Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

[jbruner]

NS6-ed

I have completed testing on 2 sliced Aurasound NS6-255-8a samples and decided to bury the data here. These are unworthy of their own thread. Whoever it was that convinced me to buy these must be deaf.

3 NS6s baselined showing 3rd order distortion-



The slit technique definitely works for suppressing the break-up.

The slits destroyed the peak completely, and reduced the related 3rd and 5th order distortions by the same 8-10 db.

Sample-5




What it did not do is make the driver into something I would want to use. I can't stand to listen to them raw or modified.

There is one big problem that I may or may not address in this round of drivers. Distortion below 1k rises when testing the NS6 at high volumes. This indicates that the glue is too soft(which I suspect), the gap is too wide, or the floppy-coned NS6 is just not suited to this mod.

MY advice so far- sell the NS6s, keep the NSBs, and cut everything but don't glue yet!

Yeah, but could he put up with all the noise without going insane?

Apparently not.

[Tin_Ears]

Re: Disregard

This thread is getting really exciting. I hope you can stick it out until all those slits are fully explored.

[jbruner]

Disregard

jbruner... I hope you're not offended. We're just playin'. :D

I can't believe you guys would degrade my thread like that!

Partsexpress.com is not your personal erotica site.

By the way, you missed one-

I wanted to find out if the well-known slit-cone method had any drawbacks. Could you damp the out-of band resonances without hurting the Clarity, Liveliness, Immediacy, Transparency?

I really hope you don't think I take those oddiofile terms seriously!

[Tin_Ears]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

jbruner... I hope you're not offended. We're just playin'. :D

[fatmarley]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

[Tin_Ears]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

With that many slits he could make a fortune

Yeah, but could he put up with all the noise without going insane?

[caleb]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

Maybe you could pimp them out :p Nice cutting btw.

I think he tried to pimp them but they kept talking noise like a NS6, so as we now know, sometimes you have to cut a NS6 :eek:

[killa]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

With that many slits he could make a fortune

[filmslayer]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

Nice cutting btw.

i agree ! i cut window film with a razor knife for a living and don't think i could cut that straight and symmetrical ...

[Tin_Ears]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

Maybe you could pimp them out :p Nice cutting btw.

Yeah... was it intentional, ya' think? Maybe he needs to consider adding more slutz in the cones?:D

[killa]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

The Aurasound NS6 sounds so whoreible, t

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Maybe you could pimp them out :p Nice cutting btw.

[Tin_Ears]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

I'd suggest you start a new thread and edit your OP to include a link (or links) to test(s) of different drivers. In the OP of your new thread(s) include links to this one and all others. This is "probably" the least confusing method although many folks will cross-post in this and other threads regarding the various drivers. It'll take some diligence to keep your threads on track. Oh my... what have you gotten yourself into??:eek::D

[jbruner]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

You are in luck. The NS6 is next on the execution list.

blasphemy

While I thoroughly enjoy your provocative one-word comments, I have no idea what you mean by this.

The Aurasound NS6 sounds so whoreible, there's no way I can make it worse.

The only question is, should I start a new thread for the NS6-255-8A?

4 drivers have been baselined.


Sample 3 has been cut.

[caleb]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

Part Express linked to this thread on their facebook page. Hey maybe they could send jbruner some free drivers so he can improve them with slits and document the work and improvements. I mean something like oh I don't know say a pair of Dayton Audio PM180-8 6-1/2" :D

[fatmarley]

Re: Scan-Speek 4" for 49 cents?

Shame the copper penny didn't do much. THIS guy used a short length of copper pipe (scroll down).