SDA design question
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SDA's are designed to be close to the rear wall to begin with. Generally, 5 to 6 inches gives the best results. Considering good speaker cables and a good interconnect cable I don't see how much closer one could get them unless you're using zip cord and the stock IC, but the bass gets boomy when too close.Political Correctness'.........defined
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No turbulence or "chuffing" here. If Mr Polk revisits the CRS+, he should use his Power Ports. More bass output per power input than the passive is what I'm discovering.
Another reason I did this is because I can and have substituted the mw6511 with a mw6502 and a quick port swap. It digs even deeper and I have a few spares.
I have also answered another unknown for myself. The tweeter at 3' oclock of the stereo driver still has same SDA effect as it does in factory triangle configuration. A bit wider I might add.
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Tweeter SDA effect?
What am i missing here there is no tweeter SDA effect in the single tweeter species. -
Exactly what I wasn't sure of, Pitt. WMG says crossover is 2K. of stereo driver and tweeter. I haven't ran across any info of where the SDA driver slopes off in it's higher Hz region or meshes with the opposite side tweeter's lower region.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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pretty sure the SDA driver stays below the tweeter or right up to it.
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If indeed the case, it's indicative of the various driver layouts between different models.
Although I'm not installing the SL5000, it does allow closer proximity to the stereo driver, sounds better (to my ears) than the RD-0194. However the SL needs a 2.5k crossover for optimization.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists. -
Both the Dimensional and Stereo woofers have 2nd order low-pass filters. This applies to all generationsHome Theater/2 Channel:
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I'm usually all about one trying things, but I'm not getting this one at all...
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I've been listening to as many genres of music with the tweeter at 3 o'clock, 1 o'clock, and 11 o'clock (same as factory but closer to stereo driver). 1 and 3 sound identical in wider soundstage, whereas 11 seems to narrow it back down.
I'm having a fellow visit next weekend that's getting a set also and he'll weigh in on the matter. Im sure he'll bring his Floyd collection.
As for the Power Ports they are staying put. I had to dial back from flat almost a quarter turn on bass control even before Cap replacement. I also installed a 2.0 ohm Mills resistor in place of the 2.7 ohm factory ceramic resistor to bring everything into balance since the low end is so pronounced...
I'll also be moving crossovers and inductors externally and will solder new leads in at inputs and tweeter terminals.
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As for the Power Ports they are staying put. I had to dial back from flat almost a quarter turn on bass control even before Cap replacement. I also installed a 2.0 ohm Mills resistor in place of the 2.7 ohm factory ceramic resistor to bring everything into balance since the low end is so pronounced...
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Maybe in your book, but in mine it elucidates the fact that it takes more power to run a passive radiator.
After the cap install the mids also kicked in.
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That's because the drivers are in harmony with the PR. They need each other to function properly. Without the back pressure from the PR the driver movement is looser than it should be, so it will take less power to move them, but on the other hand more power will cause them to over extend.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Just out of curiosity F1 I was wondering if you use SDAs? I can tell you have in the past but was wondering what you are currently using in your system. I just learned yesterday that you have some kind of a high-powered amp with like 500 watts per channel but other than that I don't know anything about your system.
Can you describe it? I'm curious (in a good way). I've been on this forum for like seven years now and never really have seen you post much about your audio setup. -
A PR is not inherently less efficient than a port. My guess is that you may be using too short of a port thus pushing its tuning frequency higher than optimum and a higher frequency than what the PR is tuned to. The result would cause a bass boost (deviation from flat)around the tuning frequency that would give the impression of deeper and more powerfull bass.While the bass may sound louder it would in fact be less extended. For best results you will need to find out what frequency the PR is tuned to. Then adjust your port length to tune it to that same frequency. Otherwise you are comparing apples and oranges. The tuning frequency of a PR is adjusted by adding or removing mass(weight) to it. Of course the tuning frequency of the mass of air in a port is tuned by adjusting it's diameter and length. Internal cabinet volume and driver characteristics(Q,Fs and compliance) are all inter-related with the tuning frequency.... but in mine it elucidates the fact that it takes more power to run a passive radiator.
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Gatecrasher wrote: »Just out of curiosity F1 I was wondering if you use SDAs? I can tell you have in the past but was wondering what you are currently using in your system. I just learned yesterday that you have some kind of a high-powered amp with like 500 watts per channel but other than that I don't know anything about your system.
Can you describe it? I'm curious (in a good way). I've been on this forum for like seven years now and never really have seen you post much about your audio setup.
Here's a pic.....
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You really get 500 watts per channel with .007% THD out of that?
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MIT cables, if course.Political Correctness'.........defined
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You should hear that thing with bass boost engaged... talk about pools of great bass extensions
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In response to FTGV, you are correct in your analogy of a standard port. In my application I am using Polk's Power Port which has different design parameters than a standard tube port. It uses shorter and smaller diameter tubes to achieve the same tuning freq. as a standard port while eliminating the turbulence and port noise that robs power.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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In response to FTGV, you are correct in your analogy of a standard port. In my application I am using Polk's Power Port which has different design parameters than a standard tube port. It uses shorter and smaller diameter tubes to achieve the same tuning freq. as a standard port while eliminating the turbulence and port noise that robs power.
Could you perhaps provide some photos as to how you are implementing these changes?
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My test mules are mounted directly to the walls burning in the new caps. Try that with a factory set CRS+ and see how you like the bass response.
The curve in the bracket allows clearance for the factory inductor coil leads. I dont think Ill be installing the Erse inductor since it increases bass according to WMG...
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Still exercising the caps at moderate volume and the mids are sounding gorgeous.. I ran across a calculator on another forum I want to see if my WAG comes close to the calculator.
With the mw6511 I am using a 3.75" length x 2.2" I.D tube flared with 1/2" radius.
To get the same tune from the substituted mw6502 Im using a length of 4.25"
http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/diy-subwoofers-general-discussion/53166-power-port-design-calculator.html
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SDA's had among the lowest bass distortion ever measured by Hirsch Labs, not to mention they have a very flat, extended response.
Sounds to me like you mucked up a very good to excellent balance. SDA's had a certain balance, a part of what made them so easy to listen to. No doubt that balance has been upset, for good or bad depending on the user.
Glad they are floating your boat, but this certainly should not be a common thing to do.
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A steel plate to cover the PR opening? I would think there would be some resonance noise/distortion not only by the way it's fastened to the cabinet but the steel has different deflection characteristics than the cabinet. I would think this might cause some issues.
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Mighty assumptive Heiny, 1" HDF just like the rest of the enclosure.
Ill be making slightly longer aluminum brackets when I go to mount in living room. And thru drilling to make them mount easier/quickly.
The RD0194 sounds pretty good brightened up a touch to me.
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Mighty assumptive Heiny, 1" HDF just like the rest of the enclosure.
Ill be making slightly longer aluminum brackets when I go to mount in living room. And thru drilling to make them mount easier/quickly.
The RD0194 sounds pretty good brightened up a touch to me.
Yeah, my bad. I swore I read you said you covered it with a steel plate, but I looked and you did not. So no sound issue there.
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After the polyswitch eviction that was creating a nasty distortion, I installed 1.2 ohm Mills resistors in their place and we are back to a good balance with crystal clear highs. I believe we'll be clocking the left channel tweeter at 2 o'clock and the right channel tweeter at 10 o'clock. This gives the best imaging sound as the tweets are as close to the stereo MWs as possible, (Much like a TMM with an offset tweeter).In the factory triangle config. my friend and I both agreed that the sound has too much of an 'airyness' about it.
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