RE: Tympani T-IV

RE: Tympani T-IV

Posted by Satie (A) on May 27, 2016 at 14:43:19

In Reply to: Tympani T-IV posted by jrdoe on May 27, 2016 at 10:26:56:

There is no new technology in the 3.7 so far as I know. It is just a more refined and more coherent speaker then its predecessors.

The TIV and IVa are in a different class. They make 3.x models seem a bit toy like. The appropriate comparison is the 20.1 or 20.7.

Structurally, the separate mid/tweeter panel makes for an advantage in clarity that is very significant compared to any single unit speaker.

The investment in maintenance is peanuts compared to what you get. The potential of the TIV IVa speaker with mods and bracing is for a top notch speaker comparable to a flagship model from one of the well regarded high end names and likely exceeding them in some aspects. The only real missing ingredient in a fully tweaked out TIV is the bottom octave extension and dynamics. In a larger room it needs subwoofers.

The midrange is not as good as that of the 20.1 and 20.7 but can be replaced with a line of BG Neo8 drivers as I have done. The crossover can be modified to make better use of the Neo drivers and relieve the tweeter from some burden. With a linear phase 1st order crossover and time alignment of the drivers performance and coherence is amazing In this way I have managed to obtain a speaker that competes well with some of the Stereophile Class A full range speakers like the Focal Nova Utopia, the Magico Q5 the Wilson WATT/Puppy based designs, the Revel Studio and Salon and the larger Vandersteens, .

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Topic - Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 10:26:56 05/27/16 (38)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Green Lantern 07:07:25 05/29/16 (8)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 14:05:54 05/29/16 (7)

RE: Tympani T-IV - slapshot 17:03:15 05/29/16 (6)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Green Lantern 19:54:17 05/29/16 (4)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 20:45:22 05/29/16 (3)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 22:03:41 05/29/16 (2)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Norman M 13:42:33 05/30/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Green Lantern 09:00:57 05/30/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 19:52:15 05/29/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV or any Tympani are very special - contiguous1 01:14:54 05/28/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 14:43:19 05/27/16 (4)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Norman M 08:01:14 05/28/16 (2)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Roger Gustavsson 10:59:26 05/28/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 10:43:55 05/28/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 14:47:32 05/27/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Desafinado 14:31:23 05/27/16 (13)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 14:44:52 05/27/16 (12)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 15:10:42 05/27/16 (11)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 15:19:54 05/27/16 (10)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 15:25:39 05/27/16 (9)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 15:40:15 05/27/16 (7)

RE: Tympani T-IV - mmlrot1 08:04:46 05/29/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 16:18:04 05/27/16 (5)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Roger Gustavsson 07:47:16 05/29/16 (0)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 16:28:51 05/27/16 (3)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Satie 16:51:32 05/27/16 (2)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 08:49:38 05/29/16 (1)

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RE: Tympani T-IV - Norman M 10:51:10 05/27/16 (8)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 11:07:33 05/27/16 (7)

RE: Tympani T-IV - 6bq5 12:00:10 05/27/16 (6)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 12:19:35 05/27/16 (5)

RE: Tympani T-IV - Norman M 16:11:17 05/27/16 (1)

RE: Tympani T-IV - jrdoe 16:24:23 05/27/16 (0)

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