(I love it...start a thread on PVC pipe, and I instantly get an ad for them. *LOL*)
Also happy that y'all have Finally gotten around to what I've been doing for the past few years....although mating a scaled down Walsh driver to a PVC pipe isn't easy to do either...
My only objection to the Pluto format is having the cone pointing 'up'.
If you flip it over...you've just created (mostly) your very own Ohm Walsh.
The radiation pattern has improved, and you're not depending on the ceiling anymore....to some degrees.
Now....grab the driver and stretch it and it's cone upwards a few inches. That's a bit difficult to do, but I've gotten a handle on How.
Viola', a true Walsh driver as done by HHR and as done with the original Ohm F and A units. Mine are scaled down, to reduce the amount of axial cone movement required by low frequencies. I've chosen to focus on raidal radiation with that driver....
Mounted on a 6" Schd 40 pipe, one gets 'horny....as in the 'honk' the pipe creates. Stuff it full of fibrefill, it goes away and one can always 'tune' the pipe by length vs. dia. Alternately, seal it and play with 'acousitic suspension' (remember that?); works great for a bookshelf version....
...like the pair I'm listening to right now.
Hand the low frequencies off to a sub.
Active crossovers make that a snap.
Active room eq ditto.
OK....let's get rid of that tweeter.
How about a Walsh version.
Mount it above the main driver, aligning the voice coil centerlines and keeping it as close to the main as well.
Time alignment: check.
Phase distortion: gone.
Feed it streaming source, and avoid VTA, dust, scratches....any TT I use is a radial tracker anyway....
The only thing left to do is make Eric happy. ;)
I'll get around to that, soon enough.
Although Dr. L had said "Ignore the room."
(Yes, I've read his website....the Ohm patent...and more....)
Yeah, I'm having loads of fun, doing just that.... *VBS*
Regards, and Happy Memorial Day to the vets out there.
Y'all have and do make this all and more possible.
You deserve more than thanks; you deserve a VA that's worth your sacrifices...👍👏😃
Also happy that y'all have Finally gotten around to what I've been doing for the past few years....although mating a scaled down Walsh driver to a PVC pipe isn't easy to do either...
My only objection to the Pluto format is having the cone pointing 'up'.
If you flip it over...you've just created (mostly) your very own Ohm Walsh.
The radiation pattern has improved, and you're not depending on the ceiling anymore....to some degrees.
Now....grab the driver and stretch it and it's cone upwards a few inches. That's a bit difficult to do, but I've gotten a handle on How.
Viola', a true Walsh driver as done by HHR and as done with the original Ohm F and A units. Mine are scaled down, to reduce the amount of axial cone movement required by low frequencies. I've chosen to focus on raidal radiation with that driver....
Mounted on a 6" Schd 40 pipe, one gets 'horny....as in the 'honk' the pipe creates. Stuff it full of fibrefill, it goes away and one can always 'tune' the pipe by length vs. dia. Alternately, seal it and play with 'acousitic suspension' (remember that?); works great for a bookshelf version....
...like the pair I'm listening to right now.
Hand the low frequencies off to a sub.
Active crossovers make that a snap.
Active room eq ditto.
OK....let's get rid of that tweeter.
How about a Walsh version.
Mount it above the main driver, aligning the voice coil centerlines and keeping it as close to the main as well.
Time alignment: check.
Phase distortion: gone.
Feed it streaming source, and avoid VTA, dust, scratches....any TT I use is a radial tracker anyway....
The only thing left to do is make Eric happy. ;)
I'll get around to that, soon enough.
Although Dr. L had said "Ignore the room."
(Yes, I've read his website....the Ohm patent...and more....)
Yeah, I'm having loads of fun, doing just that.... *VBS*
Regards, and Happy Memorial Day to the vets out there.
Y'all have and do make this all and more possible.
You deserve more than thanks; you deserve a VA that's worth your sacrifices...👍👏😃