Just "pretty decent" eh?
What are your current speakers?
The current ones are Polkaudio Monitor 5 series which is around 20+ years old and still going strong.
Just "pretty decent" eh?
What are your current speakers?
We had a stand that sound foundations make - however, we did not use it.
The Build Quality of that stand was really nice - I was impressed.
We did not use it, just was too lazy to move my current stand, so we moved the TAD out & installed the PSB to start;
Report will be given by Magma.
Later we installed the DIY Speaker.
There were some x-over issues - as Mr. KJ pointed out.
So the Speaker was opened - things were changed - few things - Magma will give the details.
It was closed & we 're-heard' it.
That was done & speakers were changed & positions 'adjusted'
It was a good morning / afternoon that was well spent...
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It seems supplied wires are more than enough.
It seems very long wires are used inside the box. That's why it required extra wires (red+yellow). I measured all lengths from cross-over to drivers and banana cup. It seems supplied wires are more than enough.
Still cabinet build is in progress, was interested to test SUB and Plate amp, I connected Sub-out of DVD player to LEF input on plate amp and played it for around 15 mins approx. I think with in 10 mins I felt the heat in the AMP.
Is it normal or am I doing something wrong with the connection.
Naren,
Thanks, mine is SW-12 and SA-1 combo. I touched outside and I was able to feel the hot.
How hot is this? Were you able to place your hand and hold it or was it so hot that you had to remove your hand? If so, it is not normal and your amp is being loaded unduly. Check for the shorting of wires from the amp to the driver and also check the impedance across the driver terminals.I connected Sub-out of DVD player to LEF input on plate amp and played it for around 15 mins approx. I think with in 10 mins I felt the heat in the AMP.
Is it normal or am I doing something wrong with the connection.
It is not the same sub Naren. Yours is A370PEQ Amp and driver is SW-12-04 whereas his sub is SA-1 and SW12BFor you I think you may only have one pair of wires coming out of your amp but since you have same sub, you should make sure you are connecting wires to the Speaker coil and not servo coil and you should also connect red wire with connection marked with red color of speaker coil and black with connection of speaker coil marked with black color.
Hey guys,
As for the Red speakers with racing stripes. Great looking speakers by the way. I want to note several things.
1) Before trying to tune the speakers with poly fill please allow them a good 100 hours of time to burn in or you may wind up going through the same process all over again.
2) Adding a resistor is going to alter more than the tweeter level. It will cause a shift in the crossover area as well. You will be altering the response in a very adverse way. They are already producing a flat frequency response.
3) If you want to reduce the energy in the upper range then move them away from the wall that they are right up against. The wall will cause a early reflection that will couple (add output) in the lower tweeter range making a peak, and it will cause cancellation in the upper tweeter range making a dip.
1) Before trying to tune the speakers with poly fill please allow them a good 100 hours of time to burn in or you may wind up going through the same process all over again.
2) Adding a resistor is going to alter more than the tweeter level. It will cause a shift in the crossover area as well. You will be altering the response in a very adverse way. They are already producing a flat frequency response.
3) If you want to reduce the energy in the upper range then move them away from the wall that they are right up against. The wall will cause a early reflection that will couple (add output) in the lower tweeter range making a peak, and it will cause cancellation in the upper tweeter range making a dip.
Toe - In etc. we will work on after the speaker is 100 % burnt in - we can always 'tame' this T26 [Peerless] tweeter - it is a fine tweeter & image height & 'density' etc. will be adjusted by us in final set up.
Perfect;
I would tend to agree with what ever DR has mentioned;
@ Magma - if you recall, I was never in concurrence with Jilla on the resistor idea;
a]
Burn the speaker in - pink noise - sweep for 200 ++ hours at least.
b]
Recron / Sheep Wool & Horse Hair - in pillows to be used as a stuffing - small packets in muslin fabric
c]
Place the speakers front baffle at least 24 to 36 inches from the rear wall.
d]
Toe - In etc. we will work on after the speaker is 100 % burnt in - we can always 'tame' this T26 [Peerless] tweeter - it is a fine tweeter & image height & 'density' etc. will be adjusted by us in final set up.
p.s. Are we to meet today ?
seperation needs to be worked on - but that is the fault of my amp not the speaker
speakers are currently setup like this
7.25 feet apart
toed in to the shoulders
front baffle is 28 inches off the rear wall in one speaker but only 22 inchs off the rear wall for the other
(cant bring them out further)
theyve currently been soldered direct - no resistors or caps
ive got 50hrs on them
tweeter has smoothened out
seperation needs to be worked on - but that is the fault of my amp not the speaker
i know this since the accuphase had decent seperation