Not another bleeding omni FFS!
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#1 Not another bleeding omni FFS!
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#2 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
What are you doing next ... what's in the pipeline ... ?
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#3 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
It will save me having to go to HFS to keep up with your excellent work.
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#4 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Well apart from sitting here listening to my flabby arsed, sucked out, limp-wristed, weedy little, spray sound anywhere except at the listener, loudspeakers, there is something else "stirring in the undergrowth"IslandPink wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:13 pm What are you doing next ... what's in the pipeline ... ?
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#5 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
The one with the 12" driver looks interesting. More so because I have a couple of 12" units in the loft waiting for a home.
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Those are a bit of a comedown from your 18" dustbin lids Phil
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#7 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Who knows Steve ?Cressy Snr wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:32 pmThose are a bit of a comedown from your 18" dustbin lids Phil
Got to keep busy over the winter.
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#8 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
OK!
The idea is a semi omni, once more based on the work of the late great Roy Allison. I am flying in the face of the modern way of presenting a loudspeaker. It is wider than deep, in the grand tradition of the 50s, 60s and 70s and uses sealed box (infinite baffle) loading.
Designed to be flat against a wall, ie domestically acceptable.
The speaker comes in two parts; a top sealed cabinet, containing the up-firing midrange and front firing tweeter. This sits atop a 3 cubic foot bass box, again sealed and appropriately braced, with an LF driver, coupled to the floor boundary.
Takes me back to my speaker designing youth (oh the nostalgia)
Cables enter at the bottom of the bass box, with connections to the top cabinet made with an umbilical and Neutrik connectors.
The idea is a semi omni, once more based on the work of the late great Roy Allison. I am flying in the face of the modern way of presenting a loudspeaker. It is wider than deep, in the grand tradition of the 50s, 60s and 70s and uses sealed box (infinite baffle) loading.
Designed to be flat against a wall, ie domestically acceptable.
The speaker comes in two parts; a top sealed cabinet, containing the up-firing midrange and front firing tweeter. This sits atop a 3 cubic foot bass box, again sealed and appropriately braced, with an LF driver, coupled to the floor boundary.
Takes me back to my speaker designing youth (oh the nostalgia)
Cables enter at the bottom of the bass box, with connections to the top cabinet made with an umbilical and Neutrik connectors.
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#9 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Here's a fun, retro possibility for them:
All Rexine and Tygan at the front.
All Rexine and Tygan at the front.
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#10 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Isn't that the names Beyoncé gave to her twins?Rexine and Tygan
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#11 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Should have been.
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#12 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Given that these are omnis, would there be any advantage to putting them on short legs and firing the bass unit downwards?
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#13 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
That's one possibility. The Larson Pyramid fired its 8" bass driver at the floor. Only problem with that is that using a bass driver firing downwards instead of a just a port, means you are slot loading it by a gap governed by the length of the legs, which is another can of worms.
It's certainly possible. Most separate subs use the down-firing method to shake the floorboards.
Whether you'd want to shake the floor depends on your tastes.
It's certainly possible. Most separate subs use the down-firing method to shake the floorboards.
Whether you'd want to shake the floor depends on your tastes.
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#14 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
8 ohm, 10 inch bass driver under test with 2nd order, low pass filter at about 180Hz -3dB
I also tested a Doc modded 12 inch driver a few days ago.
Nice even responses from the both of them in free air.
The pair of them can shift plenty of air, that's for sure.
I also tested a Doc modded 12 inch driver a few days ago.
Nice even responses from the both of them in free air.
The pair of them can shift plenty of air, that's for sure.
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#15 Re: Not another bleeding omni FFS!
Ah, sealed - very good !
Which is the 10" bass driver ?
Which is the 10" bass driver ?
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