Bottlehead Forum
Other Gear => Speakers => Topic started by: docbob52 on July 04, 2013, 03:23:27 AM
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I have a couple of Lowther DX3 drivers and was thinking about building them in a Martin J. King TTL cabinet design: http://www.quarter-wave.com/Project04/Project04.html
I thought it might make a good speaker for my 300B Paramounts in my small 14x14' listening room where I must have the speakers located fairly close to the wall.
Has anyone listened to this or similar designs and have any comments?
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I built some MLTL's with a different driver. They measured incredibly flat, but they are one of the worst speakers I've listened to.
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I don't know if there's a term for a negative tease, but that's one if I ever read one. Details, please! What drivers did you use, what didn't you like about the sound, etc.
Thanks,
Pete
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It was a pair of bamboo Tang Neo W4's in an MLTL.
The frequency response had a small bump at 7K, but the overall presentation was thin and nasal. They also had to have a ton of stuffing to work, which is something that is a serious handicap IMO.
It's really tough though, there is a lot of positive feedback around this speaker design.
-PB
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Based on this advise, now I am thinking of Lowther Medallion III cabinets, which look fairly hard to build or something else. Frugal Horns seem interesting , but to small for my DX3. All advise appreciated about the best cabinets to build for my small 14x14' listening room where I must have the speakers located fairly close to the wall and one in the corner.
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The DX-3 seems to call for a back loaded horn. If you want something easy to play with, you could try a BIB.
The closeness to the wall/corner and the asymmetry of this placement from side-to-side would make me want to put them into sealed cabinets and cross them over to a dedicated sub, though I haven't looked into it enough to see how well that might work.
-PB