Gents,
Many thanks for your replies, so great that this thread lives on.
My desire to get the DE250 is that its used in a lot of published designs (here and Hifi Circuit and others) which then allows me to experiment. Plus it gets such consistently great write ups. I want its sound.
Djnangle, your offer is very generous. I'm pretty sure that Parts Express has competive shipping given their volumes and would be hard to beat. I'll look up the cost from NM to Aus and check however. Thank you!
Techuhn, yes the B&E DE250 is available for about $100 US, but costs $90 US a piece to ship. For two that makes it just under $500 AUD to land. Cry.
Earl, yes I'm not that flush with cash that I want to try a driver without specs and some plots. But the price of the MB Acoustics DE250P sure is right (free shipping helps) and it looks real pretty. Perhaps I'm naïve but I'd assume if its manufactured in the USA its a quality product. That's always been my experience for what its worth. Free shipping means I can land a pair in Aus for about $200 AUD. I vote a US Ewave patriot buys them and publishes their findings here!
Regarding the clone options I have some questions:
- The clones discussion you mention Gary I have read a few times. My take away is that the only really interchangeable clone is the Denovo DNA-360. All the others measure too differently and would require a crossover rework? I'd really like to get the Denovo but it seems to be out of stock now for 6 months?
- The Dayton Audio D250P gets some rather poor coverage for its manufacturing quality and measured distortion, it was high on my list until I read Earl's findings. Has anything changed in relation to this drivers suitability?
- The PRV Audio D290P doesn't seem to have been tested here, I'm not sure that makes it a candidate, because as I understand matters the crossovers really need to be tailored to the horn and driver combo? I'm not really at that skill level yet. Has anyone else tried this and has the crossover been published that I can work from?
- Earl I notice you recommend the Celestion CDX1-1746 here. I can purchase this in Aus for $120. Unfortunately you don't mention which crossover to use with this driver. Can I use this interchangeably with any of the Econowave versions?
Thanks again. Any help highly appreciated.