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The "magic" of single drivers: some thoughts [message #20112] Fri, 18 June 2004 16:57 Go to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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HI Everyone,
As some of you may know... my sonic inclination has been to go 2 way, or even 3 way, and let one driver do most of the work. In my opinion, this was sufficienlty "single driver" but gave better frequency extension.
Today, i just heard an old pair of single driver sealed boxes i have, with an old pair of jensens in them. This is a standard single driver setup, with no crossovers or any passive neworlk of any kind, just one driver in a sealed box.

The imaging and coherence blew me away. We DO lose something with multiple drivers...even at extreme frequencies. While i still like my multiple driver speakers for everyday listening... a good single driver (that gives good bass and highs) is another route to consider...especially if simplicity & sonic purity are your goals.

The fostex fe206E s a good driver, as i believe (though i have never heard) s ed schillings hornshoppe speaker.

Anyways, just wanted to let all of us know...especially people getting into this that there IS a tradeoff.
-akhilesh

Re: The "magic" of single drivers: some thoughts [message #20115 is a reply to message #20112] Sat, 19 June 2004 15:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hurdy_gurdyman is currently offline  hurdy_gurdyman
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>Anyways, just wanted to let all of us know...especially people getting into this that there IS a tradeoff.
Re: The "magic" of single drivers: some thoughts [message #20117 is a reply to message #20115] Sat, 19 June 2004 19:05 Go to previous message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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I agree Dave! hence the need for many speaker sets...;-)
-akhilesh

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