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<blockquote data-quote="thadman" data-source="post: 1323671" data-attributes="member: 561122">Another message from the same guy, he seemed like he knew what he was talking about. I asked him if since horns are so terrible why does fostex recommend them and provide plans?-&amp;gt;While Fostex makes good fullrange drivers, in my humble opinion, Fostex doesn&#039;t have a clue about making good cabinets. While they make tens of thousands of drivers annually, they sell relatively few complete systems. Why did they recommend bass reflex for the FE204 that preceeded the 206? Frankly, I think they are mostly copying Lowthers. Lowthers have been made for about 70 years and their main market was the bass horn crowd. Fostex drivers are really &#039;budget&#039; Lowthers. Lowther, for example, invented the &#039;whizzer cone&#039; 60 years ago or so. And Fostex doesn&#039;t know much about tuning bass reflex either.In my circumstances, budget HT setup for an Xbox 360/Computer/Home TheaterThe 360 has an audio processor, although it does not seem like anything other than a &quot;last-second addition to the console&quot;* Multichannel surround sound output* Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio* 320 independent decompression channels* 32-bit audio processing* Over 256 audio channelsWould I be better off running a fiber optic cable straight from the 360 to an amp or running RCA cables to my Pioneer reciever (it is a budget reciever from 2000-2001~ from a HT in a box $600 system) The speakers are 98dB 1w/1m so Im sure I wouldnt need more than 10+ watts per channel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thadman, post: 1323671, member: 561122"] Another message from the same guy, he seemed like he knew what he was talking about. I asked him if since horns are so terrible why does fostex recommend them and provide plans? -> While Fostex makes good fullrange drivers, in my humble opinion, Fostex doesn't have a clue about making good cabinets. While they make tens of thousands of drivers annually, they sell relatively few complete systems. Why did they recommend bass reflex for the FE204 that preceeded the 206? Frankly, I think they are mostly copying Lowthers. Lowthers have been made for about 70 years and their main market was the bass horn crowd. Fostex drivers are really 'budget' Lowthers. Lowther, for example, invented the 'whizzer cone' 60 years ago or so. And Fostex doesn't know much about tuning bass reflex either. In my circumstances, budget HT setup for an Xbox 360/Computer/Home Theater The 360 has an audio processor, although it does not seem like anything other than a "last-second addition to the console" * Multichannel surround sound output * Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio * 320 independent decompression channels * 32-bit audio processing * Over 256 audio channels Would I be better off running a fiber optic cable straight from the 360 to an amp or running RCA cables to my Pioneer reciever (it is a budget reciever from 2000-2001~ from a HT in a box $600 system) The speakers are 98dB 1w/1m so Im sure I wouldnt need more than 10+ watts per channel. [/QUOTE]

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