2Pis done [message #52052] |
Sun, 20 April 2008 02:52 |
colinhester
Messages: 1349 Registered: May 2009 Location: NE Arkansas
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Finished the 2Pi project sometime last week. I had been breaking them in on an old Bottlehead PARASex amp, and they sounded very nice. I then hooked the Pis up to my newly acquired PPP 6L6 amps. One word: DAMN. Can't wait to finish the 7Pis and hook these monsters up. Thanks again, Wayne.....Colin
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Re: 2Pis done [message #52055 is a reply to message #52052] |
Sun, 20 April 2008 15:21 |
Shane
Messages: 1117 Registered: May 2009
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Very nice! Maybe I'll get mine finished in this lifetime. If you happen to have a clear pic of the speaker I'd love to add it onto my site below. You can email me one if you want--(large a pic as you want to send). shanemmail-forums at yahoo dot com.
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Re: 2Pis done [message #52068 is a reply to message #52052] |
Thu, 24 April 2008 19:35 |
crazychile
Messages: 46 Registered: May 2009
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Those look really nice! I'm about to build some Pi 2 Towers and was thinking about separating the tweeter sort of like you did. Have you ever heard a textbook pair of Pi 2's compared to your design? I was wondering about how much better yours imaged than a standard pair.Thanks, crazychile
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Acoustic source position [message #52075 is a reply to message #52068] |
Fri, 25 April 2008 12:41 |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18786 Registered: January 2001
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Note about acoustic position of the one π, two π and two π tower speakers:When the woofer and tweeter are mounted on the same baffle, the acoustic distance is the same when you listen directly on-axis with the midwoofer. On-axis with the tweeter, the tweeter is closer than the woofer. In between the woofer and tweeter, you're still slightly closer to the tweeter. But when you're on axis with the midwoofer, the acosutic sources are both exactly the same distance. The midwoofer of a two π tower is just about perfect ear-level when seated. That's where you want a one π or two π speaker to be. Naturally, if you angle the speaker back or mount on two different baffles, these relationships change. You should set them where the path lengths are equal at the desired listening position. You can angle up or down the line of path length equality by moving the tweeter forward or back.
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