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Post Subject: Actually, you might still have the best of it.Posted by Paul S on: 8/20/2007
Yoshi, I knew Frank Reps WAY back, in LA. I have talked with him in the last few years and know a little about his drivers, but I have never heard them.
It was my understanding that Frank used the AER cones, or he OEMs them from AER?
In any case, if the paper is as heavy as the Lowthers (eg, it is not too light) then you might use the thing in a small box from 200 up as high as 4k Hz, or at least you might use these numbers to kick off design/experimentation
If you just want to pursue the box idea, do try a much smaller box. I'm afraid I speak from experience when I say the big box doesn't get it with Lowthers; basically it serves no good purpose, and it well and truly jacks up the sound it does not eat below 400 Hz. I messed around with the smaller box when I was thinking 2-way, and it "works" much better because it better pitches the driver and also gives it a more realistic load. You only need wimpy batting on alternate inside cabinet faces, and likely no port.
FYI, and germane to de-construction, one of the worst speakers I ever heard (if not THE worst) was a 2-way Vitavox "theater" speaker with the old Vitavox horn! I mean, run for your lives!
Who would have guessed from that its current exhalted/unobtainable status?
And I can assure you that most of these venerated drivers still sound like crap!
Maybe your Reps will never match up with your other drivers as you have implemented them and the whole of them.
But I will be VERY surprised if you find dynamic drivers that better the Reps in every way.
BTW, I guess it's apropos that, according to Frank Reps, he sells his [then] $20k back-loaded, single driver horns mostly to well-heeled classical musicians and opera singers, eg, I've got the perfect vehicle for that 1705...
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site