renisnceman

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Why Aren't More Speaker Designers Building Augmented Widebanders?
Eric_squires—true, the diy community has been doing FAST (Full range Assisted Subwoofer Technology) or WAW ( Wide band Assisted Woofer) for some time now. My diy 2-way has a woofer that crosses over at 535 Hz to a Tang Band Full range driver loade... 
Why Oh Why Isn't Anyone Building A Decent 2 Way Stand Mount Using
diyaudio website:  “Silver Flute 6.5 8ohm/Discovery D2606” build thread. 
Why Oh Why Isn't Anyone Building A Decent 2 Way Stand Mount Using
First off, if you’re going to build a two way with either Silver Flute woofer, you’re going to need a crossover for the woofer and the tweeter.  Trelja is correct; look closely at the SPL graphs of the drivers, and particularly the Fs (resonant fr... 
Why Oh Why Isn't Anyone Building A Decent 2 Way Stand Mount Using
Silver Flute is a pretty respected driver—the diyaudio website has a lot of build threads using the 6.5” woofer- some with the 8”.  The main issue is getting either driver to play lower than 50 Hz—box modeling actually favors the 6.5” over the 8” ... 
Nuforce STA200
I picked up the NuForce a couple weeks ago and was planning to have my CEntrance dacmini modded to variable outs.  When that was a no go, I ordered a Luminous Audio Axiom ii passive preamp.  Luminous Audio takes the specs on your amp and speakers ...