Peerless/Vifa TG9 projects?

[Finleyville]

Has anyone used these in a home project? I have these in my car and they sound fantastic. You really do not need to use a tweet with this driver as all. You can see driver information HERE. They also come in shielded 8 ohm and shielded 4 ohm for dual use.



My car's setup is HERE.

[Finleyville]

I guess no one has used these in a published home set-up. Too bad I am too busy to do it myself.

[Gerald Jansen]

The german Hobbyhifi magazine posted a Pico Lino 2 in the latest issue. 8 Ohm version loaded with TL:

http://www.hobbyhifi.de/Aktuell/Aktuelle_Ausgabe/aktuelle_ausgabe.html

Some 5 years ago I build myself the Pico Lino that used a 3" yellow kevlar Vifa driver. I use that as PC speakers and like them very much.

HH claims the new series outperform the "old" drivers.

[Sam]

I've recently finished the Picolino 2 using the 4 ohm unshielded version. Have not used the passive crossover though, only active tweaking through a behringer dcx-2496.

Even without a filter the sound is quite balanced at least in a well damped quite large listening room. Overall they sound considerably better from top to bottom than the tb w3-871s i've tried earlier in both vented and closed enclosures .So, have to say i'm quite impressed with the sound although maximum spl is limited on some recordings.

[Finleyville]

So, have to say i'm quite impressed with the sound although maximum spl is limited on some recordings.

Thanks for the reply.

I believe that is the only downfall of these little drivers - lack of SPL. In the nearfield it is not that important. I think these would do very well in a line array.

BTW, where do you have set your highpass filter on these? In my car I can run them down to 250Hz but have them set at ~350Hz.

[Sam]

I think that the transmissionline construction stresses the TG9 alot less than a closed or vented, excursion is pretty well controlled, even as the play down to about 45-50 Hz in room. This was a surprise since i haven't built any transmissionline speakers before.
So for now i run them fullrange, but as said with limited spl on certain recordings, but have to consider that the room is about 40 square meters and i have the speakers set up in one end of the room.
In a smaller, less damped room they will probably play much louder with all kinds of music.
So far i consider the TG9 a bargain even if it costs almost twice as much as the Tangband W3

[Finleyville]

Sam,

How did you get the plans for the speakers? Did you use the above link? Did you buy the enclosures pre-assembled? I really would love to use these in a project. Thanks.

[Sam]

I subscribe to the magazine so that's where i got the plans. The boxes i made from some scrap MDF i had laying around