Hello,
After reading the number of positive reviews of Linkwitz's Orion, Phoenix, and other dipole projects, a friend and I have decided to build a speaker for a college system based largely on Linkwitz's design. However, we're still uncertain as to which particular drivers to buy. The main concern is, of course, that the drivers sound good in the baffle, but also that they complement each other well, or at least have the potential to do so. What do you think of these drivers?
Tweeters:
Morel MDT33
Morel Supreme 110 (?)
Hiquphon OW1
Scan-Speak D2905/9500
I initially leaned toward the OW1 after reading the positive reviews of Dave Ellis's 1801, but the relatively high low-frequency extension of the OW1 doesn't seem a good fit for our potential midwoofers. The Morels and the Scan-Speak come well-recommended by the LDSG, and each's specification seem to match midwoofers more flexibly.
There is one other concern: is there any high-end tweeter that will not emit a large magnetic field? These speakers may be placed relatively close to a computer monitor, and I haven't seen any shielded high-end tweeters available.
Midwoofers
Seas W18EX (shielded)
Seas W22EX
Scan-Speak 18W/8546
Scan-Speak 21W-8554
The Seas drivers come well-recommended by both Dave Ellis and Linkwitz; the Scan-Speaks by the LDSG.
Woofers
Adire DPL12
Adire Shiva
Adire Tempest
Dayton IB 12"/15"
Peerless Classic 831857
The question here: Is one high-excursion driver per channel better than two lower-excursion drivers per channel? The budget doesn't allow for two high-excursion drivers/channel.
We hope to measure the drivers in-baffle, then spend most of the time tweaking the electronics. Resistors and capacitors are cheap, so we'd like to start off with the best possible drivers we can get.
Peter
After reading the number of positive reviews of Linkwitz's Orion, Phoenix, and other dipole projects, a friend and I have decided to build a speaker for a college system based largely on Linkwitz's design. However, we're still uncertain as to which particular drivers to buy. The main concern is, of course, that the drivers sound good in the baffle, but also that they complement each other well, or at least have the potential to do so. What do you think of these drivers?
Tweeters:
Morel MDT33
Morel Supreme 110 (?)
Hiquphon OW1
Scan-Speak D2905/9500
I initially leaned toward the OW1 after reading the positive reviews of Dave Ellis's 1801, but the relatively high low-frequency extension of the OW1 doesn't seem a good fit for our potential midwoofers. The Morels and the Scan-Speak come well-recommended by the LDSG, and each's specification seem to match midwoofers more flexibly.
There is one other concern: is there any high-end tweeter that will not emit a large magnetic field? These speakers may be placed relatively close to a computer monitor, and I haven't seen any shielded high-end tweeters available.
Midwoofers
Seas W18EX (shielded)
Seas W22EX
Scan-Speak 18W/8546
Scan-Speak 21W-8554
The Seas drivers come well-recommended by both Dave Ellis and Linkwitz; the Scan-Speaks by the LDSG.
Woofers
Adire DPL12
Adire Shiva
Adire Tempest
Dayton IB 12"/15"
Peerless Classic 831857
The question here: Is one high-excursion driver per channel better than two lower-excursion drivers per channel? The budget doesn't allow for two high-excursion drivers/channel.
We hope to measure the drivers in-baffle, then spend most of the time tweaking the electronics. Resistors and capacitors are cheap, so we'd like to start off with the best possible drivers we can get.
Peter
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