Someone should test the new Dayton 6" PK165-8 midrange

[cotdt]

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=295-020

Looks like an interesting dedicated midrange for $29.90. 93dB 1W/1m efficiency and it's supposed to have a smooth and extended frequency response.

[Paul Ebert]

It looks like a good contender as the mid for a high-efficiency dipole. I wonder what the xmax is...

[mpotoka]

I'm going to have to order some XO parts for a build next week or so--I'll tack a couple on to the order and do some testing.

I've never done any distortion testing--does Speaker Workshop do that?

[cotdt]

I've never done any distortion testing--does Speaker Workshop do that?

No unfortunately distortion testing software is very expensive. But you can do distortion testing by ear via playing of test tones. Use a known low distortion driver for reference. It's what I do and tends to correspond well with Zaph's actual measurements.

[chrisn]

You can use Arta for distortion testing (free):

http://www.fesb.hr/~mateljan/arta/index.htm

[cotdt]

You can use Arta for distortion testing (free):

http://www.fesb.hr/~mateljan/arta/index.htm

It's $79.

[minkuni]

The demo version is free and can still do distortion testing up to the fourth harmonic. The graphs can be exported to text files.

[mpotoka]

How about Soundeasy? I already have the $11 user guide...

[JonP]

Yes, that's what Zaph is using.