I had taken my Natalie Ps from my studio into my woodshop while I was putting together a set of the Dayton TMWWs for my room-mate.
The TMWWs were the sealed variety, and the NatPs were 1cft tuned to 32ish hz.
I ended up testing them out side by side because I wanted to make sure the Crossovers were correct before I finished gluing. Obviously they both sounded fantastic, but I noticed just a tad less "speaker" out of the Dayton TMWWs. What I mean by that is that when I listened to the Nat Ps, I could tell a bit more that the sound was emanating from a speaker whereas with the TMWWs they were tad bit more invisible. Another interesting thing I noticed was that the TMWWs seemed to be more sensitive to tweeter sensitivity while the Nat Ps were more forgiving. I ended going through all five of my Dayton Tweeters and finding the two closest for the TMWWs while the NatPs got the leftovers. Also interesting was how little air leakage there was with the back of the TMWW simply clamped on in three places. Makes my gluing + clamping + brad nails seem like overkill. :B
Regardless, I wouldn't hesitate to use the two sets interchangeably in a surround setup. :T
Now I'm off to build a tower version of the Nat Ps, and then soon(ish) another set for a friend.
The TMWWs were the sealed variety, and the NatPs were 1cft tuned to 32ish hz.
I ended up testing them out side by side because I wanted to make sure the Crossovers were correct before I finished gluing. Obviously they both sounded fantastic, but I noticed just a tad less "speaker" out of the Dayton TMWWs. What I mean by that is that when I listened to the Nat Ps, I could tell a bit more that the sound was emanating from a speaker whereas with the TMWWs they were tad bit more invisible. Another interesting thing I noticed was that the TMWWs seemed to be more sensitive to tweeter sensitivity while the Nat Ps were more forgiving. I ended going through all five of my Dayton Tweeters and finding the two closest for the TMWWs while the NatPs got the leftovers. Also interesting was how little air leakage there was with the back of the TMWW simply clamped on in three places. Makes my gluing + clamping + brad nails seem like overkill. :B
Regardless, I wouldn't hesitate to use the two sets interchangeably in a surround setup. :T
Now I'm off to build a tower version of the Nat Ps, and then soon(ish) another set for a friend.
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