SDA-SRS Center Speaker

dracoskeeper
dracoskeeper Posts: 142
edited November 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I'm thinking about building a SDA-SRS worthy center speaker with similar drivers to my 2.3tls and a crossover with similar components to my soon to be upgraded (thx sonicraft!) crossovers rather than waiting for a cs350 to come up for sale. Any advice would be great and if anyone has done this please let me know. Thx DB
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  • dracoskeeper
    dracoskeeper Posts: 142
    edited November 2008
    I found some M5jr+s for a song which I am using for the midbass drivers in my DIY SDA center along with a 1098 tweeter. I'm still undecided/unsure of the best crossover design as I will be building this from scratch with matching sonicap/dayton components. The speaker volume will be equal to the volume of the pair of M5jr+s. Any suggestions on the best crossover design would be great.
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  • dracoskeeper
    dracoskeeper Posts: 142
    edited November 2008
    I can't do it! These cute little m5jr+s are to mint to chop up, I'm going to try and use them side by side as dual centers. I can't believe just one of these sounds better than my Axiom center with these 2.3tl's. I would like to know if it is worthwhile to redo my crossovers but use the m7 components since they share the same active drivers. Any drawbacks to doing this?
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  • Jeff Beaird
    Jeff Beaird Posts: 217
    edited November 2008
    From my experience, the 5's sound good as centers for dialogue... Surprisingly.
    The 5's w/o the passives are even better, as far as centers go...
    Thanks, Jeff...
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  • dracoskeeper
    dracoskeeper Posts: 142
    edited November 2008
    Ken @ Polk talked me out of changing the crossovers-just rebuild-replace wire and if I'm not satisfied get better speakers!
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  • tx_polkhead
    tx_polkhead Posts: 248
    edited November 2008
    I am using a single Monitor 7c on it's side as a center. At some point I want to build a cabinet with the same volume but more of a center channel size and dimension. Thought of putting the PR on the top or bottom maybe firing into a slotted space. I am a total noobie but figure I can learn from this project and I will not harm anything. If it sounds like poo I'll just put the drivers back in the original cabinet.
    Abel
    Polk Audio RTA 12c's, Monitor 7c, Monitor 5JR+, SDA CRS+
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