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Anyone else have any hands on experience with this speaker?I came across this interesting video of Steve Deckert of Decware. (Halfway down the page)
They certainly look promising and easy to build.
Oh, I almost forgot; Listen to the video with headphones.
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
Edits: 09/03/16 09/03/16Follow Ups:
A friend who reviews for StereoTimes has a pair of the Caintuck (Decware) Betsy's in for review. His initial impression is that they punch WAY above their price point. I think he's enjoying them more than a few of the $2K+ monitors he has in house.
I contacted Randy at Caintuck, and Doug at Wild Burro. It seems that the Betsy is unobtainium at this time - 2 month backorder.
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
I built the folded wing with the Betsy a few years back, and love them. I did add a Ed Schilling bucket sub later on.
I've used the stronger magnet/lower Qts version "BetsyK" - Graphs of BetsyK showed an on-axis peak slightly past 10KHz. Visaton's BG20 would be similar to Betsy K but a bit less extended on top - and probably rougher (but somewhat cheaper) - a couple of years ago BG20 were a bargain in the US at $23.50 each but that's now like $38 each
Karlson Evangelist
Edits: 09/03/16 11/13/16
Couple months ago I almost bought a a pair but then backtracked since I could not figure how a boxless speaker works. So many scientific studies have been made into the boxes and then this gentleman comes up with just a plank and almost faints into the sofa listening to a Jazz piece off it. It was indeed a lovely piece. I have so many planks lying around. Guess I will get an Eminence driver and build one.
Yes, that would be the right way to do it: find out for yourself.
I mean, what's all this hooplah about the open baffle ?
Typical audiophile folklore:
The Speaker Box = EVIL
The Speaker Crossover= EVIL
High Power amplifiers= EVIL
So, now let's suppose you go through all this and find the results of an open baffle not much to your liking ?
When you report your negative findings back to the masses, you will be prompted persecuted.
I heard that plank. He was at the Capital Audiofest last year with his Betsy. Such a simple design and he was using a cheap CD player. It was one of the better sounding rooms at the show, go figure. He did have a bass driver setup for a little low frequency help and the flea watt amp was just OK but when he installed the little 2 watt Decware amp they really sounded good. Keep in mind they need to be out from the wall some.
Im going to buy a pair - what the hell.
For the price of per pair of a bar tab I have nothing to lose. plus, I have a lot of 1-3/8" maple butcher block doing Nothing.
Time to get into the shop and make some saw dust.
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
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