New speaker project

[Reid Malenfant]

Yes, but you'll need something like a Behringer DCX2496 to time align the drivers..

Luckily it'd do everything else to integrate a 3 way system... Gain, time delay, crossover rolloff & type etc...

Not perfect though, you see you need to feed it a stupendous voltage level level to make it use all the 24bits it's capable of using...Then you need to step it down to fit in with hifi amps...


Well i'm dieing at the quality of it non stepped up already, when i get this extra 25Db+ of input through modification & all the 24bits i guess i'll know what real linearity is Right now it is better than any 16bit system...

[Dingdong]

Would the balanced out of my pre be too low? Then maybe balanced/unbalanced transformers on the i/ps of the power amps.

[Reid Malenfant]

No i don't think so, i'm using the balanced output of my ARC MP1 to feed the Behringer & the outputs are single ended. It's just that you are not using the Behringer to it's full 24bit capacity (due to the low input voltage) so linearity isn't as good as it could be.

If you increased the input it could make use of all 24bits on peaks & linearity would increase even if you attenuated the output

It's what i'm planning to do...

[Dingdong]

Would it be possible to tweak the input and output analogue bits of the Behringer?

[Ali Tait]

You could perhaps use a pair of these Monocor ribbon tweeters Colin has used in his Edingdale speaker. I've not heard them with the ribbons yet, but Colin says they are very good, and I trust his ears. They are not expensive-

http://www.connect-audio.co.uk/prodd...?prod=MONRBT95

[Ali Tait]

No i don't think so, i'm using the balanced output of my ARC MP1 to feed the Behringer & the outputs are single ended. It's just that you are not using the Behringer to it's full 24bit capacity (due to the low input voltage) so linearity isn't as good as it could be.

If you increased the input it could make use of all 24bits on peaks & linearity would increase even if you attenuated the output

It's what i'm planning to do...

Mark, have you tried turning the gain down on the Behringer and driving it with a higher level from the pre?

I've not thought about trying it myself and I'm not at home at the mo. If you haven't, have a go and see if it makes any improvement.

I would say it sounds pretty good as it is though.

[Reid Malenfant]

Would it be possible to tweak the input and output analogue bits of the Behringer?

Yes, & that's the plan

Mark, have you tried turning the gain down on the Behringer and driving it with a higher level from the pre?

I've not thought about trying it myself and I'm not at home at the mo. If you haven't, have a go and see if it makes any improvement.

I would say it sounds pretty good as it is though.

Yes i'm in 100% agreement that it sounds good as it is

I can't get any more output from the pre other than turning the volume up further & i often hit 80/100, if there was some kind of gain control as well as the volume control then i'd be laughing. As it is i can reduce the gain, i just can't boost it

[Ali Tait]

Ok, I'll try it next weekend. I get loads of drive from the pre 2, the vol pot is usually around the 8-9 o clock position.