| Re: Why does Selah find this to be true? [message #61129 is a reply to message #61106] |
Thu, 01 October 2009 05:55  |
AudioFred
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selahaudio wrote on Tue, 29 September 2009 19:29
Combination of reasons. Not always customer-driven; in fact, sometimes they're under the assumption that a 80hz-120hz crossover isn't possible with a subwoofer or they want a 7" to run ported and full-range without a sub.
My XT-8 arrays are an example. My wife generously bought me this expensive kit and lets me position these large speakers in our family room, and I didn't want to push the envelope of her generosity by adding a couple of large sub boxes. But with the increased availibility of smaller affordable high quality drivers I might go for a Symmetrica-type array if I were doing it all over again today. No, if I were doing it over again I believe I would go with nine 7" Scan Speak Revelator woofers and nine Fountek ribbons in a ported box. Or then again I might...
http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Building-the-XT-8-Line-Arrays/362400_3AfcH#P-1-12
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