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I hear you...

Posted by Thomas Martens on January 5, 2007 at 10:45:06

In Reply to: We're Talking About the FE166E for Sealed Boxes and 94dB Efficiency posted by Dr Deville on January 4, 2007 at 21:38:20:

Yes, the FX120 is obviously dynamics limited unit. I intend to
use mine almost as studio monitors: closer listening distance in
smallish room at modest SPL. I'm hoping they will be nice and
well rounded sonically with good imaging in the little BR boxes.
I'm not looking for/expecting anything under 70hZ or 100dBWm
performance from them. They will be used mostly with a 4 watt
P-P triode conn EL84 amp, and an 8 Watt triode conn KT88 SET.

I am also presently in the process of assembling a pair of
Madisound BK-16 horns with the FF165K. I'm hoping for a more
punchy and dynamic presentation with these. naturally I
expect them to be much more colored and to image less well
than the FX120 monitors, but they should provide some more
drama and zing with the 5dB greater SPL and power handling.

I will give a full comparison/report here when I get it all
lashed together and a few days of listening. I really don't
expect either set of speakers to do much of anything below
about 70Hz. I may very well end-up not really liking either
much. I have some reservations about what how the aluminum
dust caps may sound. We'll see...

Good luck with your FE166's. Sounds like the sealed cabs and
subwoofer augmentation might be a good route.

-T.M.

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