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Post Subject: F120APosted by floobydust on: 2/16/2009
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Romy,
I picked up a pair of FX120 and F120A drivers over two years ago. I initially spent some time with the FX120 in a small 10-liter ported enclosure (similar to Fostex' recommended one but altered dimensions). After many months of listening I decided to swap the F120A in place of the FX120. The result was not subtle... despite the two drivers sharing several components (main difference is in the magnetic assembly), there is a significant improvement with the F120A. It's nothing like the other FE and FF series drivers. My initial posts on AudioCircle resulted in Jim buying a pair and immediately sent them to Bud for treatment (without having listened to them). My initial post is here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=46749.0
In short, I've not had any treatments done to them, but they are by far my favorite of the small Fostex drivers and do not suffer from the typical "upper midrange shout" that the other ones do. They do have two limitations: 1- at 89dB sensitivity they don't get very loud with low power SETs. 2- With a 10-watt rating, you need to careful how hard you push them. In any case, within their limitations they are very good.
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