RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles....

Posted by Inmate51 on March 15, 2012 at 14:42:06

In Reply to: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... posted by Waxxy on March 13, 2012 at 08:42:13:

Other than the obvious lack of performance in the upper frequency range, what do you want to accomplish? This is the main question.

If you're doing an open baffle, you're going to have "room-filling" sound with very wide dispersion at low to mid frequencies and a large amount of ambient sound, so it would make sense to compliment that with a wide dispersion tweeter, or maybe even multiple tweeters facing different directions.

While I'm a big fan of the E-V T350, I don't think it's the answer for this design, unless you plan to remain pretty much on axis and don't care what the other people at the party hear. ;)

And let's be frank: No 12" cone driver is good up to 10K for hi-fi. Too much mass. (I'd also say too directional, but you're doing an open baffle, so that might not be an issue.) It's a bit like trying to run a 1" tweeter down to 500 Hz.

So, the question is how do you envision the sound field in the room, and where do you want it to sound great? THEN you can choose your tweeters. (I'd also cross to them more around 3KHz than 10KHz. Better yet, get a midrange driver, too. And maybe a sub.)

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Topic - Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Waxxy 08:42:13 03/13/12 (20)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Jonnypack- 03:09:27 03/18/12 (0)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Inmate51 14:42:06 03/15/12 (3)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Waxxy 17:39:45 03/15/12 (2)

Forgot to post these when you started the thread... - DeKay 08:40:32 03/30/12 (1)

RE: Forgot to post these when you started the thread... - Waxxy 10:40:55 03/30/12 (0)

upward facing - RayP 05:49:31 03/14/12 (0)

RE: Thanks for the responses so far... - Waxxy 20:20:21 03/13/12 (1)

RE: Thanks for the responses so far... - Crazy Dave 10:18:34 03/16/12 (0)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Gerry E. 18:49:20 03/13/12 (11)

I didn't read the article, but it seem like a built-in voltage divider - Dan_ed 04:22:47 03/14/12 (8)

RE: I didn't read the article, but it seem like a built-in voltage divider - Kloss 11:34:48 03/15/12 (0)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - TubeBuilder 05:05:01 03/14/12 (6)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - Saturntube 07:04:47 03/14/12 (4)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - TubeBuilder 03:51:06 03/16/12 (2)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - Crazy Dave 12:24:54 03/16/12 (0)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - TubeBuilder 06:26:48 03/16/12 (0)

RE: Here is something funny about treble - Crazy Dave 13:47:03 03/14/12 (0)

you must be older than I. :-) nt - Dan_ed 06:04:28 03/14/12 (0)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Saturntube 19:23:04 03/13/12 (1)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - stereohifi 19:06:48 03/16/12 (0)

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RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Inmate51 14:42:06 03/15/12 (3)

RE: Supertweeter recommendation for open baffles.... - Waxxy 17:39:45 03/15/12 (2)

Forgot to post these when you started the thread... - DeKay 08:40:32 03/30/12 (1)

RE: Forgot to post these when you started the thread... - Waxxy 10:40:55 03/30/12 (0)

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