Re: RSS315HF-4 as the anchor of a 3-way???
....and I can't wait to hear the pair at some future gathering. The raw cabinets sure were impressive when I saw them in April.
Jeff
Well I got some listening done with one of the cabinets, just to get an impression of the capabilities. I pulled out the old Sansui G8000, a very generous 130W capability with power meters to give me an idea where the output is to keep it clean. Nothing fancy for the source, just headphone output from the laptop into the Sansui, running WAV format for the music in Media Player. Far from optimal.
I adjusted the output so that the meter was hovering around 10W.
The cabinet will need some cross bracing for the side panels. The baffle doesn't need anything to stiffen it up. Solid as a rock. Even as large as the side panels are, the nature of the build has created really stiff walls that don't move very much. But from a simple touch test, I could tell that a brace or two would improve things.
That said, after I spent an hour listening to some cuts, I got around to playing Allison Krauss, "Deeper than Crying" and was just mesmerized. I think the mid and tweet are so close to right that I don't know that any more tweaking will improve anything. And without the stereo pair in their final places in the listening room, it's tough to tell if the overall bass levels are right. But during Hotel California - Live/Acoustic, the big drum and bass seemed to be all there, with a real visceral quality to the lows. I can't wait to get the second one up for final voicing.
I adjusted the output so that the meter was hovering around 10W.
The cabinet will need some cross bracing for the side panels. The baffle doesn't need anything to stiffen it up. Solid as a rock. Even as large as the side panels are, the nature of the build has created really stiff walls that don't move very much. But from a simple touch test, I could tell that a brace or two would improve things.
That said, after I spent an hour listening to some cuts, I got around to playing Allison Krauss, "Deeper than Crying" and was just mesmerized. I think the mid and tweet are so close to right that I don't know that any more tweaking will improve anything. And without the stereo pair in their final places in the listening room, it's tough to tell if the overall bass levels are right. But during Hotel California - Live/Acoustic, the big drum and bass seemed to be all there, with a real visceral quality to the lows. I can't wait to get the second one up for final voicing.
Jeff
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