Now that we've moved into our new house (heated, extra large garage!) there's no reason anymore for me not to start building some delicious speakers. Living in the townhouse left me with little room to work and most of my ideas went away after months of not doing anything with them. Now that we're settled in I want to build a pair of full-range speakers for my listening room that will give me the best bang for the buck possible. I'm planning on building a pair of dipoles very similar to the Isiris (physically), only less expensive. What I'm thinking of using is:
(1) Dayton RSS390HF-4
(1) Seas ER18RNX
(1) Seas 27TDFC loaded into an MCM waveguide
I would like to use a DCX2496 to handle the crossover duties which will probably also mitigate the overall cost of this project (I already have the amplification). I'm guessing I'll begin construction of this speaker sometime in November and am still tossing around which mid/tweeter option to go with. For the price and distortion profile I don't think I can do much better than the RS390, so that's pretty much set in stone. I'm really liking the ER18RNX after Zaph's recent evaluation and I can't see why I shouldn't use a waveguide in a design like this.
Right now the overall cost is hovering around $800 for all the parts (I already have the DCX2496 so for me it will only be ~$550). I'm not sure how much more performance I can obtain spending another $100-$200 and if it will even be worth it?
As always, any input is greatly appreciated!
(1) Dayton RSS390HF-4
(1) Seas ER18RNX
(1) Seas 27TDFC loaded into an MCM waveguide
I would like to use a DCX2496 to handle the crossover duties which will probably also mitigate the overall cost of this project (I already have the amplification). I'm guessing I'll begin construction of this speaker sometime in November and am still tossing around which mid/tweeter option to go with. For the price and distortion profile I don't think I can do much better than the RS390, so that's pretty much set in stone. I'm really liking the ER18RNX after Zaph's recent evaluation and I can't see why I shouldn't use a waveguide in a design like this.
Right now the overall cost is hovering around $800 for all the parts (I already have the DCX2496 so for me it will only be ~$550). I'm not sure how much more performance I can obtain spending another $100-$200 and if it will even be worth it?
As always, any input is greatly appreciated!
Comment