Re: Seeking advice: high-efficiency, cheap bookshelf speakers


Bob H. wrote:
Hi

How about these 6.5 inch full rangers for Fostex:
http://www.madisound.com/pdf/fostexdrivers/FE166E.pdf

They're about 60 buck each, and I can say they are fantastic speakers.
I got these, and built folded voight horns (on the web for eons). They
sound great.
I didn't realize how good they sounded because I used them for computer
speakers. But recently, I brought them to an audio meet, and we
listened to them as they are meant to be used. They were astounding.
I'm sure I saw a jaw or two drop during the audition, including mine.

I can't find my drawing, which is a three -way folded voight horn.
I did find the full size Voigt plans, which I did build. I built these
out of cardboard while on a trip just to get a sample of thier sound,
and they sounded pretty damn good (for cardboard).

http://www.geocities.com/rbrines1/Pages/Voigt_Pipe.html

If you're interested, I can also find the folded horn plans, which
point the basshorn up, instead of down and on the floor.


To get any respectable SPLs and dynamics from these speakers, 4 watts
is not enough. Actually no amount of watts is enough.

But that's another story.

Taking tube audio gear to Japan and then bringing it back is a stupid
idea.

If you are boots-on-ground you may find you can build an amp with
parts available there reasonably. They are bigtime DIYers. Prices are
high for parts but prices for everything is high there. Real estate is
very expensive since there are a lot of japanese, not that much of
japan, and they protect their honey bucket agriculture heavily. Also
they do not let a lot of gaijin-of any color or nation- in, keping
their labor market high, like we should.

.

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