Woofers needing tweeters....

[shawn_a]

I have this pair of Focal 5V4221 polyglass woofers I bought along with the D6.8s I've been mucking about with lately. I gave the Focals a functionality check when got them and haven't done much else with them since. After listening to them since I got home tonight (in a box that appears to be rather wrong for them) I'm wondering what tweeter I should mate up with them. As Dirk said, there is nothing to be found about them. At least I've not found any info yet. I'm not hearing any glaringly bad stuff from them so far and they appear to be decently smooth without putting the mic to them. They don't seem to fall off until around 3000 Hz. Any suggestions on a tweeter?

shawn

[rudyjakubin]

> I have this pair of Focal 5V4221 polyglass
> woofers I bought along with the D6.8s I've
> been mucking about with lately. I gave the
> Focals a functionality check when got them
> and haven't done much else with them since.
> After listening to them since I got home
> tonight (in a box that appears to be rather
> wrong for them) I'm wondering what tweeter I
> should mate up with them. As Dirk said,
> there is nothing to be found about them. At
> least I've not found any info yet. I'm not
> hearing any glaringly bad stuff from them so
> far and they appear to be decently smooth
> without putting the mic to them. They don't
> seem to fall off until around 3000 Hz. Any
> suggestions on a tweeter?

Sounds like a good candidate for a series crossover. I'm really liking these tweeters on sale at Madisound. I got them for their sensitivity rating so I wouldn't need a padding resistor. Clear and Clean for less than $10.00
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[paul_n_oneal]

[jasonzielinski]

[alann]

[shawn_a]

I'm already splurging on them, only for another project. Good idea though!

shawn

[romanbednarek]

> I have this pair of Focal 5V4221 polyglass
> woofers I bought along with the D6.8s I've
> been mucking about with lately. I gave the
> Focals a functionality check when got them
> and haven't done much else with them since.
> After listening to them since I got home
> tonight (in a box that appears to be rather
> wrong for them) I'm wondering what tweeter I
> should mate up with them. As Dirk said,
> there is nothing to be found about them. At
> least I've not found any info yet. I'm not
> hearing any glaringly bad stuff from them so
> far and they appear to be decently smooth
> without putting the mic to them. They don't
> seem to fall off until around 3000 Hz. Any
> suggestions on a tweeter?

> shawn

The Vifa XT19 is a good alternative to the OW1 in my opinion as long as you are able to cross above 2.5kHz with 4th order slopes. I actually find it to be a bit more neutral than the OW1 although a bit less spacious and lively at the top end.