My tastes in music are quite wide as well and I definitely feel a single driver wouldn’t work for me. Very curious what 4 way 7 driver speakers you have. My amp will hit 750 wpc at 2ohms.
Single driver full range speakers
Hi,
I am a simple home hobbiest. I've built an great sounding full range single speaker set (so no cross-over,, and that's the point. I don't want a x-over).
But of course it lacks terribly in bass. Is it possible (is it commonly done?) to add a woofer into the cabinet with no cross-over (again, simple straight wire to amp). Would it require wiring in parallel or series?
Currently each speaker has one TangBand W8-1808 full range 8" driver and sounds very good.
Thanks in advance, I really would like to know if this is possible (safe?) to do.
Rob
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Thanks! They sound fantastic, too. I originally bought them to tide me over while I mulled over "real" speakers, but little by little I feel in love with them and now I’m hooked. At this point I feel no pressing need to "upgrade", and if I do it’s only going to be to Infinity IRS Beta. Or maybe Thiel CS 5i (I'd definitely need an amp upgrade with the Thiels 🙂) |
@ronboco I get where you mean and that’s what I thought at first as well. On paper the magnepan 3.7i’s go down to 35 hz but that is a joke IMHO. I’ve also owned many speakers rated to go down into the high 20’s. They all needed subwoofers. I was initially using a pair of Wilson Benesch Torus subs and REL S/510s with the German Physiks. I would not have sold the subs if I thought the speakers were lacking in bass. I can totally see how one can be skeptical when looking at the numbers, but as they say, proof is in the pudding ... or listening in this case :) BTW, do you still have the Rockports? Amazing speakers ... I’ve heard them many times and feel they’re a cut above Wilsons or Magicos. Color me envious :) |
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