Sphere shaped speakers with CHN110 drivers

[ppataki]

Hi Pataki
My dealer doesnt have MA110 only MA 120 and 90 will i be ok totry your build with these drivers what will i notget in performace

thanks
anand

Do you mean that you could only have the CHR120 or the CHR90 instead of the CHN110?

The CHR120 in my opinion would be too big for this sphere cabinet
The CHR90 would be a great choice but then I would recommend adding a subwoofer too
Another alternatives could be the Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11

 

[diyhobby]

Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11 are avaibale with my dealer but MAOp is very expensive.
What shold I do.
I dont understand why somany drivers Mark Audio makes so confusing for begineers

 

[312elements]

Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11 are avaibale with my dealer but MAOp is very expensive.
What shold I do.
I dont understand why somany drivers Mark Audio makes so confusing for begineers

My understanding is that MAOP 11 is a Pluvia 11 with additional treatment that improves resolution and dispersion. Different production products have different design objectives.

 

[ppataki]

Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11 are avaibale with my dealer but MAOp is very expensive.
What shold I do.
I dont understand why somany drivers Mark Audio makes so confusing for begineers

Go for the Pluvia in my opinion

 

[ppataki]

Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11 are avaibale with my dealer but MAOp is very expensive.
What shold I do.
I dont understand why somany drivers Mark Audio makes so confusing for begineers

I have done a project with the Pluvia 11 already:

Pluvia 11 based sphere speaker project

Now that I am finished filling my living room with 'space balls' I have decided that I will do the same with our bedroom/home office upstairs The project will be almost the same as the one above but with the difference that this time I will use Markaudio Pluvia 11 (the chrome color version)...

www.audiosciencereview.com

And this is the subwoofer project for the Pluvia project:

Another 8" dual opposed subwoofer project

After finishing my new DIY system in my home office/bedroom I have decided to also add (build) a subwoofer to it I have really huge dips in the frequency response due to room modes; see the before/after DSP correction curve below: When running REW simulations for adding a sub to the system...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[john11]

Do you mean that you could only have the CHR120 or the CHR90 instead of the CHN110?

The CHR120 in my opinion would be too big for this sphere cabinet
The CHR90 would be a great choice but then I would recommend adding a subwoofer too
Another alternatives could be the Pluvia 11 or the MAOP 11

In a previous post you said you could not tell the difference between a mark audio chn 110 driver and a moap in a blind test, do you still stick to that statement, that the cheapest driver mark audio produces sounds very similar to the most expensive

 

[ppataki]

In a previous post you said you could not tell the difference between a mark audio chn 110 driver and a moap in a blind test, do you still stick to that statement, that the cheapest driver mark audio produces sounds very similar to the most expensive

Yes I do
I would just add one thing: the MAOPs sound a bit less 'metallic' - but this is a small difference, definitely not day and night

 

[john11]

Yes I do
I would just add one thing: the MAOPs sound a bit less 'metallic' - but this is a small difference, definitely not day and night

Thanks ! I’ll seriously think for the chn driver, it should be incredible value for money.

You see I am looking for a drive unit for use in an open baffle type situation, do you think any of the many mark audio drivers you have tested could be suitable. I may buy a woofer or tweeter to help out if the mark audio drive unit struggles with the extreme ends of the audio. I’m trying to get some driver information together before I make a start

 

[ppataki]

Thanks ! I’ll seriously think for the chn driver, it should be incredible value for money.

You see I am looking for a drive unit for use in an open baffle type situation, do you think any of the many mark audio drivers you have tested could be suitable. I may buy a woofer or tweeter to help out if the mark audio drive unit struggles with the extreme ends of the audio. I’m trying to get some driver information together before I make a start

None of those drivers are optimized for OB but if you wish to use them in such a way, make sure that you high-pass them correctly
You could check the distortion graph to get a hint about where to apply the high-pass filter
A tweeter might not be necessary, that is up-to-taste, really - you will see once you give it a try