High Efficiency Speaker Asylum

have a look at the BK-16

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troporobo

In Reply to: RE: Voigt pipe posted by intojazz on July 01, 2007 at 19:46:03

Since you mention ease of assembly you might be interested in the Madisound/Fostex BK-16. You can build these in a weekend without much more than glue, sandpaper, and a few clamps. Finishing can be simple to elaborate, depending on your taste.

The cabinet parts are dirt cheap and would be a good experimental base for different drivers with some sort of removable front baffle plate that would allow you to swap drivers until you found one you liked

I think they sound pretty good as designed. I'm using the FF-165K and driving them with a pair of 300B SET amps and am very happy with their coherence and immediacy. They do not produce the lowest LF extension but they're not bad either and what is there is clean. IMO they need a supertweeter but you can try without first and add one later quite easily

Madisound BK-16 (Open in New Window)

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RE: have a look at the BK-16 - freddyi 08:01:04 07/02/07 (2)
BK16 looked pretty solid on a SIM (corner space shown)

do they get a bit "hollow" on some material below cutoff?
- RE: have a look at the BK-16 - troporobo 17:44:57 07/02/07 (0)
  Maybe so, though I have noticed that (like all speakers) placement is so important. In my former listening room they were about 2.5' from side and back walls and produced satisfying bass within their limits. In my new environment they are currently set up much further from the corners and I'm not as happy. Obviously then they need some corner reinforcement
- RE: have a look at the BK-16 - Godzilla. 12:00:16 07/02/07 (0)
  > > > do they get a bit "hollow" on some material below cutoff?
  
  I thought so.

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