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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:05 pm
by Daniel Quinn
Bagged a mint pair of wharfedale Dovedale. They have a 12 inch driver which was fitted to b&o speakers back in the day.
There a 3 way speaker infinite baffle speaker in a hefty box. Going to listen to them as is, then decide which doc mods to undertake.
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:15 pm
by savvypaul
Nice. Seen a few on eBay that I would have picked up, myself, if nearer to home.
Great choice for Doc mods.
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:31 pm
by Daniel Quinn
I asked 2 of those for sale, would they deliver at my cost and they said no. They are both for sale 1 month later.
Person who sold me these is charging £40!
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:26 pm
by Daniel Quinn
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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:08 pm
by karatestu
I think you will find that even though you may think big speakers don't work in small rooms it is just the effortlessness of big bass drivers that win you over. They don't even have to go any lower in frequency, just move more air and do so with less distortion (because they are moving less).
Enjoy. When is the crossover getting ripped out
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:55 pm
by savvypaul
I find that big speakers can work really well at low volumes, too.
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:00 pm
by karatestu
Me too
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:18 pm
by Daniel Quinn
I listened to them, they werent bad, actually quite good.
I've now taken them apart.
The midrange as it's own enclosure. I'm wondering if I keep the xover for the midrange.
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:46 pm
by Latteman
Possibly similar internal design to the Richard Allan Pavane I had- had the same thoughts about the crossovers as they sound good pre-mod, try it always undo it if kept exterior
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:54 pm
by karatestu
Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:18 pm
The midrange as it's own enclosure. I'm wondering if I keep the xover for the midrange.
Probably a good idea but you could try simplifying it if it is complex and doing the same with the tweeter high pass filter. The mid will have a band pass filter on it rolling off low and high frequencies. I don't think you could dope it anyway - if you did then probably only with plastidip. Bass driver is probably ripe for lashings of dope
