Zilch's AK Design Collaborative - Econowave Speaker
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DCinDC
I'm here to fix it
Zonker92
All shiny and chrome
Nice!
Had anyone eWaved Klipsch Heresies? I just kind of fell into a pair. Sounds like they're kind of tired but I could bring them back. I haven't listened to them, but I am not hearing good things about the stock sound. Midrange harsh and bass poor?
Guess I'll search this thread ...
Had anyone eWaved Klipsch Heresies? I just kind of fell into a pair. Sounds like they're kind of tired but I could bring them back. I haven't listened to them, but I am not hearing good things about the stock sound. Midrange harsh and bass poor?
Guess I'll search this thread ...
skywave-rider
Slumming in Akihabara
I did. I found the stock woofer does not like going up that high.
I guess I could swap woofers on them? Dunno. They might be nice for my son (loves hard rock).
skywave-rider
Slumming in Akihabara
Maybe keep them Heresies, because you can't use those woofers to fill the middle. If you refurb the crossover, one thing's for sure, they will be loud. But yea, no deep bass and the tweeter is harsh.
DigitalChris
Member
Thanks for all of the replies guys, although I don't think I'm THAT concerned with the freq response of the speakers at 1 meter, I think they'll be fine for me. I'm more concerned about the response from them at the listening position, the highs drop off unacceptably quick and that worries me. I'm not sure what the problem is. The only acoustic treatments that are in my room are my corner bass traps and I have temporarily placed cardboard in front with no change.
Hmm...
Hmm...
dnewma04
The Healer
Positioning is critical with heresies. They are best positioned just out of reach of the speaker cable.
skywave-rider
Slumming in Akihabara
Chris, the measurements at 1 meter are to find out what the problem is with the speaker, not the room. And since your measurements were taken at 1 meter, IIRC, in the HF at least, it's not the room. It's either the speakers or the measuring.
skywave-rider
Slumming in Akihabara
LOL.
Zonker, Zilch was not interested in the Heresies. Since I had them for a while he was kind and never disparaging. I changed out the caps, the usual, and replaced the Tweeter with the Crites tweeter/horn. I measured that, btw, it is pretty good.
The cabinet might be nice. But I wouldn't chop it up. You can sell those. Many people like them. I sold mine on CL pretty fast. And where I live, nobody has a car, or space, and some guy came over with cash and I helped him load them in a cab. :thmbsp:
DCinDC
I'm here to fix it
Guys I just had a pair of Theile CS3.5s here. They are now gone.
I've owned pretty much every desirable speaker you can name.
With that said, I'm really chuffed about these EW HPM40s and my soon to be done NLAs.
At the moment I am hanging on to these, and a pair of Island Sound ImageMasters. And not much else. It's all going to fund my EW retrofits.
Which is to say, get out while the getting is good.
I've owned pretty much every desirable speaker you can name.
With that said, I'm really chuffed about these EW HPM40s and my soon to be done NLAs.
At the moment I am hanging on to these, and a pair of Island Sound ImageMasters. And not much else. It's all going to fund my EW retrofits.
Which is to say, get out while the getting is good.
That's the fully-upgraded Pi 3 combo (well done!), so all you have to do is contact Wayne at pispeakers.com for plans and the crossover. It would be good of you to purchase the crossovers from him, since you will be building his speakers without buying his kit. Anyway, all your work is done except building them. Oh yeah, I guess you need the waveguide - same advice there.
donprice
Wound up workin' at a gas station....
Absolutely. Trust me, you really don't want to get sucked into trying to do the crossover design from the ground up when Wayne has already done it. Spend a little extra and get the XO and waveguides from Wayne and focus all of your DIY energy into building really nice boxes. :yes: