Hi,
I recently built a chip amp with LM3886 and looking to build a pair of speakers to go with it. I currently have a pair of old Polk R15 (which is the same as T15) which is OK for background music. I have these for 15 years but not get much use.
The speakers are often bashed by reviewers, especially, on axis performance being worse than off-axis due to phasing issue. I did search on this forum and google but there is not much information on modification of the crossover. The stock "crossover" is single capacitor at tweeter itself.
I'm not sure if building a new pair would be better off than modding. Drivers availability here in Thailand is quite ok since we got major brands, like Dayton, SB, Scanspeak, Peerless, Fountek, Seas, Fostex, HiVi, etc.
If build a new pair, I wanna limit budget to $150-$200 for set of drivers and crossovers, excluding enclosure. Maybe something with around 5-6 inch woofer.
If modding the R15, I wanna limit the mod to crossover since I think it's doesn't make sense to spend much to replace drivers. The speakers are $170 brand new in Thailand.
Please share your thoughts and recommendation.
AP
I recently built a chip amp with LM3886 and looking to build a pair of speakers to go with it. I currently have a pair of old Polk R15 (which is the same as T15) which is OK for background music. I have these for 15 years but not get much use.
The speakers are often bashed by reviewers, especially, on axis performance being worse than off-axis due to phasing issue. I did search on this forum and google but there is not much information on modification of the crossover. The stock "crossover" is single capacitor at tweeter itself.
I'm not sure if building a new pair would be better off than modding. Drivers availability here in Thailand is quite ok since we got major brands, like Dayton, SB, Scanspeak, Peerless, Fountek, Seas, Fostex, HiVi, etc.
If build a new pair, I wanna limit budget to $150-$200 for set of drivers and crossovers, excluding enclosure. Maybe something with around 5-6 inch woofer.
If modding the R15, I wanna limit the mod to crossover since I think it's doesn't make sense to spend much to replace drivers. The speakers are $170 brand new in Thailand.
Please share your thoughts and recommendation.
AP
If you are looking for a simple place to start you might get an equaliser and try to improve the sound from them. If you do it may help you learn what the crossover can do better.
