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In Reply to: Re: cornwalls versus audio nirvana / fostex posted by steven13 on April 16, 2007 at 19:11:26:
I have Klipsch Lascala's and heresy's. I am selling the La Scalas due to the negative WAF of their large size. I bought a pair of commonsense audio's super 8's and built the MKII big port cabinet. Compared to the heresy's, the AN super 8's give a more realistic "you are there" sound. In fact, they have a similar sound to the LaScala's but are not quite as dynamic. I was very impressed with the treble and midrange of the AN 8's which sounded as good as Mr. Dick's claimed. Not so impressed with the bass which sounded thin and lean. An 8' cone with ± 1mm Xmax does not move much air. This, along with a Qts of 0.215 suggested horn loading, so I built a prototype spiral horn. The dynamics and detail increased, and I now have solid bass to about 55 Hz. Even my wife commented that my home built horn sounded better than anything that she had ever heard. In pursuit of the "ultimate" speaker, I adjusted the MK II cabinet to give a fairly flat response down to 70 HZ and use a subwoofer ( heretical to the fullrange driver world )to fill in below. Now I am truly satisfied with the sound. Deep clean bass, gorgeous midrange, and clear crisp treble. Enough of my rambling, the Audio Nirvana drivers seem to be well constructed and worth every penny to me. Although the 12" will give more bass than the 8", I don't think that you will be satisfied with the bass in the provided plans. I would look at optimizing the cabinet plans with a software package, or using a subwoofer to fill in the low end bass.
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