Recent content by Paweł L

The edge diffraction would be one thing. But I think because upper mids, the 700-2k range is pulled up, the dip counter acts brightness which affects most instruments and vocals. Also it might be that this particular tweeter's power response or distortions make things stand out more than other...

Supposedly according to reviews the just released X Crinacles Dawn, not the latest Blessing 3, is the one to go for. A bit warmer and more natural timbre then the B3.

$250 for 100Wx4 +1 it's a great deal. Let's be honest most in cases car amps, even McIntosh amps, are not the equivalent of home hi-end audio. Foremost they are designed to survive the tough life of audio amp in varying temperature and humidity, user abuse, never ending vibrations. The audio...

You can always mount the X-O in separate box, actually it's preferred to have the over parts away from magnets and vibrations. On top it's easier to do fine tunning and voicing with X-O out of the box. As for offset in Z axis between tweeter and woofer, it changes the phase relation therefore...

The baffle as in the last picture looks nicer than in the first, at least to me. It supposedly also behave better regarding the acoustics. And easiest to make. I assume the opening for woofer driver will be routed at 45 deg to avoid unwanted back wave reflections - make the Purify breath as...

Are Sony V6 beaten by other closed back models ? Not really, especially if someone has to spend over 100 - 150 dol. or Euros. Sure, K371 or M50X will sound better but they aren't without flaws. If the V6/7506 are in good condition and can be run with EQ, meet users needs, then I wouldn't...

They always sounded too bright for me, with some fatigue in upper mids/low highs. The dip in low mids around 200-300Hz is common for most closed backs. I think ATH-M50x is a nicer HP to listen.

Then there is question how good your own hearing is, damaged hearing is not uncommon today. I have really hard time hearing things my friends describe, sometimes a good thing, but generally I wish it was better. Of course not all recordings are pristine and not all music has the spectrum or...

So I played a bit with your Vituix passive x-o files, the ones before this post and changed things a little since the impedance above midrange dropped too much in my opinion because of the RLC filters in the tweeter section. Also changed the location and values of the resistors to keep the amp...

It might change something, yeah, it can sound different as I noticed similar thing with my old CD player from '90s - very slight change BTW and nothing to scream about. If it really improved something I would like to see the measurements and what are the areas the improvement can be 'seen'.

26stac is a pretty decent tweeter and inexpensive, I like it more than the 29rdc

Start by measuring voice coil resistance with DMM, then do impedance sweep, compare the two. But that may give no indication of damage, because often the voltage and current are too low to detect the problem. Basically you would have to disassemble the tweeter and inspect the wiring very...

From the schematic of the output section I was expecting just a little bit more, something like the Onkyo 9100, but Marantz simply cut corners as much as possible. Ah, where is the Marantz of the past.

Expensive drivers and complex even with modern measuring software (Clio, ARTA) and loudspeaker CAD. Plus you need the space for acoustical measurements, which take considerable amount of time. And as mentioned in the posts above doing passive x-o requires ton of caps, inductors and resistors for...

Yeah, this is what I was afraid of. For $600 per pair this is unacceptable. My cheap SB Acoustics tweeters are within 1dB. If the Morels were sold as matching pair, then I would expect them to measure no worse than other manufacturers (old Vifa, Scan, Focal). I suspect that the lower SPL unit...