I've been satisfied with my Phoenix system for quite some time now, but I've always been confident that the W22 is a better driver than the 8554. So 6 month ago I got the opportunity to buy four W22's at a very good price. I also bought two Dayton RS28A to take over from the 9700. I think both drivers have excellent build quality, especially the RS28 at it's price point.
Dayton RS28A
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Seas Excel W22EX
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I've always thought that the "backbone" of the Phoenix is a bit wider than ideal so I've tried to minimize the area that reflects the sound back to the mids by using an aluminum L-profile (is that the right English word for it?). Here's some pictures of how I did it (please excuse the lousy paint job... )
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Here's a couple of pic's of the finished system.
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I have introduced a 5 khz notch filter for the W22's and made some changes in the levels for the different drivers. What I still have to do is to transform the 100 hz bass/mid crossover into 4th order, it's second order now. I really like the sound of this driver combo, I think it's easily outperforms the 8554/9700 drivers. The W22 is better than the 8554 by a wide margin, no question there. The RS28A on the other hand seems to have an advantage over the 9700 in the lower treble, it's a lot cleaner there. The 9700 though seems to have a little more air to it, right or wrong, I don't know. Overall I do like the RS28 thanks to less sibilance and an overall sweeter sound. I bet the 9700 isn't made to be crossed at 1440hz...
Well, I'm more than satisfied with my new system. I'm also going to complement the system with some low frequency omph... see pic below. Four sealed boxes below 40 hz will do the trick I hope! 8)
Jonas
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Dayton RS28A
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Seas Excel W22EX
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I've always thought that the "backbone" of the Phoenix is a bit wider than ideal so I've tried to minimize the area that reflects the sound back to the mids by using an aluminum L-profile (is that the right English word for it?). Here's some pictures of how I did it (please excuse the lousy paint job... )
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Here's a couple of pic's of the finished system.
Images not available
I have introduced a 5 khz notch filter for the W22's and made some changes in the levels for the different drivers. What I still have to do is to transform the 100 hz bass/mid crossover into 4th order, it's second order now. I really like the sound of this driver combo, I think it's easily outperforms the 8554/9700 drivers. The W22 is better than the 8554 by a wide margin, no question there. The RS28A on the other hand seems to have an advantage over the 9700 in the lower treble, it's a lot cleaner there. The 9700 though seems to have a little more air to it, right or wrong, I don't know. Overall I do like the RS28 thanks to less sibilance and an overall sweeter sound. I bet the 9700 isn't made to be crossed at 1440hz...
Well, I'm more than satisfied with my new system. I'm also going to complement the system with some low frequency omph... see pic below. Four sealed boxes below 40 hz will do the trick I hope! 8)
Jonas
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