| ZB |
Monday, April 30, 2018 |
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EA-512301 |
| I thought I understood how spikes work |
| How wrong can you be, I have always thought that spikes were the ultimate solution for acoustically decoupling of speakers untill I heard this.
I simply replaced the spikes in my speakers with these cones and the difference in sound reproduction was immediately noticeable.
Really incredible, I wish I had known this years ago. ... |
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| jdog |
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 |
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12MU/4731T00 |
| Did Not Dissappoint |
| I put these in ported .06ft3 enclosures to extend the low end down to 120Hz or so. This way I could mate them directly to the subs without a woofer and it worked very well. Im new to high end components but Ive worked in audio for a very long time and I have to say Ive never heard anything maintain midrange definition at high volumes li ... |
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| A. Tom |
Thursday, March 15, 2018 |
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KPQS/4.7/400 |
| Very good cap for the money |
| I exchanged a high end speakers (above 2000€)cap for this. My other speaker was working fine, On comparison, they sounded identical after 2 days of running. Build quality is not great though! ... |
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| Simo Vuokila |
Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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TC9FD18-08 |
| Best mid/full range |
| Crazy good for the price. This is a workhorse driver if I make customer project with a midrange or a MTM array. I wont even start to list the good points of this driver, you can find tons of measurements and information on the internet. They always deliver smooth, non-fatiguing midrange that leaves both the maker and the customer happy. Y ... |
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| Simo Vuokila |
Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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SB26ADC-C000-4 |
| World class tweeter |
| This tweeter is probably the best Ive ever owned. Dispersion is excellent, distortion is lowest I have ever measured. Easily works with 1,5kHz 3rd order Butterworth crossover and a 8 Nomex cone midwoofer. The only grievance I can think of is that the crossover work was a bit difficult due to the rise around 1k in the response. When you g ... |
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| MSR |
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 |
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830991 |
| Nice performance! |
| Strengths:
This little driver with glass fiber cone delivers a very clear, tight and well-defined bass performance. This is just a 5-inch mid-bass driver, so the bass doesnt go very deep but bass performance is better than many other similar sized drivers - fast and punchy. Works very well in ported enclosures, sealed sounds anemic.
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| Nitescu Valentin |
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 |
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BC25TG-15/04 |
| BC25TG-15/04 |
| This thing is heavy! But it sounds so good. I tested it in open air with a Tpa 3116 boad. Sounds so good! although it needs some care when designing a crossover for it. ... |
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| Simo Vuokila |
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
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KPQS/4.7/400 |
| Decent cap for the price |
| It is a cheap cap and it sounds like one. Nevertheless, you still get 95 percent of the performance of a high-end cap and its a large improvement from cheap electrolytic caps. You get exactly what you pay for, its up to you if its enough :) For customer products on a price, Audyn Cap KP-QS is my number 1 choice. ... |
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| Rainer Pache |
Monday, November 13, 2017 |
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MW16P-8 |
| SB Satori Kairos |
| I bought this speaker together with the other components for a building proposal called Kairos . The kairos have won the DIY contest in Indiana. All components I got here in the shop for a very good price. Also all unusual values. The sound of the speakers is a dream. ... |
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| Rainer Pache |
Monday, November 13, 2017 |
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TW29R-B |
| SB Satori Kairos |
| I bought this speaker together with the other components for a building proposal called Kairos . The kairos have won the DIY contest in Indiana. All components I got here in the shop for a very good price. The sound of the speakers is a dream. ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Saturday, November 4, 2017 |
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WICK-S1 |
| A good quality American product! |
| This is my review of the WICK-S1 De-Solder by Chemtronics
The braid is very tight-woven, with a fine layer of what I think is RA flux on it. This flux does not need to be removed after desoldering.
The flux, also, provides a very clean surface afterwards where you can immediately solder on. It sucks the solder up very well and clean ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Friday, August 11, 2017 |
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000-1034 |
| Handle with care! |
| This is my review, generally, over Jantzen Audio Air Core coils.
The coils themselves, value and quality wise, are very nicely made.
They use very high quality wire, laquer and solder. Yes, solder, because the end become pre-tinned!
A little side note is: Be careful with them. Most people wont have problems with them and theyre v ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Saturday, June 24, 2017 |
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002-0772 |
| Good value |
| The resistor has a nice body, fairly okay build quality. The labels are just ever-so-slightly faint, but that is okay. The bottom side is plenty rough to allow for hot glue to stick.
The resistor value is closer to 4 Ohms than 3.9 Ohms,
Overall, this resistor is a good choice. ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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AL130 |
| Fine mid woofer !! |
| This driver is a very good compromise !
It offers a good bass extension for the size, in a moderate volume (10 l), but its also very good in the midrange, witch is not so common !
Distorsion is very low up to 5 kHz.
Used in a small bookshelf speaker, it delivers a tight and very readable bass, very clean ! the midrange is also very nat ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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MR16P-4 |
| Top midrange ! |
| I used this driver in a construction with 2 woofers satori WO24P and the SB acoustics satori Béryllium tweeter.
This drivers could almost be used as a full range, only with a baffle step compensation, it delivers a very nice sound with no harshness, impressive !! I use it from 300 Hz to 2500 Hz (2nd order) and it does the job !! Lots of ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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10F/8424G00 |
| Nice small driver |
| Very tiny driver, very well built, and in my opinion can match with more expensive woofers or tweeters if used properly.
As ita a very small cone, it should be used from 800 Hz (2nd order), not much lower... But from there to 10 kHz, distorsion is very low, and it delivers a very fast and detailed midrange. A good choice for a 3 way desi ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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12MU/4731T00 |
| A superb 4 midrange |
| This driver is for me the best 4 midrange on the market, not cheap, but it delivers really astonishing sound quality ! I used it from 600 Hz to 3500 Hz, it matches the tweeter with unusual speed and gives to strings, voices a very rare sensation of organic , natural sound. Hes so fast that the split between midrange & tweeter is absolut ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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18W/4531G00 |
| Very high value ! |
| When correctly used (in my case 25 liters, Fb 35 Hz), this driver is astonishing in the way it delivers bass and lower midrange, with a very high level of transparency. Bass is punchy when its punchy, deep when its deep, but its always fast and accurate, it never gives extra unwanted weight, and it does not deliver bass apart, but is full ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Friday, May 26, 2017 |
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| Extention to MJs |
| As MJ said, its surely a bargain.
Its easy to cross them over with a woofer if it has a low high-knee, as youd only need a capacitor and/or a resistor depending on your setup.
The horn looks and feels really nice too, which is a nice touch when considering lifetime and/or longevity.
I was planning on getting a pair for myself t ... |
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| MJ |
Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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| What a bargain... |
| Bought this tweeter just out of curiosity - small waveguide and vifaesque driver at no cost.
I now built a small monitor speaker with this tweeter mated to a Scan Speak 15W8434 midwoofer, and I turned out really really great. Precise attacks, airy but never harsh. Love it.
I can recommend it to anyone whos in search for a nice tweet ... |
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| Andrey Kostov |
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 |
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| Amazing All-Rounder |
| To be honest, I always wanted to try Dayton audio, where I live. We have no direct distributors. This thing weighs at 10.5 kg, and it arrived in one piece given the trip it made. I build DIY as hobby, and this sub is just AMAZING!!!! I have it under-powered at 120W @ 4 ohms in a 57 L box tuned to 34Hz, and it will not give it justice. For ... |
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| Ramon |
Monday, May 8, 2017 |
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| really nice driver |
| does exactly what its designed for, with very low distortion as stated.
even at high volumes
doesnt go as low as i hoped in a 16L sealed enclosure, but this driver would be ideal for a low distortion home cinema system.
i do recommend these drivers for a frequency raneg of about 80-2500hz, crossing them with a fullrange speaker at ... |
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| Ramon Schepers |
Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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| nice sounding tweeters for the price |
| small little tweeters wired in parallel with a 3.3OHM resistor and highpassed @ 9500hz with a 4,7UF cap, wired with a non filtered TB w4-1320SIF in closed 3L enclusore, loving the sound of these little things.
they even have a fabric dome for a more smooth sound. ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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D3004/662000 |
| Very nice tweeter ! |
| I used this tweeter in a 3 way design with 12MU4731 and 2x 18W8531 from scan-speak.
This tweeter shows a very detailed sound, absolutely non aggressive. Treble is refined, very silky, always natural. You never hear treble , you just hear the music
If used in a big system playing loud, it gives its best crossed at 2500 Hz or above 2nd ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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SB17NAC35-4 |
| Top price/performance ratio ! |
| I used the NAC driver in a 2 way design, and I was positively surprised by the global performance in a reasonable box volume (17l in may case): bass is really what you can expect from such a small driver size, and even more. Really enough for a small room (around 20 sqm). The biggest surprise came from the midrange, very clean and very de ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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TW29RN |
| A remarquable tweeter |
| This tweeter is showing a rare mix of very nice features : very linear response, very low distortion, ability to work without any limitation down to 2 kHz. I also appreciated very much the unusual energy you can perceive on strings for example, its not tiny treble but full bodied instruments you can hear. I was also impressed by the dynam ... |
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| Pierre Faverieux |
Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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001-7045 |
| A truly high end capacitor ! |
| I used Alumen capacitors on treble & also on midrange crossovers, and this is amazing how this capacitors makes the sound calmer, more organic and with natural dynamics, putting all details at their right scale, including silences. Not cheap, but a real added value, even compared with the Superior Z Caps I use most of the time.
Just a su ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
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| Feels like a brick stuffed with quality. |
| This is my review of Dayton Audios DTA120.
After buying this amplifier second-hand from a friend who never used it, heres my review. I believe it was originally bought here too.
Following suggestions from others, Ill start with the short and powerful message I have for (the makers of) this little amplifier.
I am extraordinarily ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Monday, April 3, 2017 |
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| A must have for a good quality DIY & Wireless project |
| This is my review of the AA-AB41136 APT-X Bluetooth 4.0 Audio Receiver Board.
I used this board in a little home made receiver box, along with a Dayton Audio volume control. They work together seamlessly and with a bit of electrical knowledge you can make everything line-arrayed and need only one power supply. Super handy to work with ... |
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Monday, April 3, 2017 |
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| Theyre good value posts! |
| These binding posts are most likely the top of the line youll ever need.
They provide a rugged connection between the inside and the outside of the cabinet, while still allowing easy connection and disconnection with minimal wear to the box and connectors.
The installation is really straightforward, too.
The posts dont leak unlike ... |
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| Lucian Mikulas |
Saturday, April 1, 2017 |
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D3004/662000 |
| Very good tweeter |
| Beautiful-sounding tweeter, direct sound, fully playing from 1500Hz, very good idea for two-way system. ... |
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| Lucian Mikulas |
Saturday, April 1, 2017 |
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C158-8-085 |
| Best of the best for me |
| Good sound without distortion, clear sound, dynamic bass a little less pronounced at higher midtones. ... |
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| Tomas Kuruc |
Friday, March 31, 2017 |
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| Great little tweeter |
| You can put it pretty much anywhere and in any way and it will give you nice, balanced and neutral sound, but still with nice details (for this price range). ... |
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| Tomas Kuruc |
Friday, March 31, 2017 |
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BP-530G |
| Not exactly the highest quality material |
| I broke one while screwing into the cabinet, no extreme force - it didnt even leave any kind of mark on the paint. ... |
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| Karlo Pu ic |
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 |
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| Very impressed |
| I was in a need of a full range driver for my personal project, and to be honest, this little fella kicked competitions butt.
Built like a tank, has a decent weight to it. At first sight, its obvious that its a higher quality product.
As of frequency response goes, its one of the best I have seen and used. Especially for 3 inches.
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| Sander Vannieuwenhuyse |
Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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| Frankly, Im quite impressed. |
| This is my review of the RSS315HFA-8 woofer from Dayton Audio
I purchased this woofer because I was in need of a small woofer that could outperform most standard woofers that you can find around the place. The traits I was looking for were reliability, power and quality. Both were adequately in place.
About the woofer:
Power was a ... |
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| Jeff Neis |
Sunday, December 25, 2016 |
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SB17MFC35-8 |
| Excellent Value |
| I purchased a pair of these to build a pair of Jeff Bagys Tributes . I am really impressed by the quality of these drivers. Nothing fancy or flashy. Just the stuff that works. At 22.5 liters tuned to 34 hz and stuffed with about 30 liters worth of fill, they are really nice and neutral and the bass reaches well into the mid- lower 40 ... |
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| Jiri1540 |
Monday, November 7, 2016 |
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SB15NRXC30-8 |
| Center speaker |
| Drivers are very nice built and the price/perfromance ratio is excellent. I used it together with SB26STC-C000-4 tweeter in MTM configuration for center speaker based on the SB Acoustics design called ELOK. The speaker plays music really nicely and considering the size of the cabined, also relativelly deep. This setup would also firm a ni ... |
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| Jiri1540 |
Monday, November 7, 2016 |
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| Closed subwoofer |
| I recently built a subwoofer using this big guy. The driver is nicely built, everything is massive and the woofer is really heavy one.
I used it in a sealed enclosure with dimmensions of 450 x 450 x 500mm powered by SAM-500D class D plate amp. The bass is deep and tight with plenty of reserve. You can really feel the pumping in the stoma ... |
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| Marcus Brembs |
Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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TG9FD10/04 |
| good (also) for midrange speaker applications |
| I used this speaker as a mid range speaker in a 3 way vented enclosure and found it easy to adapt to bass and tweeter because it is linear in frequencies below and above the chosen band filter and therefore behaves good in transition area. It delivers quite good resolution and is superior in cost / performance ratio. A little low in effic ... |
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| Wieger |
Saturday, June 18, 2016 |
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H1333-08/06 |
| Zeer muzikale en open luidspreker |
| Ik heb een voorliefde voor coaxluidsprekers: ze zijn ideaal voor kleinere luisterruimtes waar ze hoge en de middentonen op één as ideaal mengen. Deze luidspreker klinkt bijzonder muzikaal: krachtig laag, helder hoog. Hij vervormt passief gefilterd minder dan 0,35 (eigen metingen). Passieve filtering is relatief eenvoudig. Het filtervoors ... |
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| W. van Vliet |
Thursday, April 14, 2016 |
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W5-1138SMF |
| goed maar met gebruiksaanwijzing |
| Het is echt een hele goede subwoofer, maar je moet wel weten waar je aan begint. Deze subwoofer hangt nogal los in zijn frame, wat logisch is met een xmax van 10mm!!! Maar, dat betekent ook dat je de woofer snel kan overbelasten. Verwacht in ieder geval geen hoge volumes uit dit ding. Goed voor de huiskamer en als extra punch in een besta ... |
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| Jeroen van Uden |
Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
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| Difficult |
| I used these as a full range in open baffle. These dont sound good out of the box. Need lots of measuring and filtering. I gave up on them. ... |
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| Jeroen van Uden |
Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
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W4-1320SIF |
| Nice, but take some work |
| Highs are too laid back. Either use them with a tweeter, or crank up the high frequencies with an active filter, as I did. After that they sound fantastic for upper mids/highs. Very natural sounding. I use them in open baffle dipole, ... |
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| Jeroen van Uden |
Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
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H1411-08 |
| Open Baffle midrange |
| I use them as midrange in open baffle dipole, together with a small full range for upper mid an highs, and dipole subwoofers.
You can use these without a crossover, they have a smooth roll off.
Very musical.
Everything I was expecting and more. ... |
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| Stig Mejlbjerg |
Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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CRB-130SGP |
| Good looking - does what it says on the box |
| The story:
I bought a set of these to protect the speaker units in my horn speakers (built on FE126En from Fostex - Bought on this site).
Pros:
They fit my application (keeping cat-claws out of the speaker membranes), they look good and they are easy to install. At the sound levels you typically get with that kind of speakers, they ... |
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| Artiom Rosov |
Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
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26W/8867T00 |
| Really impressed with these! |
| Finally I have settled down with these beauties. They sounded clear right off the box. Using them in a ported(around 23Hz) 75L enclosure. Even without a crossover they sound quite nice. Can be crossed not as low, as most other woofers of this size. Now I use a 450Hz crossover point with 12dB slopes (second order LR). The breakup is far aw ... |
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| David Ditman |
Monday, October 19, 2015 |
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ATC/2.20/630 |
| Amazing sound |
| Transparency and detail and stunning music space.
Great musicality. ... |
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| Deejac |
Monday, October 5, 2015 |
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TC9FD18-08 |
| Great speakers, but one was broken! |
| I bought two of them for a mobile F.A.S.T. / 2.1 solution. They run in combination with a Dayton DCS205-4 sub/woofer, which is a great combo.
However one of these was broken: the coil scratches the side of the magnet and therefore sounds very wrong.
The one that does work, works perfect. At first they didnt sound as I was expectin ... |
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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E0041-08S |
| Great sound, bad production consistency. |
| Bought two of these, measured them, calculated fitting enclosures. One needed 21 liters, the other only 15... Difficult decision, ended up building two 18 liter enclosures, filling one up with extra wood (wall thickness), the other with one extra mat of sheeps wool. Weight of the speakers is very different, however they sound equal enough ... |
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| MSR |
Sunday, September 13, 2015 |
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TC9FD18-08 |
| High-end performance for a little money! |
| The performance of this cheap 3.5 inch driver is really surprising considering the price. This can easily outperform many drivers costing several times. They may look a bit cheap because of the plastic frame and paper cone. But the measured and acoustic performance is another story. Very smooth extended frequency response with very low ha ... |
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| R.E.G.S productions |
Friday, August 21, 2015 |
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W5-1138SMF |
| Great performance and quality for this size and price !!! |
| Hello DIYers, Students and Hobbyists,
I used this subwoofer, in my projects for several times. And what can I say ? I am IMPRESSED !!! Tang Band is not very common brand in my country, but every speaker that I purchase of this brand is very well made. It wont shake your house as it is only 5.25 inch speaker, but the sound is very clean ... |
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| MSR |
Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
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H1456-08 |
| Great mid-bass driver! |
| The ER18RNX woofer from the SEAS prestige line is an excellent mid-bass driver for the price. The driver is very well designed and well ventilated with excellent built quality and finishing.
I own 4 of them and all of them measure very close (and pretty similar to the specs) which reflects very good quality control and consistency. Fr ... |
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| Till Eichhorn |
Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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D7608/920010 |
| Excellent Midrange performance |
| This Chassis by ScanSpeak, made in Denkmark, is my Favourite Midrange Chassis for building larger Speakers (3 or more Ways).
Crossing over by 12dB around 1000-1500 Hz and a 6 dB at about 5000-6000 Hz, this chassis excellently reproduces the finest whispers and breaths of every high quality record and perfectly matches with the Scan Spea ... |
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| Pimp MyVoiceCoil |
Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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BC25TG-15/04 |
| Nice cheap tweeters |
| Fantastic tweeters that I have used on several projects. I simply dont see the point of spending any more when these do absolutely fine for any application above 2khz. They are very sensitive too, usually 3-6db more than the bass and mid drivers Ive used them with. The dispersion is quite decent but I believe you can attatch waveguides to ... |
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| Pimp MyVoiceCoil |
Monday, August 10, 2015 |
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SB29NRX75-6 |
| Great Driver |
| Bought a pair of these for a custom 3-way active DSP setup. Build quality is insane they are built like a tank. Managed a -3dB point of around 27hz in a 40 ltr closed box using EQ (response measured in an anechoic chamber). Currently using minimal EQ as the response in the listening room is easily reaching 30hz.
The sound is very musi ... |
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| Sandor Horvath |
Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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001-0562 |
| Jantzen Superior Z |
| I am more than 10 years dealing with loudspeaker building - live in Hungary, which is a little market and there are no parts to buy. A few years ago I found this webpage and started to order parts and loudspeakers.
I have tested a lots of capacitors and my experience is that, Jantzen Superior Z is best in the price range. I use them f ... |
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| Sandor Horvath |
Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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001-0250 |
| Jantzen CrossCap |
| I am more than 10 years dealing with loudspeaker building - live in Hungary, which is a little market and there are no parts to buy. A few years ago I found this webpage and started to order parts and loudspeakers.
I have tested a lots of capacitors and my experience is that, Jantzen CrossCap is best in the price range. I use them to r ... |
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| Sandor Horvath |
Monday, August 3, 2015 |
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SPA-110PA |
| SPA-110PA |
| I use this woofer in a 2 way enclosure. The sensitivity and other T/S parameters close to the specification. Small, 45 liters bass-reflex cabinet with F3= 55Hz, which is really deep for a 10 woofer. I use it fullrange for small rooms and crossed at 120 Hz with a 15 subwoofer in larger place. The price is very cheap, the quality is good. I ... |
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| Nicholas Fryman |
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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830668 |
| Excellent for use in Paul Carmodys Tarkus |
| Great value speaker that can play perfectly well to 400Hz or so in a 3 way configuration.
Very little out there at this price point with similar XMax, power handling and frequency response. ... |
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| Till |
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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26W/8534G00 |
| Definetly one of the best Woofer Chassis you can get |
| Dear Reader,
I want to review and recommend the Scan Speak 26W / 8534 Discovery Series Woofer to you.
I have realised my own 4-way dream-speakers using two of these woofers in about 150 litres closed volume per box.
Using a soft 12 dB filter around 120 Hz and an acceptor circuit (80W Resistors) near resonance frequency (built into ... |
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| Franco Valesi |
Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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| Ottimo prodotto |
| Finalmente un radiatore passivo da 10 ad un costo molto accessibile. Un prodotto realizzato bene , caratteristiche costruttive di primordine e aspetto elegante .
EA translate;
Finally a 10 inch passive radiator at a very affordable price. A product well made, constructive features of first class and elegant appearance. ... |
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| Stig Mejlbjerg |
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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FE126En |
| For the hobbyist with a wife |
| The objective details:
The unit comes well-packaged (not prone to transport damage) and with screws and foam gaskets for fitting it in an enclosure.
The unit is well-built and would seem to last for many years.
The synopsis:
I purchased this speaker for the main reason, that there is a recommended enclosure described in the data sh ... |
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