I'm thinking about building the slimmest tower speaker I can build.
It will be a 3.5 way, with 2 RS180's on the low end, and a Vifa DQ25 on the top end. The Vifa will allow for a closer distance between midrange and tweeter - I could also use a Seas 27TAFNCG. I'm still designing the baffle, in order to minimise diffractiion. It'll probably end up being a 20 cms x 100 cms x 30 cms tower, sealed.
The midrange driver is still an unknown. I have an RS52 that could very well be used. This would make this speaker similar to Zaph's ZDT. Which is a good thing, I believe.
But I'm considering a slightly different route. Using a W4-1337 or a W3-1335 driver instead. I'd love to use the W3, since I've never used it, and I think I could get a slightly better off-axis response. There are other advantages I'm thinking of - a closer CTC distance betwen the tweeter and the mid (incredibly, the W3 mid is smaller than the RS52) and the possibility of crossing this driver a bit lower than the RS52, with a ~300 - 4 KHz bandwidth (instead of 850 - 3.5 KHz).
I believe the W3 is a better option, but I'd love to hear your thoughts...
It will be a 3.5 way, with 2 RS180's on the low end, and a Vifa DQ25 on the top end. The Vifa will allow for a closer distance between midrange and tweeter - I could also use a Seas 27TAFNCG. I'm still designing the baffle, in order to minimise diffractiion. It'll probably end up being a 20 cms x 100 cms x 30 cms tower, sealed.
The midrange driver is still an unknown. I have an RS52 that could very well be used. This would make this speaker similar to Zaph's ZDT. Which is a good thing, I believe.
But I'm considering a slightly different route. Using a W4-1337 or a W3-1335 driver instead. I'd love to use the W3, since I've never used it, and I think I could get a slightly better off-axis response. There are other advantages I'm thinking of - a closer CTC distance betwen the tweeter and the mid (incredibly, the W3 mid is smaller than the RS52) and the possibility of crossing this driver a bit lower than the RS52, with a ~300 - 4 KHz bandwidth (instead of 850 - 3.5 KHz).
I believe the W3 is a better option, but I'd love to hear your thoughts...
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