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Hey guys, im looking to build the Seas excel w15/Hiquphon OW1 monitors designed from http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/W15.htm
Before i go any further, I was really wanting to build a Excel/Hiquphon combo but if anyone out there has recomendations for a similarly priced or cheaper combo (that already has a complete design published) that they feel outperforms this combo I'd like to hear opinions.
Now to the crux of the matter. If i build these I'll be looking to add a woofer to each monitor. Doesnt need to actually be built into the same box, but ill have them stacked in such a way that its essentially a 3way system. My goal is to have something that can seemlessly blend into the w15 and produce a very substantial amount of bass so that a seperate subwoofer system is unessesary. Basically the most accurate, lowest dropping woofer (10inch or smaller, 8in prefered) that will blend nicely into the w15. Price cap is approx 100 per speaker. Something popular that i can scrape up used on this forum or another would be great too.
So as for my round of questions in regards to this.
1. What would be your recomendations for the woofer choice.
2. Would a x-over design be simple enough for this? I've never done one and it is the primary reason im picking pre-designed systems. I'd need to do something that both matched the w15 freq responce curve seamless, and match the impedience/output levels.
Another question has to do with amplification. I was planning on just buying an a/v hometheater receiver to power this system. probably 80ish watts per channel. That seems like plenty for the monitors, but seems low to me when mixing in the woofer. Since all these A/V recievers have 5+ channels usually would it be ok to have 2 channels running the monitors, and two seperate channels running the woofers? Would this bring up complications in terms of matching volume output between monitor and woofer?
Thanks
Before i go any further, I was really wanting to build a Excel/Hiquphon combo but if anyone out there has recomendations for a similarly priced or cheaper combo (that already has a complete design published) that they feel outperforms this combo I'd like to hear opinions.
Now to the crux of the matter. If i build these I'll be looking to add a woofer to each monitor. Doesnt need to actually be built into the same box, but ill have them stacked in such a way that its essentially a 3way system. My goal is to have something that can seemlessly blend into the w15 and produce a very substantial amount of bass so that a seperate subwoofer system is unessesary. Basically the most accurate, lowest dropping woofer (10inch or smaller, 8in prefered) that will blend nicely into the w15. Price cap is approx 100 per speaker. Something popular that i can scrape up used on this forum or another would be great too.
So as for my round of questions in regards to this.
1. What would be your recomendations for the woofer choice.
2. Would a x-over design be simple enough for this? I've never done one and it is the primary reason im picking pre-designed systems. I'd need to do something that both matched the w15 freq responce curve seamless, and match the impedience/output levels.
Another question has to do with amplification. I was planning on just buying an a/v hometheater receiver to power this system. probably 80ish watts per channel. That seems like plenty for the monitors, but seems low to me when mixing in the woofer. Since all these A/V recievers have 5+ channels usually would it be ok to have 2 channels running the monitors, and two seperate channels running the woofers? Would this bring up complications in terms of matching volume output between monitor and woofer?
Thanks
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