Honestly, hard to judge sound by the picture.
unless it’s some Chinese knockoff.
honestly…. Unless you provide more info about the driver and the design of the box, how could anyone possibly answer you?
and would you agree to my sound preferences? 🙂
This Box was called :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8lxuhi2vhfpoxt8/Le magazine audiophile -Le Fostex FE-103 Sigma.pdf?dl=0
L'Audiophile LePetit
Inside a Fostex FE103Sigma.https://www.dropbox.com/s/8lxuhi2vhfpoxt8/Le magazine audiophile -Le Fostex FE-103 Sigma.pdf?dl=0
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... Within the usual limits for smallish full-range drivers. Aside from limited maximum output, there's also:
The Dropbox link shows those issues well enough.
You might gather that full-range drivers aren't my favourite, and you'd be right.
Chris
- Limited LF extension
- Limited HF extension
- Narrow HF dispersion
- Sometimes poor linearity through the kHz range
The Dropbox link shows those issues well enough.
You might gather that full-range drivers aren't my favourite, and you'd be right.
Chris
Honestly, it's a picture. It's not making any sound. It sounds like silence.
If you listen very carefully, you can hear the sound of electrons becoming photons.
Of course, all screens sound different.
Chris
This is apparently Jean Hiraga's attempt to create a cheap but amazing sounding small speaker for the person who shared L'Audiophille's design sensibilities, but couldnt afford massive horns/drivers to make ther top shelf designs.
Its been promoted (or rather, spoken fondly of) lately on youtube chanel SnakeOilAudio (german) and discussed at depth on RealWorldAudio. Thorsten from the former chanel has argued that they are possibly the best sounding low cost design, doing most important things better than commercial designs up to any level (within limitations of what it is).
Apparently that fostex sigma driver is a great sounding unit with unusually flat fr, and the box/port is tuned very low to favor extensiin over midbas, which is supposed to even out in the room and give a perfect response.
Irinically enough, being a cheap design, it probably requires quite an expensive gear to compete with the best.
But yeah, such is the promise of this design.
Its been promoted (or rather, spoken fondly of) lately on youtube chanel SnakeOilAudio (german) and discussed at depth on RealWorldAudio. Thorsten from the former chanel has argued that they are possibly the best sounding low cost design, doing most important things better than commercial designs up to any level (within limitations of what it is).
Apparently that fostex sigma driver is a great sounding unit with unusually flat fr, and the box/port is tuned very low to favor extensiin over midbas, which is supposed to even out in the room and give a perfect response.
Irinically enough, being a cheap design, it probably requires quite an expensive gear to compete with the best.
But yeah, such is the promise of this design.
Its also what the Brit companies seem to like (Harbeth, Spendor,..). I remember the founder of harbeth particularly liking the 30x60 baffle with just under 30cm depth. "Theres just something about the sound of that box, idnit?" he commented.
One thing to add, im quite compeled to try building these or something similar for the smaller room (12sqm), where the speakers need to be against the wall. I have SA LS35a there now, and they make plenty of sound, its just their tuning is completely unsuitable (6db roomgain in the midbass, plus listening position in a midbass room mode). Le Petit would probably get exactly where it needs to be there in terms of FR.
I listened to the LS3/5A years ago and I did not like that midbass hump at all. B&W DM5 & DM 12 as well as KEF 101 sounded better in my ears. A small fullrange driver is a point source and gives a certain coherense that is a good quality
I dont like midbass hump either.
Many who use a Nad amplifier who switched to a Norwegian Hegel amplifier experience the same thing. Hegel amplifiers are smoother in frequency. More details will emerge.
I guess its sensible generlised tuning for such a speaker, they worked quite well in a friends room. They managed to sound decently big and complete there (yes, with a Hegel).
Aside from having a boatload of fun building your own speakers, one great advantage of diy is you can choose the design that will work optimally with your room. The le petits seem to be the perfect antidote for the typical commercial bookshelf speaker, which is supposed to work in all types of situations, but rarely works great in any. Le Petits (and similar) seem to have the potential to really astound in the right room, but could be completely incomplete in many other.
Aside from having a boatload of fun building your own speakers, one great advantage of diy is you can choose the design that will work optimally with your room. The le petits seem to be the perfect antidote for the typical commercial bookshelf speaker, which is supposed to work in all types of situations, but rarely works great in any. Le Petits (and similar) seem to have the potential to really astound in the right room, but could be completely incomplete in many other.
I know this speaker. A friend of mine build a pair with some Fostex fe103 he had left over. It’s a nice speaker within it’s limitations. It is not highend, therefore it seriously lacks bass, scale, dynamics and resolution (like any other speaker with such tiny drivers does) but it is nicely balanced between bass roll-off and treble roll-off. It does have an elevated presence around 3-4khz which makes up for the lack of top end and gives you an illusion of microdynamics which so many people seem to like about these tiny fullrange drivers. It becomes critical about recording quality because of this however, but that’s not the recordings fault, its the speaker. Use it nearfield it is an enjoyable speaker you can listen to for hours but don’t expect it to be highend