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Post Subject: I meant itPosted by op.9 on: 12/23/2007
No, i really did mean a 4592nd midrange - it is a OEM version that I think I bought from assistance audio. There are various reasons I'm crossing over at 3k (more like 2500hz now) - first, the horns are 250hz and therefore too deep for high treble without excessive beaming. Second, to my ears these units sound quite course and unappealing used full range. They do however play very well lower down. Violin fundamentals are thrilling - (an open violin E string can have real weight and body) and they don't have any horny problems used with a 700hz first order.
isn't 700-2400 a wasteful use of a horn you ask? - well I always intended this channel to be more like a 'fundamentals' channel
The superb bargain 4540nd are taking a back seat at the moment. I wanted to find something special and different to compare them to so I'm playing around with a double version of a raal 140-15 (again - not on his website). This is quite an extraordinary driver. Its early days yet, but I've yet to really identify its character properly. They do have an uncanny ability to 'charge the room' and can faithfully reproduce that air-distortion-crackle (does this have a name?) produced by loud sopranos and high wood wind.
now on with those 115hz horns....
op.9
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