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RE: How to get the midrange right ?

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In Reply to: RE: How to get the midrange right ? posted by Brian Levy on March 27, 2015 at 06:21:39

Hi and thanks a lot for the very interesting advice.
I searched about the W70 and found the video in the link.
Unfortunately it is not possible to judge them in this way. I did not know of them.
If i understand correctly they are part of your present main system ?
Speaking of " single driver full range speaker " i guess that the task is very demanding (from 20 to 20.000 ... even from 50 to 15k is difficult).
But a midrange single driver could be possible, completed below and above with two other well selected drivers.
Thanks a lot for the valuable advice.

Kind regards,
bg

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RE: How to get the midrange right ? - Brian Levy 14:45:18 03/27/15 (1)
Yes a set now is my main set of speakers. Back in the late '60s I. Had their successor, the W70D and they were great. I had forgotten how good they are. I picked up a set of the original W70s and replaced the old caps. Went head to head in a competition to sell off most of my speakers and keep only a pair or 2. In the beginning, I did not expect the W70s to survive as I had a number of later speakers. I soon realized they were going to be the ones to beat. In the end all else fell.

You are right about the midrange full range speaker is where a designer needs to concentrate. There are a number of very food ones out there from Lowther, Fostex and others. There now is a movement to use these and supplement them with a tweeter to add more highest and woofers to extend the lows. It would seem little difference from a typical 3-way design but it is not the same from what I am understanding. Many companies concentrated on the woofers and tweeter and seemed to just look for off the shelf mid range drivers.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
- RE: How to get the midrange right ? - beppe61 03:37:26 03/29/15 (0)
  Hi and thanks a lot again. Now i am understanding better the all issue.
  A wideband driver used only as a midrange could be the solution.
  I guess that usually they have the better performance in the midrange.
  Thanks a lot again.
  Kind regards,
  bg

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