15 in full range drivers
I built a pair speakers with 15 in full range drivers that drive easily with a 300B set amp. With certain music, (vocals) they are beautiful, but other music can be fatiguing. Wife can only take them at lower volumes. Added great subs to support the base and the 300 B Set tubes, but I am grappling with just investing in a new pair of speakers that are more well rounded or trying to different DAC's and a Equalizer to help the speakers I have. I am thinking like one of the speakers from the Klipsch heritage line would be a great way to go. But getting rid of the ones I made is like putting down a dog that doesn't walk as far as he used to and fells like I am giving up on them. Do I go with new speakers or keep suffering? LOL.
Just a FYI. When a speaker is considered bright or fatiguing, it is hardly ever high frequencies that are the culprit. More often than not it is the upper midrange. Pretty stupid statement. My 300B amp sees a regular diet of metal, hard rock, big band, Latin jazz, and a whole host of stuff that requires some grunt. Never breaks a sweat. |
Not really @ozzy62 I hate increased upper mids and all 300b or 2A3 amps are notorious for that. In fact all they amplify is 1000 Hz. The rest is not so much. |
@perkadin It is a bit hard to respond to your question. This has nothing to do with decibels. It has everything to do with the virtues of different approaches in reproducing the music we love. It has everything to do with component matching. I never told the OP to "grin and bear it." I questioned his choice of components and how well matched they are. You clearly have your preference and I have no interest in trying to lure you away from what you prefer. But for others out there who are more open minded, we should not write off different approaches to music reproduction. There is no one perfect answer. Most everything in life has a pro and con. |
