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Does the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 speaker play rich and full bodied at 50 Decibels

I started an earlier thread seeking a horn that plays rich and full bodied at 50 DBS.  Did an AI search and A1 advised that the power I am using is fine to elicit rich sound at 50 DBS from the tweeter horn and mid range horn, it will not get the large woofer moving in order to provide satisfying bass.  Since the Lucera, is not readily available for listening, I looked a little further.  The Devore 0/96 Orangutan came up and after reading about this speaker it seems that since it is a 2 way and both drivers are close to each as well as the woofer being of the paper cone variety, This would activate  the base driver at low DB levels.  Does anybody own or have heard this speaker?  Wil the entire spectrum of sound, play rich and full bodied at 50 DBs. I am aware of the Fletcher Munson Cure.  Thank you in advance for your opinions. 

kjl1065
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stereo5
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The JBL L100 Classic will not sound good at low volume.  I own a pair and they don't "wake up" until you get some volume behind them.  The bass is quite anemic considering it is a 12-inch woofer, I had to add a SVS SB2000 12 inch sub for adequate bass.  This is not the JBL speakers I owned back in the early 70's, much leaner but more refined, furthermore the new titanium tweeter really blows.

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ditusa
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I think you need a 3 way design, so you can control (cut back) the midrange level, any 2 way lacks a separate midrange, thus lacks that control..

@elliottbnewcombjr. My speakers are two-way monitors and have a midrange control @ 2000Hz and have a high frequancy control @ 12000 Hz see here. 😎

Mike

kennyc
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Maybe reach out to Michael Lavorgna at Twittering Machines who runs a O/96 in his component evaluations/reviews

dynamiclinearity
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The problem at 50dB is not the speaker but the human ear. The sensitivity of the ear varies with volume and treble and especially bass are way down relative to mids at low level. Flat response comes around 100 dB(too damn loud) and at low levels bass can be over 20 dB down relative to mids. The only solution is equalization.

But my question is why would you listen to a high quality system at such low levels? It's a waste of money and of a hi fi system.

jonwolfpell
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The original Quad electrostatics sounded pretty good at low volumes, they just couldn’t play loud. Maybe seek out a refurbished pair & or their next generation? 

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