at 00:53:49:

In Reply to: Re: Why won't a single driver speaker do metal? posted by Bob Brines on July 26, 2005 at 16:29:35:

Bob Brines wrote:
"It won't work for the SET crowd because the cross over has to be done either digitally, which kind of takes the shine off of vinyl, or has to be done actively at the pre-amp level which normally means some OP amps."

Actually, I use the Xover in the preamp mode, and then use a SET (a 45 SET) to drive the "single driver". Sounds quite nice to me. I don't personally believe the opamps make a difference, (any more so than the myriad other phase shifts caused by passive compknents, which I donlt have, box, room reflections, etc). I have experimented with the same driver ( in the same box) in single driver mode, single driver with BSC circuit mode, "single driver" with super tweeter and BSC mode and finally, "single driver" with super tweeter, sub & active Xover mode. THe single driver with super tweeter, sub & active crossover sounds by far the cleanest and the most involving.
But this is just my opinion, and may be different for different setups.
-akhilesh

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