The concpet began some 3 months ago and finally it has been put into shape. This took over one month to build and tweak and I have finished with them (i suppose). This speaker is similar to what i had build for Avidyarthy our forum member some two year ago. The line tuning frequency is still the same and shares the same woofer and tweeter and this is where the similarity ends.
The new TL is using a waveugide for the upper mid and the high-frequency for diffracting them behind the box. Also the cross-over is tuned much lower at 1600Hz to take the benefit of the low resonance of the alunimium dome tweeter. Also a concept of Harmonic balance has been added to the cross-over to preserve the energy response of the tweeter at higher frequencies.
Avid's box used felt material to prevent the enhancement of the high frequencies when stepped across the baffle, this new TL box uses a wave-guide instead.
Also i have used a gold plated binding post for that extra touch of class and a rich veneer for giving that upmarket look and feel to this new project. This speaker will be paired with the Dared 845 tubes later which would arrive some time at March end after i place order with Analogue Audio Labs.
FM are welcomed after the tube arrive as i too have not completed my listening sessions with these due to some other priorities currently. Would have heard them for max 1 hr till now and hence could not post any personal listening impression as it would be unfair on them. As i have put lot of my own build and listening experience over the years and my design skills on them, am sure they will out-perfom most commercially available speakers at three times the cost. But yet keeping my fingers crossed and will leave that for others to decide.
Some images of the first order cross-over and the boxes [posted for initial comments by FM are welcomed.
The new TL is using a waveugide for the upper mid and the high-frequency for diffracting them behind the box. Also the cross-over is tuned much lower at 1600Hz to take the benefit of the low resonance of the alunimium dome tweeter. Also a concept of Harmonic balance has been added to the cross-over to preserve the energy response of the tweeter at higher frequencies.
Avid's box used felt material to prevent the enhancement of the high frequencies when stepped across the baffle, this new TL box uses a wave-guide instead.
Also i have used a gold plated binding post for that extra touch of class and a rich veneer for giving that upmarket look and feel to this new project. This speaker will be paired with the Dared 845 tubes later which would arrive some time at March end after i place order with Analogue Audio Labs.
FM are welcomed after the tube arrive as i too have not completed my listening sessions with these due to some other priorities currently. Would have heard them for max 1 hr till now and hence could not post any personal listening impression as it would be unfair on them. As i have put lot of my own build and listening experience over the years and my design skills on them, am sure they will out-perfom most commercially available speakers at three times the cost. But yet keeping my fingers crossed and will leave that for others to decide.
Some images of the first order cross-over and the boxes [posted for initial comments by FM are welcomed.
The speakers are looking great, though the aesthetic goodness can only be judged by sitting across them.
