Anarchy Woofer

[dst]

Of course the bass is touted as exceptional, but how good is the mid-range vs other highly rated $50 to $75 drivers, or the PE reference aluminum cones?

[djg]

Rick Craig did a 2 way with the Anarchy.

[rickcraig]

Neutral midrange but needs a tweeter that can cross low if you want to use it in a 2-way.

[jclin4]

Face (Mike B) did exactly that. He used a waveguide on the tweeter to get a low XO point. I heard it at the NYDIY this summer and it was the best pair there IMO.

[Pete Schumacher]

Face (Mike B) did exactly that. He used a waveguide on the tweeter to get a low XO point. I heard it at the NYDIY this summer and it was the best pair there IMO.

I believe cjd did a 2.5-way with them and the big SB29. What I recall hearing was really impressive.

[Beau]

Hong built a Anarchy based speaker.

Muy bueno.

It pounds nicely.

[---k---]

I believe cjd did a 2.5-way with them and the big SB29. What I recall hearing was really impressive.

Here's CJD's Anarchy design.
http://www.divine-audio.com/ansonica/

It won the "Design I'd like to have in my living room" at DIY Chicago 2011.

[wogg]

This led me to ponder a small 2 way with some great bass as well. I was going to try a on paper model using the data here: http://www.audioxpress.com/article/t...6-017r-anarchy

Think an RS28 tweet would make it low enough, with a notch on that woofer 4kHz breakup node?

[isaeagle4031]

This led me to ponder a small 2 way with some great bass as well. I was going to try a on paper model using the data here: http://www.audioxpress.com/article/t...6-017r-anarchy

Think an RS28 tweet would make it low enough, with a notch on that woofer 4kHz breakup node?

Considering that you would cross the Anarchy no higher than 2k, probably lower and that the rs28 can handidly cross at 1500, it would work well.

The peak at 4k is easily dealt with. Probably no more than a small value cap (.33uf or so) in parallel with the woofers inductor or possibly a small value inductor (.010 or so in series with the woofers parallel cap on a 2nd order electrical filter, will tank that nicely without the need for an additional node.

[hongrn]

Hong built a Anarchy based speaker.

Muy bueno.

It pounds nicely.

Thanks Beau. Here's my version of the Anarchy/RS28F, a TMM 2-way. To answer your original question, the midrange is as good as anything I've heard. The system remains one of my favorite speakers, no matter which type of music you prefer.

http://projectgallery.parts-express....he-renditions/

[Face]

I've used the Anarchy in two ways to 1200hz and 1800, it sounded fine in both speakers. They sound surprisingly good in sealed .5-.7cf enclosures. If you want to use ghem ported, tune low.

[Face]

Face (Mike B) did exactly that. He used a waveguide on the tweeter to get a low XO point. I heard it at the NYDIY this summer and it was the best pair there IMO.

Thank you. That consisted of a Scanspeak D3004/6040-10 behind a SEOS 8 waveguide and an Anarchy woofer in a .67cf sealed enclosure.

[kevintomb]

I've used the Anarchy in two ways to 1200hz and 1800, it sounded fine in both speakers. They sound surprisingly good in sealed .5-.7cf enclosures. If you want to use ghem ported, tune low.

What kinda final SPL did you get after BSC?

[wogg]

What kinda final SPL did you get after BSC?

Excellent question, I'm curious too. I did a paper model yesterday under a XT25TG tweeter (already had it modeled, just swapped woofer models and played with the crossover) and the SPL ends up pretty low after BSC. Of course, the FRD data I pulled from the audioexpress.com graphs stopped at 300Hz, so I'm not confident that I'm compensating correctly. It appears that it will land around 80dB/W or a little under.

[rickcraig]

This led me to ponder a small 2 way with some great bass as well. I was going to try a on paper model using the data here: http://www.audioxpress.com/article/t...6-017r-anarchy

Think an RS28 tweet would make it low enough, with a notch on that woofer 4kHz breakup node?

Here are the graphs from the 2-way I did using the RS28.