I thought this might interest owners of the Peerless 6.5” nomex mid-woofers.
I’ve had mine for several years paired with DX25 tweeter and they are ok, but nothing great.
I build some .5cuft out of some red oak boards and sculpted some leather covered mdf baffles after laminating three 3/4” thick sheets together.
Then, during isolation last year, I found an article about the “Distractions” speakers by Robert Dunn who paired the same woofer with Hiquphon OW1 tweeters back in 2012.
Coincidentally, I found a pair of OW1 tweeters, assembled the Distractions crossovers, and replaced the DX25s.
The final combination is the best standmount speaker I have built, along with the Ergo ix, courtesy of James of PFM fame.
This is the only time that I have heard the Hiquphon and it is magical how the soundstage is enhanced, improved imaging and shimmering percussion.
I’ve had mine for several years paired with DX25 tweeter and they are ok, but nothing great.
I build some .5cuft out of some red oak boards and sculpted some leather covered mdf baffles after laminating three 3/4” thick sheets together.
Then, during isolation last year, I found an article about the “Distractions” speakers by Robert Dunn who paired the same woofer with Hiquphon OW1 tweeters back in 2012.
Coincidentally, I found a pair of OW1 tweeters, assembled the Distractions crossovers, and replaced the DX25s.
The final combination is the best standmount speaker I have built, along with the Ergo ix, courtesy of James of PFM fame.
This is the only time that I have heard the Hiquphon and it is magical how the soundstage is enhanced, improved imaging and shimmering percussion.
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Thanks for sharing. It’s always good to see examples of proofed and documented designs, especially when backed with personal impressions. I just googled it and found the details. Who knows, I might even try and build these one day. For now it’s enough that I can take a look at the design and learn something.
If you google “2012 sec diy speaker show” you should find a complete write up by Robert and participant’s comments.
thanks, little more complex than what i did recently
when you measure ow1, do you get flat response?
when you measure ow1, do you get flat response?
Hi,
I got intriqued because I am also a Audionote fan and I understand Audionote also uses this brand as well.
I went to look up the specs, quite an interesting tweeter I would say.
It is 3/4 inch so the frequency response will be more better when you go off axis. A excursion of 1.8mm, that is pure madness. I guess to compensate for the smaller diaphragm. B
But definitely looks a Interesting...
Oon
I got intriqued because I am also a Audionote fan and I understand Audionote also uses this brand as well.
I went to look up the specs, quite an interesting tweeter I would say.
It is 3/4 inch so the frequency response will be more better when you go off axis. A excursion of 1.8mm, that is pure madness. I guess to compensate for the smaller diaphragm. B
But definitely looks a Interesting...
Oon
To me, if I at least I interpret these correctly, the horizontal and vertical heatmaps of this design (at the bottom of the link) are not very engaging, to put it mildly.