High Fidelity Sound Speaker

No I am very picky, been that way since 1970's.

I ama  speaker hound dog,, I'm going to find the speaker that fits my CM.

xover speakers attempt to give audiophiles all the 3 band widths.

You asked for IT you got IT.

No thanks

Yeah bass check,  highs check,, midrange, 2 big fat thumbs down. 

xover types are attempting to carry the 3 bands, and IMHO have failed to deliver the fidelity in the midrange. 

Been therev done that. 

The W18 does havea  simple xover, the wteetera   single cap, 

I just addeda  Mundorf supreme 10 uf to the other M Supreme 10 uf cap, now the W19 is rolling off at 900hz. perfect. 

Thats all I need, at 87 db, only registers bass...The SET does not have much bass, so i really can not test the W16 out til the big Defy is up and running. 

But I know a  20 uf will be  perfect for paded bass, 

8 uf cap on tweeter 5khz to 15khz, excellent for added sheen. 

Dual FR carry complete total midrange with stunning success. 

I am hearing my music as **new*.

xover types in 1000K-5khz,,suck. 

I hate xover /low sens mids. 

hate em.

Hope that answers your Q.

Nice day

When someone says that placement in the room has absolutely no effect on how a speaker sounds(@mozartfan I'm talking to you) I completely discount anything they have to say after that.

Oz

absolutely no effect ~~~~ WEll I was being extreme in order to make a certain perspective. I’ve seen folks talking about placement etc. Some take it as serious business. I don’t I mean yes, having the speakers 5 ft apart before and now clearing some room/re-arraging , now i have the speakers as wide as the room will allow 8-10 feet. Now they breathe better. In that sense, it worked out nicely. But saying 2 ft from back wall, 1 ft, 3 ft, alittle more here, there, ,,back and forth,,no, thats pure snakeoil Ifa speaker, take a xover stype for instance,,has any sort of flaw in the 100hz-4khz range, theres nothing that can make it *right* = new placement will not make the flaw in this critical range disappear, smooth over. This is what I am trying to say..

I also mentioned to the DIYers that I hold no belief in cabinet design as making/breakinga FR performance,,

,Ohhh how that grates their nerves.

I also told the FR DIYers, I could place the dual DLVX’s ina cardborad box, and above say 200hz music,, they would sound JUST AS fantastic as in my 50 liter cabinet,,,

ohh how that stirred up a hornets nest. They REALLY and TRULY believe a cabinet design, complex, and by measurements, and such, amkes a speaker sound better or worse. Thats baloney

Either a FR can sing or it can not sing. No amount of complex fancy smansy cabinet design is going to make a FR that croaks like a frog,

sing like a angel.

Just aint.

A FR has to stand on its own, either it has the golden voice or it does not. My DL has a golden voice. My cabinet has gaps, holes, mis matched sides, all over the place. Nice day to you Please revisit my room any time you wish. Doors are wide open to the xover style speakerfan-atics.

I’ve heard plenty of full range speakers. Voxativ, Cube Audio, Lowther, and plenty more.

And yes, they do some things very well. But they trade off way too much to be completely satisfying, for me.

Maybe if I had enough money to have a second system, just for listening to chamber music, and acoustic jazz (like most of what is released on the ECM label), I would own a some FR speakers.

But I listen to much more music that requires substantially lower bass,  dynamics, and more detail in the upper frequencies. Modern, avant-garde and contemporary orchestral classical music, intense jazz and electric jazz, and various forms of intense progressive music.

For me, I would be losing a lot more fidelity, by only having a pair of FR speakers, than I would be gaining from them.

yeah well.................

You know when you found a  speaker that makes you a  happy camper audiophile>??

Is when you listen to the syms of Allan Pettersson and you say **wow, ok, so thats what I've been missing with all the previous speakers I've owned...**

The emotional impact of the music strikes deep.

btw the DIYers do  not accept my design. I left them, angry as hornets. 

Acting like a   bunch of sour scrouges. 

So I left them witha  

BAAA Humbug  

But did wish them a  happy holiday,, tongueincheeck