Flex Your PCD Mettle:

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

The cost matrix is in the first post of this thread, along with links to each of the dozen variants shown there:

http://techtalk.parts-express.com/sh...d.php?t=215536

This is FUN stuff; over 100 DIYers have "registered" their EconoWave projects, and many times that have been built worldwide....

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthr...84#post2260584

damn dude... there's some serious passion with this design. hell, i dont know where to start! i'm digging the dual jbl system. i thought the jbl was a 15" mid :(

http://techtalk.parts-express.com/sh...93#post1667893

[Zilch]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

2262HPL?

It's a 95dB 700-watt kick-*** 12" neodymium-magnet differential-drive midbass driver....

[Zilch]

Second Attempt:





PCD has it nailed apparently. :p

By the inverse null, tweeter z = -102mm

"Busy" crossover that sounds good....

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

2262HPL?

It's a 95dB 700-watt kick-*** 12" neodymium-magnet differential-drive midbass driver....

700 watt high efficient driver is freaking insane!!! think a carvin amp would be good enough to power this beast?

[Zilch]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

700 watt high efficient driver is freaking insane!!! think a carvin amp would be good enough to power this beast?

Uhmm, eWave HP is 3X your stated budget....

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

Uhmm, eWave HP is 3X your stated budget....

yeah, but it kicks major arse. think i should scale down a little and not get in over my head? i just wanna get loud and sound good doing it lol

[Zilch]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

Others will have to advise....

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

Others will have to advise....

:(

[Zilch]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

O.K. SR or Deluxe, depending upon how much you want to spend. Check the matrix.

[They both need sub(s) ]

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

[QUOTE=Zilch;1669349]O.K. SR or Deluxe, depending upon how much you want to spend. Check the matrix.

[They both need sub(s) ][/QUOTE



hmmm... one speaker has a mylar dome and the other a metal dome. i think the bc has the mylar dome. would i notice a huge sound difference between the jbl and emminence drivers?


so... if i want chest thumping solid double kick drum... im gonna need a sub to pair up with these super efficient midrange drivers?

[ARSIS]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

to get a brief idea of where i'm trying to go with this speaker build... click this link and turn the volume up. my budget is $800(says the wife), but i'm willing to splurge a tad bit more. divorce or not... ARSIS will achieve spl nirvana!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc

[penngray]

Re: Flex Your PCD Mettle:

Welcome ARSIS, you have come to the right place !! ;)

[Mayhem13]

Re: Second Attempt:

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PCD has it nailed apparently. :p

Yeah, but you lost that smoothness from 1-3khz and left with a slight response dip through the XO passband......a tradeoff of course so as the designer it's your call.

[Zilch]

Re: Second Attempt:

hmmm... one speaker has a mylar dome and the other a metal dome. i think the bc has the mylar dome. would i notice a huge sound difference between the jbl and emminence drivers?

The two designs sound remarkably similar.

Yeah, but you lost that smoothness from 1-3khz and left with a slight response dip through the XO passband......a tradeoff of course so as the designer it's your call.

Your PCD tweaker is broken? ;)

The whole dealio is within +/- 1.25 dB. As you're about to see, any listener vertical displacement alters the response in this region. Also, until manufacturing variances are included in the mix, designing any tighter is largely an academic endeavor, aka "spinning one's wheels...."

[Mayhem13]

Re: Second Attempt:

The two designs sound remarkably similar.


Your PCD tweaker is broken? ;)

The whole dealio is within +/- 1.25 dB. As you're about to see, any listener vertical displacement alters the response in this region.

Post #782 shows the smoothest XO to CD that i've EVER seen posted on the Ewave platform......and in the most sensitive range of my hearing......it's all about the midrange. But as i said no criticizm, it's your call. I would tweak the position of a speaker like that and listen in bliss all day long!

I've seen a lot of Ewave builds where the listener 'knows' where the forward axis is and still places it below the seated listening height.....to each their own i guess. You can only lead the horse to water.

As for my 'mettle', i'll leave that to the dynamic duo who've already commited more of their share of hard work......Bravo Gentlemen......Bravo!:D After spending countless years in different fields not ending with custom motorcycle fabrication, i dare say my brain is overly full and probobly couldn't cope with PCD mettling.

Don't stop on my account.