The Quintessentially German Loudspeaker of the 70th. Modern Interpretation.

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Didn't Troels do something with that tymphany unit lately?


I wonder if the bass filter was no good? Maybe a Mickey Mouse first order filter on the treble too. Why do people do this? I definitely like second order bass at least, with a bit of resistance in the capacitor bass shunt. :)

But the tweeter with phase plug is a nice idea. I've had similar notions myself.

But really, Joachim, I was just throwing a few ideas at you to get your creative side going. A heck of a lot of what I've learned is in reading your stuff! :D
 
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I also have this one :http://quint-audio.com/qaudio/files/ne19vtc-04_rev2_1.pdf
My tendency is for a softdome though. I really whould like to make a clone of the CL190.
I restored a pair for a friend so it will be fun to compare both.
This is not about the absolute best sound. The goal is to use more or less the same technology then in the 70th but with a ( hopefully ) better crossover.
 
Now i am thinking about the cabinet.
For the woofer a closed cabinet of ca. 70 liters is ideal.
It will then have a butterworth response.
The DUAL CL190 has a rather flat and wide cabinet.
I thought that there is only a little step when i go to this :
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I heard that speaker over 20 years ago and it sounded great.
That cabinet shape also has the advantage of very little baffle step and it does not need a stand.
So what i will build is a mix of german and american vintage.
 
I have now all drivers in house.
I think this is an impressive asortment by any means, and even not that expensive.
I am contemplating two layouts :
One is the more modern inline of the midranges, the other is the traditional side by side.
I am gavitating towards the side by side.
It looks more compact to me.
 

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I am gavitating towards the side by side.

-unless you are pushing that lower tweeter *really* low (with a relatively low low-pass for the mid.s), it's not something I'd do (..and I don't know why it as done originally). At the very least that first meter is going to have a strange polar pattern.. but if the standard listening distance is 3+ meters then it may not be much of an issue.



If you had used the peerless 1.5" cone mid-tweet in a x4 "line" it would have been more viable IMO. :eek:


-speaking of Peerless, have you seen their new "preliminary" drivers (in their "Silver" line)? Might have been interesting to use them in a design like this.

http://www.tymphany.com/peerless/woofers

http://www.tymphany.com/peerless/full-range
 
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..a 900Hz to 1kHz crossover


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For those who aren't aware, Zaph has the lower tweeter (without ferrofluid) tested on his Blog:

Zaph|Audio

http://www.zaphaudio.com/temp/Wavecor-TW030WA05-01-FR.gif

http://www.zaphaudio.com/temp/Wavecor-TW030WA05-01-HD.gif

http://www.zaphaudio.com/temp/Wavecor-TW030WA05-01-IMP-2.gif

http://www.zaphaudio.com/temp/Wavecor-TW030WA05-01-CSD.gif


The harmonic distortion of the ferrofluid version at lower freq.s should be even better.
 
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