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RE: You impressions of single-driver speakers?

I have tried a couple of different Mark Audio Alpair drivers in the recommended "Pensil" enclosures.

The Alpair 7s has a very good dynamic range considering their size and can reproduce good bass at moderate listening levels. They have very good high frequency extension and a reasonably smooth overall response. Imaging and coherence are quite good as expected.

I have had mixed results with the Alpair 10s in their respective Pensil enclosures. The have really good bass extension and a smooth and extended frequency response, but can exhibit come breakup with some instruments (particularly "bright" trumpets). There is little dynamic limits with the 10s.


IMO, the best of both worlds is to use a "helper" woofer below the Alpair 7s to handle bass below 250hz or so (6dB x-over in each direction should suffice).


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