? about speakers

[A Reef Scene]

I'm looking at some speakers for my towers. The speaker is going to be a 3 way type. The tweeter is a Vifa D27TG-35-06. My ? is, are morel speakers better then daytons for a mid and a woffer in 3 way speaker. Both look like great speakers but one might have a draw back I dont know about. Any info would be great.

Thanks
A Reef Scene

[cjd]

These towers, they're built already?

You going to toss a junk stock crossover in there, or custom?

Some Dayton stuff is top notch, some is far more budget oriented. Morel, depending on the particular component, falls somewhere in that range. Both companies have an awful lot of drivers available, so I really can't answer the question accurately.

But, depending how you go with crossover, it may not matter.

C

[A Reef Scene]

I'm going to build a custom crossover for the system. The towers are not built yet just looking to replace what I have now.

[ThomasW]

Since you're creating a system from scratch, be prepared to have testing gear and software to measure the drivers you're going to use in your chosen baffle. (the mfgr's published specs shouldn't be trusted)

Then import that measured data into a crossover design program and optimize the transfer functions. (Note the XO design programs don't not design the XO for you. You must know how to design a XO in order to use the program.)

Once you have the first pass of the XO built, you'll need to go back and remeasure what's been created, then adjust any and all values in the crossover to optimize performance.

[cjd]

Which Daytons and Morels were you looking at?

[A Reef Scene]

Would the Dayton woffer tester be a good choice to get all the proper values?

[cjd]

not really. It gets you some, not all.

You really need a computer with appropiate sound card, measurement mic (not just any mic is adequate) and possibly a phantom power supply for the mic.

C

[A Reef Scene]

IS there a good set up? And where can I get one?

[cjd]

I use Speaker Workshop (free), M-Audio Revolution sound card (~$50), Behringer Mic and UB802 mixer (~$100). Plus stand and wires and measurement jig for SW, which ignores the complexity of getting good and accurate measurement data.

If you don't have Windows, it becomes more complex I think.



C

[ThomasW]

Surprising as it may be this forum has a very good search engine.

https://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?p=246461#post246461

https://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?p=226280#post226280

https://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?p=176175#post176175

https://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php?p=157146#post157146

[A Reef Scene]

My computer is in a snit and locked up using the serch. But I think it fixed now, Thanks for the links