|   Tweeter/Midrange arrangements | highend64
Apr 3, 2002 11:11 PM | | Ok, I need all the help I can get so bare with me. Right now I have a 3-way DIY speakers consisting cone tweeters and cone midranges. The woofer is the least of my worries for right now. I'm recently building another DIY speakers to replace my current DIY but this time I'm serious about producing the best sound. I want to stick with 3-way option because I already have 2 3-way 18db/octave crossover. So here is the deal, I want to replace my cone tweeter and cone midrange to a silk, aluminum, or mylar but couldn't find a good match. I was planning on a mylar dome tweeter and silk dome midrange but I'm afraid the responses between the two will alter the soundstage, imaging, and colored the sound. Do you think this is a good idea? Or should I stick with the same material? PS: I appreciate your honest and concern. |
| re: Tweeter/Midrange arrangements | MaxC
Apr 4, 2002 6:24 AM | | Have you looked into drivers from Swans or Vifa?
Swans have a 1" silk dome tweeter and a 2 or 4" silk dome midrange. They also have a 6.5" kevlar impregnated dispersion modified midrange that may match well with Vifa's silk covered dispersion modified metal tweeter. Both are considered good bang for the buck drivers.
Most speakers' midrange drivers are not made of the same material as their tweeters. |
| re: Tweeter/Midrange arrangements | Bobby Blacklight
Apr 4, 2002 9:36 AM | | I would not worry to much about the materials used. It is very common to use different materials for the midrange and tweeter. A good sensitivity match and smooth response above and below the crossover frequency is more important. |
| re: Tweeter/Midrange arrangements | CHRIS8
Apr 4, 2002 11:43 AM | | "I want to stick with 3-way option because I already have 2 3-way 18db/octave crossover"
It is near impossible to match any drivers other than the ones originally intended for the crossover and expect good results. If this is one of those 'generic' pre-made crossovers, you will still end up with lackluster sound reproduction. Their are simply too many variables involved with passive crossover circuits for their to be any 'one-solution' filters.
You obviously do not wish to build your crossovers, or at least it would seem that way from the information you have provided. (Please let me know if I have come to wrong conclusion) I propose that you search diy plans and find one that you could use your existing cabinet with(or cut out the front baffle and replace it to conform to the diy plans you find). You can then purchase the new drivers and crossover parts and just follow the schematics, and end up with something listenable.
Have a nice day.
-Chris |
| re: Tweeter/Midrange arrangements | highend64
Apr 4, 2002 12:39 PM | | Hi Chris, your right. I'm not planning on building my own crossover. The crossover I have has 2 fixed position on the X-points(800/1600 and 5000/7000). |
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