I've been in contact with Darren from PE, and he's sent me a pair of M8N's to evaluate for the "Unorthodox Eight Inch Two Way", as well as other possible projects where we normally use the M8a. Yesterday a box arrived from UPS, with a pair of these drivers.
I was interested because the response curves look almost identical, and the cost is reduced by over 40%, pretty substantial. The cone and manget and surround is the same; the basket is stamped instead of cast. It will require a slightly different hole cut out, actually a little smaller, because of how the stamped rim area is handled, with one part flush with the mounting surface, and the outer part raised and folded back down; this increases the strength. Overall, it "looks" pretty good; rear window is close to the same, but with the modified hole cut out, I might recommend using a slight bevel relief, as I did for the Usher's.
As soon as I wrap up Chris's Ushers, these are next on my list to look at.
For dipole line arrays, these could really work nice while substantially reducing the cost. One should note that though the upper resonsnance is a bit lower in frequency than the Seas Excels, it's also substantially lower in amplitude, too.
I'm dreaming of a dipole with RD50's, and a ribbon tweeter array; though I'm hoping for the HiVi M12, I suspect I may need to go with their 8"; this could make it a lot more affordable.
We'll see.
Stay tuned.
Best regards,
Jon
Earth First!
_______________________________
We'll screw up the other planets later....
I was interested because the response curves look almost identical, and the cost is reduced by over 40%, pretty substantial. The cone and manget and surround is the same; the basket is stamped instead of cast. It will require a slightly different hole cut out, actually a little smaller, because of how the stamped rim area is handled, with one part flush with the mounting surface, and the outer part raised and folded back down; this increases the strength. Overall, it "looks" pretty good; rear window is close to the same, but with the modified hole cut out, I might recommend using a slight bevel relief, as I did for the Usher's.
As soon as I wrap up Chris's Ushers, these are next on my list to look at.
For dipole line arrays, these could really work nice while substantially reducing the cost. One should note that though the upper resonsnance is a bit lower in frequency than the Seas Excels, it's also substantially lower in amplitude, too.
I'm dreaming of a dipole with RD50's, and a ribbon tweeter array; though I'm hoping for the HiVi M12, I suspect I may need to go with their 8"; this could make it a lot more affordable.
We'll see.
Stay tuned.
Best regards,
Jon
Earth First!
_______________________________
We'll screw up the other planets later....
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