Spike those speakers Rich....
Will do Chris... thanks. Bass could be a little tighter. Shane do you have any of those PE spikes left?
All the buzzyness is gone now. There is
lots of detail, I'm not used to that. I keep turning down the horn level and it gets better and better. The L-Pad is a great idea. I am already way less than halfway down, but getting close now.
The horn and woofer are integrating much better now. Beautiful tone, even on classical stuff. Can't believe how low distortion is on the horn. The only thing that still sounds a little off is the reflex bass, probably the port phase. But the box is designed to be perfect for sealed also, which I haven't tried yet.
Imaging is good, there might be more on the table. I need to make them wider and toed in even more. They are crossing about 5 feet in front of me now, with ~55degree listening angle.
Last night I listened to compressed FM radio, then this morning Jeremy Pelt radio on Pandora, it all sounded good, but I was hesitant to throw something really hard at it. I didn't want to hear the warts that mean I need to start looking for something next. I let it blast for a few hours this morning while we were out, then I put on Minnesota/Vanska Beethoven 7th, way up loud. Awesome! The power and low distortion is definitely there. The horn has no problem at all playing perfect tone at high volume. The woofer keeps up fine in the midrange. The bass is loud enough, but is a bit too poofy and some EQ lumps, but that could be room. The box has some vibration, so I will add some crossbraces.
The limited vertical dispersion of the horn (60 degrees) seems to have helped the "shouting" that I have always had in this room. Flutes and piano don't bite back as much. I think that the SEOS horn has even lower vertical angle of only 45 degrees?
My wife and kids like the sound of it. I told her that this is just an experiment to lead up to a bigger one. She how 'bout an experiment leading up to a smaller one?