Well, while GF was visiting one of her friends and taking pictures of the humongous holiday decorating job they did, I got the measuring gear up and running (finally- always seems to be some issue with a cable or the preamp or something else going on that makes getting it actually working about an hour long proposition...) and got some data on the 9900 mounted on the good old 1 cu ft PE test cab baffle- new baffle routed yesterday just for testing this part. As a picture is worth a thousand words, lets just segue to the pictures:
As regards the on axis SPL, I wouldn't say I saw what I expected, given the published ScanSpeak data. It shows more evidence of waveguide like behavior.
OTOH, the axis curves look pretty nice as soft dome tweeters go, clearly it will sound best if one stays within 15 - 20 degrees off axis, and the HD3 distortion is excellent, these should have a very dynamic and clear sound, I'd say.
Certainly worth a complete work down and demo crossover for the CatherineZ. This and the TL N26 will definitely get full test setups done.
What will that leave for the budget build? ... I'd say both the SB26ADC and the D2608-9130 are contenders. And both available in Europe.
What about the 71000? High HD2, but the rest looks pretty good. Worth a test pass, too. Hmm, that's going to be 5 designs if I stop there...
As regards the on axis SPL, I wouldn't say I saw what I expected, given the published ScanSpeak data. It shows more evidence of waveguide like behavior.
OTOH, the axis curves look pretty nice as soft dome tweeters go, clearly it will sound best if one stays within 15 - 20 degrees off axis, and the HD3 distortion is excellent, these should have a very dynamic and clear sound, I'd say.
Certainly worth a complete work down and demo crossover for the CatherineZ. This and the TL N26 will definitely get full test setups done.
What will that leave for the budget build? ... I'd say both the SB26ADC and the D2608-9130 are contenders. And both available in Europe.
What about the 71000? High HD2, but the rest looks pretty good. Worth a test pass, too. Hmm, that's going to be 5 designs if I stop there...
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