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Legend 875 [message #20467] Sun, 03 October 2004 07:34 Go to next message
SMalter is currently offline  SMalter
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I bought an Eminence Legend 875 to replace the speaker in a practice amp I have and was really surprised. Guys this speaker is a great hifi speaker. I'm thinking of buying another one for an MK TQWP and I wanted to tell you all so you would think about doing it too. Use it with a 10k supertweeter. This is one sweet little speaker and I think people probably overlook it. It could be the next best kept secret in the hifi speaker biz.

Re: Legend 875 [message #20471 is a reply to message #20467] Wed, 06 October 2004 10:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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Thanks for the tip, Smalter.
Could you point us to a link that has the drivers data and performance numbers?
thanx
-akhilesh

Re: Legend 875 [message #20472 is a reply to message #20471] Wed, 06 October 2004 18:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Hi Akhilesh,

Here you go. It's a 4 ohm speaker so you'd have to use the 4 ohm tap on your amp.

Wayne


Re: Legend 875 [message #20473 is a reply to message #20472] Thu, 07 October 2004 12:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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Thanks Wayne.
Based on info I got, it seems to have an fs of 88 HZ, and a pretty steep fall off below 70HZ.
I would say it needs a woofer, but os probably a good widebander.
Needs a super tweeter as well.
Thanx for the pointer!
-akhilesh

Re: Legend 875 [message #20474 is a reply to message #20473] Thu, 07 October 2004 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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It looks like this driver was designed to go in small practice guitar amps. It probably is a little light in the bass, but maybe SMalter is right and one of Martin's stuffed quarter-wave lines would bring up the bottom end.

Re: Legend 875 [message #20475 is a reply to message #20474] Fri, 08 October 2004 10:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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I agree Wayne.
An fs of 88 HZ probably means issues with getting bass below that from a bass reflex, yes? And a TQWP is similar (at least in temrs of producing bass, right?
ALso, I wonder what the distortion numbers are like on this driver....maybe they are low for some reason and that is why it sounds good!
-akhilesh

Re: Legend 875 [message #20476 is a reply to message #20475] Fri, 08 October 2004 11:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Hi Akhilesh,

You can tune reflex boxes much deeper than Fts, and, in fact, if Qts is less than 0.375, it probably should be tuned lower than Fts. System response is determined by overall system specs.

Generally speaking, bass-reflex systems with drivers having Qts less than 0.375 will be tuned higher than Fts and their f3 will also be higher than Fts. Those with Qts greater than 0.375 will be tuned lower than Fts and f3 will be lower than Fts. When you get above Qts of 0.7, response will be underdamped. These are generalized cases, and there are plenty of other ways to tune the system. But this gives you a good idea of what to expect.

Martin or one of the other TQLP builders should probably address the subject of transmission lines, because they may have some special circumstances I have not considered. I would expect that the primary resonance mode is tuned pretty much the same way the bass-reflex cabinet is, and so the tuning characteristics described above probably apply. But there are secondary resonances at harmonics of the fundamental in a transmission line that are dealt with in a TQWP. So this may make other conditions apply.

Wayne

Re: Legend 875 [message #20477 is a reply to message #20476] Sat, 09 October 2004 01:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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Great information, Wayne.
If the system is tuned to below fs, won;t that cause impedance rises...in general?
thanx
-akhilesh

Re: Legend 875 [message #20478 is a reply to message #20477] Sat, 09 October 2004 07:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Hi Akhilesh,

Tuning the cabinet below Fts won't change average impedance. Bass-reflex systems have a two-peaked impedance curve in the resonance region, but this is to be expected. As I said earlier, if Qts is greater than 0.375, cabinet tuning is generally made lower than Fts.

Wayne

REphrase my question [message #20480 is a reply to message #20477] Mon, 11 October 2004 07:43 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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HI Wayne,
Thanks! Very informative.
IF the resonant freq of the driver is 80HZ, then won't it's impedance be very high there, and below? That was what I meant initially.
thanx
-akhilesh

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