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  • gregrueff
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 560

    #16
    I feel that the PC83-8 requires further investigation.
    I'm wondering if the backside of the test baffle is too restrictive, even with the chamfer.
    I may have to create a new insert out of 0.25" just to test if free-er flow reduces any of the HD seen here.

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    • Wolf
      Obsessed & Proud of It
      • Sep 2005
      • 26844

      #17
      I'm using mine in the OSFA BT-box in a 1/2" ply baffle with no relief, save for the required inset for the frame-lip. It seems like it doesn't have any issues.
      Later,
      Wolf
      "Wolf, you shall now be known as "King of the Zip ties." -Pete00t
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      • gregrueff
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2007
        • 560

        #18
        PC105-8 Results:

        Frequency Response
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        Harmonic Distortion

        12" @ 96 dB fundamental
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        24" @ 96 dB fundamental
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        • gregrueff
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2007
          • 560

          #19
          LY401F Results:

          Frequency Response
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          Harmonic Distortion
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          • gregrueff
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2007
            • 560

            #20
            Originally posted by Wolf
            I'm using mine in the OSFA BT-box in a 1/2" ply baffle with no relief, save for the required inset for the frame-lip. It seems like it doesn't have any issues.
            Later,
            Wolf
            Yeah, I think I was just hoping for better.
            I may still revisit this.

            On the other side of things, I'm pleasantly surprised that the PC105-8 appears to be beating out the LY401F in HD. It can't match the LY401F's sensitivity or thermal management, but looks really good nonetheless.

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            • gregrueff
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2007
              • 560

              #21
              It's a little tough to read, but on HD3 the PC105-8 really seems to win out.
              The LY302F is close if it weren't for the peak at 650 Hz that my measurements bear out, except for the low end where the increased cone area of the PC105-8 takes the cake.

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              • gregrueff
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 560

                #22
                This is a little easier to read since it is clearly a two driver race between the LY302F and the PC105-8.
                Above about 1 kHz, the LY302F looks better in both HD3 & HD5.
                Given that I've been focused on how low I could cross either, I'm leaning towards the PC105-8 which suggests 250 Hz isn't too low.

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                • Wolf
                  Obsessed & Proud of It
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 26844

                  #23
                  I ran the 105-4 in a dual-chamber aperiodic sealed alignment, and they really sounded good like that. About a liter a piece with pegboard sandwiching 1" foam across the center. Later, Wolf
                  "Wolf, you shall now be known as "King of the Zip ties." -Pete00t
                  "Wolf and speakers equivalent to Picasso and 'Blue'" -dantheman
                  "He is a true ambassador for this forum and speaker DIY in general." -Ed Froste
                  "We're all in this together, so keep your stick on the ice!" - Red Green aka Steve Smith

                  *InDIYana event website*

                  Photobucket pages:
                  https://app.photobucket.com/u/wolf_teeth_speaker

                  My blog/writeups/thoughts here at PE:
                  http://techtalk.parts-express.com/blog.php?u=4102

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                  • LOUT
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2020
                    • 587

                    #24
                    Do either of you happen to have an accoustic offset measurement for the PC105?
                    My first 2way build

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                    • johnnyrichards
                      Obsessed & Proud of It
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 14389

                      #25
                      Originally posted by LOUT
                      Do either of you happen to have an accoustic offset measurement for the PC105?
                      It is a relative measurement, as in "offset from what other driver?"
                      Don't listen to me - I have not sold any $150,000 speakers.
                      https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...range-mid-bass
                      https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...range-mid-bass
                      https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...um-cone-woofer

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                      • LOUT
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2020
                        • 587

                        #26
                        Originally posted by johnnyrichards
                        It is a relative measurement, as in "offset from what other driver?"
                        I'm guessing that means it can't magically be measured as a woofer's "offset" from the baffle, assuming the baffle as zero? That kind of makes sense I suppose because the measurement must need a second sound source to act as the assumed "zero" or offset point.
                        Do tweeters commonly have their own offset to worry about or is it usually safe to assume a tweeter as zero even if you're changing to a different tweeter while keeping the same woofer and baffle somehow?
                        My first 2way build

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                        • johnnyrichards
                          Obsessed & Proud of It
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 14389

                          #27
                          No, there is no safe assumption as such. If you assume the baffle is zero, than each different point source will exhibit an offset. What you are looking for is offset between two or more point sources. Estimating this distance is fuzzy math at best. If you are running a single point source, than there is no offset. Think of it in terms of a triangle - woofer, tweeter, listening position. So even changing listening position will impact the relationship - which is easily seen in modeling software.

                          You need a microphone and a rigorous test methodology if you want to determine offsets.
                          Don't listen to me - I have not sold any $150,000 speakers.
                          https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...range-mid-bass
                          https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...range-mid-bass
                          https://www.jfcomponents.com/product...um-cone-woofer

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                          • gregrueff
                            Senior Member
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 560

                            #28
                            DA215-8 Results:

                            Frequency Response
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                            Harmonic Distortion

                            4" @ 2.83 Vrms
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                            Harmonic Distortion
                            4" @ 96 dB fundamental
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                            Harmonic Distortion
                            12" @ 96 dB fundamental
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                            Harmonic Distortion
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                            • gregrueff
                              Senior Member
                              • Aug 2007
                              • 560

                              #29
                              The DA215-8 really stressed my test baffle and there was definitely a panel resonance that shows up in the bass HD sweeps. You could hear it at the beginning of the sweep. The power and cone area of the DA215-8 really exposed this.

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                              The test baffle was never intended to be perfectly rigid; only provide a semi-useful FR curve.
                              You can see in this underside shot how I built the frame using 2x4s and laid the foam board on top of it.

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                              Consequently, I wouldn't put too much stock into the bass HD sweeps and it also helps explain why that area looked high in the other driver's HD tests.
                              The real test will be once the drivers are loaded into a real enclosure.

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                              • gregrueff
                                Senior Member
                                • Aug 2007
                                • 560

                                #30
                                FR59EXE Results:

                                Frequency Response
                                2.83 Vrms @ 12" (no bass track)
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                                Frequency Response
                                250 uF cap and higher resolution
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                                Harmonic Distortion
                                12" @ 90 dB fundamental with 250 uF cap
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