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In Reply to: compression mid vs. cone mid posted by dcal40@aol.com on February 4, 2019 at 17:37:57:
When I first heard the Faital 3FE22 (neodymium version of yours), I thought, oboy I could build a speaker around this little guy! However when comparing it to a good horn/compression driver combination, it quickly became obvious that the little Faital cone fell short in resolution. But it is quite remarkable for such an inexpensive driver.Imo the horn you choose makes a huge difference. The SEOS horns are ime among the best on the market today. If you were getting poor results with SEOS horns, either there was a significant mis-match between the exit angle of the compression driver and the entry angle of the SEOS (12 degrees I believe), or your crossover was inadequate, or both.
Most horns (and all of the ones I like) require considerable equalization in addition to the actual highpass filter. I rely heavily on extensive measurements when designing crossovers for horn-loaded compression drivers. Ime they are far more challenging that crossovers for direct radiators, where you can often get decent results with a "cookbook" approach + several hours of fine-tuning by ear.
Today I use the 3FE22 as well as horn-loaded compression drivers in prosound designs. In every case where accuracy is a top priority, I go with the horn-loaded compression driver.
Duke
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Topic - compression mid vs. cone mid - dcal40@aol.com 17:37:57 02/4/19 ( 26)
- Horn choice is critical, as is crossover design - Duke 02/9/19 15:19:21 02/9/19 ( 0)
RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Inmate51 05:25:58 02/5/19 ( 12)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 05:32:35 02/5/19 ( 11)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - b.l.zeebub 15:38:33 02/5/19 ( 2)
- I am increasingly of the (empirically-supported) impression... - mhardy6647 04:46:38 02/6/19 ( 1)
- RE: I am increasingly of the (empirically-supported) impression... - b.l.zeebub 06:05:51 02/6/19 ( 0)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Inmate51 11:55:33 02/5/19 ( 7)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 12:55:25 02/5/19 ( 6)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Inmate51 13:49:33 02/5/19 ( 5)
- the Bullet ... - Paul Joppa 16:38:48 02/5/19 ( 0)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 13:57:14 02/5/19 ( 3)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Inmate51 14:42:42 02/5/19 ( 2)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 14:50:01 02/5/19 ( 1)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Inmate51 19:26:36 02/5/19 ( 0)
RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 18:45:13 02/4/19 ( 6)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - dcal40@aol.com 19:53:26 02/4/19 ( 0)
RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - dcal40@aol.com 19:46:16 02/4/19 ( 4)
- the earlier Esquires, using an LS-8 for MR - mhardy6647 04:03:04 02/5/19 ( 0)
RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - Coner 19:48:51 02/4/19 ( 2)
- RE: compression mid vs. cone mid - dcal40@aol.com 19:58:26 02/4/19 ( 1)
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I think (???) you might want to try a different horn - mhardy6647 18:43:43 02/4/19 ( 4)
- RE: I think (???) you might want to try a different horn - dcal40@aol.com 20:08:26 02/4/19 ( 1)
- the largest room in the world... - mhardy6647 03:54:18 02/5/19 ( 0)
RE: I think (???) you might want to try a different horn - dcal40@aol.com 19:42:40 02/4/19 ( 1)
- about 600 Hz, first order, and padded... - mhardy6647 03:57:59 02/5/19 ( 0)