New thread in continuation of the Econowave Deluxe project I did this spring. The original design had only fair performance. Nothing an audiophile would be interested in. For less money there are midfi speakers available that I would prefer to listen to.
So we upgraded everything in the original Zilch design in attempt to maximize the concept, so Econowave label doesn't apply anymore. There is talk about SEOS, and other geometries large and small so this is a general thread for the doers and horn lovers to discuss ideas.
I'm picking up where the Econowave left off by using the box I built, just to get things playing and maybe play with reflex ports again with some new woofers and better understanding, and better attitude after a break.
Once again Shane is sharing his growing collection of high quality pro audio drivers, along with Butler 5150 multichannel amp to use with my Rane RPM26 multiprocessor (3way) for speaker management.
Starting off with the SEOS plastic horns from the AVSforum.com group buy hosted by diysoundgroup.com. Today I bolted up the Radian 475PB compression drivers to the horns. Shane's AE 12TDX woofers are already installed in the boxes from the final Ewave version. They are currently sealed at maybe about 70 liters, which should be about Qts .6 Good start for dialing in with active EQ.
My own personal goal for this immediate experiment is to see whether or not this 2way horn concept, with audiophile approved parts and electronics, can be made to sound good enough to play symphonies at high volume with little color and lots of power, and remain tolerable on all other music over a long period with no tweaking. In theory it should be able to do this, but for me it's time to find out one way or another.
These should be up and playing in a couple days. There is not much work to do to get it going. The large hole in the box for the previous horn needs to be reduced in size for the SEOS horn. Then just hook up the electronics and do the setup in the Rane crossover.
