new transient perfect 3 way (1 Viewer)

[Phil Olson]

I'm going to (re)attempt to do a design of a WMTMW 3 way. My first attempt was interrupted by a layoff, (company closing), and retirement, not to mention a move and new house build. (I'm just at the wiring stage but anxious to get started on this anyway!)

Anyways, I was thinking of the following;

XT25 Tweeter
EJ Jordan JX92S Mid/filler, (x2)
Adire Extremis 6.8 Mid Woofer, (x2)

All my choices are fairly broad band so I should have some playing room with crossover specs.

Does anyone have any better suggestions for the mid or the woofer? I'm pretty happy with the tweeter.

I'd like 40-20KHz and 100dB peaks for HT with some music.

 

[Jim Mcc]

Oh, you're talking about that kind of 3-way.

 

[Phil Olson]

Wrong forum Jim!

 

[Parker Clack]

Phil:

Sounds interesting to me.

I would love to see someone design a MTM with a horn for the tweeter and have it in a dipole layout.

We need some pictures of your project as it gets developed.

Parker

 

[Phil Olson]

Thanks Parker. One of the nice things about using wide band drivers with a digital XO is that I can do a lot of experimentation with crossover designs and, (hopefully!), learn something in the process.

I'm ordering the drivers and will begin having fun next month, time permitting.

 

[KeithMoechnig]

I'd also look at the Vifa XG18 for the midrange. John Krutke built a 2.5 TMM with the XT and XG mentioned, but said the lower-end distortion wasn't up to par, but the midrange and high end were some of the best he's ever heard. For a nice comparison test, here's a page with a bunch of 6.5-7 inch drivers tested here

http://www.zaphaudio.com/6.5test/

 

[Phil Olson]

Darn! Too late, I already ordered the drivers. Once I saw the price of the JX92's I choked and ordered the CSS WR125S as the mid though, (another XBL design).

This first design is a learner so I can come up to speed on Soundeasy and cabinet/XO design.

As I mentioned, one of the nice things about wide band drivers is that I can play with XO slopes and centers to see the effect. The fact that Soundeasy allows the XO to be downloaded into a sound card allows for a lot of 'what if's without all the fuss.

Has anyone looked at the WR125S? I do have a large room and this is mostly for HT so I would like some serious output.