What do YOU want in your component sets?

[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

Hey everyone -- Well I'm starting the process of ordering up my own batch of custom drivers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif -- there goes all my money //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif -- anyways what do YOU want in your speakers?

I'm thinking that I'm going to have DVC 4 ohm midwoofers so that people can run them with a 2 ohm alignment, or get a different version of the xover that allows people to use the front and rear channels of their head unit so they actually get some reasonable power out of their head units...

What materials would people be the most interested btw? I'm leaning towards aluminum... for now at least. till I do a little research //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

Anyways -- suggestions are open //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif -- som1 has to have an opinion

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[djman37 5,000+ posts]

cast baskets. I like the stability.

I do like your crossover idea. My HU outta be able to power tweets.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

sandwiched paper like whats used on the system audio mids would be sweet

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Yeah....I was going to say paper cones too. I like aluminum phase plugs just cause they look cool //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif But hey, when done right they actually serve a good purpose aswell //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Liberal use of copper rings. High output but low distortion (atleast in the critical range. And I'd trade off some higher even order distortion for lower odd order). Good low frequency extension!

Options for EXTREMELY flexible crossovers. I'm talking semi-active crossovers (similar to what the Focal Be's have, only not quite as extreme). Adjustable xover points & slopes for both highpass (tweet) and lowpass (mid).

 

[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

They are going to be cast for sure -- I'm going to have 2 heavy copper shorting rings to cut down distortion and lower induction for sure -- Going to shoot for a higher vas, low QES (about .3), low FS design that way it will work fine in a small enclosure... and be awesome if you ported it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif -- going to try to push sensitivity as high as possible as well (very strong motor... hence the low Q) -- while maintaining good linear distortion and at least 6mm of xmax on the 6.5" version...

I'll see what I can do in terms of inexpensive high moment of inertia paper cones...

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

if you have a system audio dealer they should have a cone to look at (part of sales process) its the lightest cone i ever picked up its weak side to side (twist) but is veryyyyy riggid being pushed in. its water proof too it almost looks like its plastic but its just coated paper

 

[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

Options for EXTREMELY flexible crossovers. I'm talking semi-active crossovers (similar to what the Focal Be's have, only not quite as extreme). Adjustable xover points & slopes for both highpass (tweet) and lowpass (mid).

Well... Very flexible xovers would add to the price and in all honestly is more gimmick than anything... I can see some slight adjustments in the transfer function at the xover point being useful to adjust for potential phase interactions if things end up being about 90 degrees out of phase due to placement... but changes in the order of the filter as well as xover point will just allow more tweeter distortion with power... or not attenuate the breakup modes of the midwoofer properly -- not to mention I have a different component set available for almost any install or personal preference -- which works wonders //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I worked hard to get some awesome off axis response as well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif so that the component set will work nicely in a number of different and less than ideal install locations btw... I can do the same for the new sets as well -- just will take awhile again //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif... I can add options but it will just raise the price for very little gain.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

My only request is that some cars have very poor axes in stock locations. Like mine, the passenger side door is roughly 20 degrees off axis from me, where the driver's side door is more like 60 degrees. I would like to see something where you could change the axis the driver itself is on without messing with what it is mounted to. Shouldn't be too difficult, but it would make for a higher mounting diametere.

See the attachment, Imagine the gray thing is a speaker, the black thing in a mounting ring with holes every 3/8" or so, and the speaker can pivot on the red things.

 

[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

My only request is that some cars have very poor axes in stock locations. Like mine, the passenger side door is roughly 20 degrees off axis from me, where the driver's side door is more like 60 degrees. I would like to see something where you could change the axis the driver itself is on without messing with what it is mounted to. Shouldn't be too difficult, but it would make for a higher mounting diametere.
See the attachment, Imagine the gray thing is a speaker, the black thing in a mounting ring with holes every 3/8" or so, and the speaker can pivot on the red things.

Do you have any examples of speakers like this ? I would assume there would be an inner flange attached to an outer flange with some sort of bracket? sealed with some sort of foam -- seems kinda painfully -- lol possibly something that can be done in the install process -- some sort of spacer on one side that tapers off to almost no spacer at the other end that can be sealed with clay?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Kickass Mid-bass, Smooth Tweets (silk or textile), great transition. Also push pin terminals on the mids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

Kickass Mid-bass, Smooth Tweets (silk or textile), great transition. Also push pin terminals on the mids //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
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Heres the question of the day -- is it worth an extra $5 for push terminals? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Silk that is smoother vs VERY GOOD aluminum dome that is more detailed yet not as harsh as your typical hard dome tweeters???

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Could you have a 3 way setup that consisted of a 5 1/4, a 3 1/2 and a tweet? I wish you or someone would develop one.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

how about a speaker set that comes with a blonde bimbo? lol

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Do you have any examples of speakers like this ? I would assume there would be an inner flange attached to an outer flange with some sort of bracket? sealed with some sort of foam -- seems kinda painfully -- lol possibly something that can be done in the install process -- some sort of spacer on one side that tapers off to almost no spacer at the other end that can be sealed with clay?

There are no examples of speakers like this, because they do not exist. Customizable installation out of the box is non-existance sans DVC and crossover networks. I've put serious consideration into a spacer like you said, but the design I speak of would be for general problems like the one I'm facing, and not specific to me.

And the subject of push terminals.. Push terminals on speakers are worth their weight in GOLD! For DVC, especially, they are just life saving things we all love.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

to get it to move at 40 degrees would be pretty hard to do with that type of design.the angles you were reffering to are done with pods because otherwise it wouldnt fit behind the door.