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In the Thread: A quest for a better monitor.
Post Subject: Driver's Worth by WeightPosted by Paul S on: 11/11/2009
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Mani, I am not saying that any driver (let alone any collection of drivers...) will ever be entirely "correct" in terms of acoustical instrumental timbre, no matter the frequency range it attempts to address. I am saying that the sonic "weight balance" of an 8" driver is "more correct" at "musical" 400 Hz than it is at "musical" 150 Hz. IMO, in terms of harmonic balance and timbre, it would be better to high-pass the 8" driver at closer to 400 Hz and run a bigger driver from, say, 100 Hz to 400 Hz. I will eventually try something like this myself, if you wait long enough.
I like the 10" driver a lot better than the 8" driver at 150 Hz. In fact, I have long said that - other factors being equal - the 10" driver does a better rendition of timbre than the 8" when used in the usual "FR" applications.
Do I understand you are asking 70 Hz from a 7" driver? Who knows for sure, but I would never suppose this would be worth a fig, and very hard to believe that its harmonic development would compare to the "more comfortable" 10" driver.
Some contrapuntal thoughts on this, including LF, are in the "speakers for use with a powerful SET" thread.
Best regards,
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