@Maril555 , what a fantastic system you have there. I have been contemplating a new set of horns to move on from my Avantgarde Duo’s for a while now. You give me inspiration.
I feel confident in my ability to build bass cabinets, and I’ve also found an interesting source for radial wood horns. My worries are about the crossovers; I get lost real fast when it comes to schematics and numbers, lol!
My passive x-over is very simple- it’s a 1st order series design, one capacitor, one coil and L-pad
(to be replaced with resistor later on).
I’m using active x-over now with Thomas Mayer driving HF horns and First Watt F3 driving bass.
I like it quite a bit.
Fostex T500 MkIII supertweeter piggy backed to Altec HF with one resistor
I haven't started the speaker project yet. Work life has been super hectic lately - unfortunately... I have been trying to do some studying on horns, but find myself suffering from a bad case of "The more I learn, the less I know" syndrome. I have a Commonwealth 12D, that I am in the process of restoring and building a plinth for - much smaller project - that's keeping me in the sawdust for now.
I have the T500 mkll and used it with Accuphase F-25 for 3-way active system. All in all I have a better result running my system as a 2-way. View attachment 90862
I’m using Fostex T500MkIII, but they are passively piggy-backed to Altec 288 with copper coil/paper diaphragms .
Currently the x-over point is 10K Hz
I like it much better with Fostex
It’s very unobtrusive and just adds extension and air
Rather subtle
Using Pass Labs XVR-1 active x-over for the main speakers
Thomas Mayer up too and First Watt F3 on the bottom
This is a first time in many years I don’t want to change anything
I have the T500 mkll and used it with Accuphase F-25 for 3-way active system. All in all I have a better result running my system as a 2-way. View attachment 90862
I’m using Fostex T500MkIII, but they are passively piggy-backed to Altec 288 with copper coil/paper diaphragms .
Currently the x-over point is 10K Hz
I like it much better with Fostex
It’s very unobtrusive and just adds extension and air
Rather subtle
Using Pass Labs XVR-1 active x-over for the main speakers
Thomas Mayer up too and First Watt F3 on the bottom
This is a first time in many years I don’t want to change anythi
I have the T500 mkll and used it with Accuphase F-25 for 3-way active system. All in all I have a better result running my system as a 2-way. View attachment 90862
I’m using Fostex T500MkIII, but they are passively piggy-backed to Altec 288 with copper coil/paper diaphragms .
Currently the x-over point is 10K Hz
I like it much better with Fostex
It’s very unobtrusive and just adds extension and air
Rather subtle
Using Pass Labs XVR-1 active x-over for the main speakers
Thomas Mayer up too and First Watt F3 on the bottom
This is a first time in many years I don’t want to change anythi
My supertweeter is much further back relative to horn mouth
Hi,
Thomas Mayer D3a partial Silver phono
Thomas Myer 10Y line stage
McIntosh MC-30 (modified)
Steve Dobbins (Xact Audio) Platine Verdier-based turntable, SME-3012R tonearm, SPU 90th Anniversary
Melco 3560 turntable about to be installed.
In my personal opinion I have the best sound I've ever had in my room.
P.S. Same Altec 817/1505 all NOS drivers speakers with Misho Myronov 1st order series x-over
Sure,
I have First Watt F3 amp that I used for a burn in. Im going to keep it and may use it later in active x-over implementation. I would need another Pass Labs XVR-1 control module to make it 3-way active.
Currently I use it with JL subs.
I use two First Watt F3s I use to drive the mids and highs of my DIY horn speakers. As you probably know the F3 has a very low damping factor, but as long as it is not used to drive bass I think it is an absolutely splendid amp.
I use two First Watt F3s I use to drive the mids and highs of my DIY horn speakers. As you probably know the F3 has a very low damping factor, but as long as it is not used to drive bass I think it is an absolutely splendid amp.
