Listening to these now. Really lovely sounding. Beautifully detailed and crisp top end. Male vocals have body and depth. They dissappear to being so narrow. Good bass for such a small cabinet. Very agile. Nothing offensive at all. They still need to break in but I'm a very happy man so far ❤
Another investing and enjoyable video. So refreshing developing a great sound using speaker units that you judged provided great performance at a reasonable cost.
It would be interesting to see you including the resistive port arrangement (drinking straws) in some of your own builds. I do like the way this controls / loads the bottom end.
@@kjbunnyboiler it is an interesting concept. I plan on doing a huge series in the new year on all aspects of the Loud Speaker so will include the effects of this 🤩
I had a couple of proac speakers in the past the d2 and the 118 the d2 were good but not as good as the celestion county I bought of you when I upgraded I know where to go ❤
@@VinylsFinal These have really suprised the heck out of me. Already after a few hours running they have really opened up. I want to trial this 4 inch mid-woofer and tweeter together as I'm thinking of making my own version of the Ditton 22 and 33 next year. The DEVON 22 and 33 🤩
@VinylsFinal The idea would be to use this tweeter and woofer as the mid and tweeter. I'd be running this 4 inch driver down to 100Hz before cutting it off. The 8 or 10 Inch woofer would play from 100Hz down so more of a Sub. Real full bodied full range speakers.
You're on a roll! Regarding renovating tweeters, I replaced the ferrofluid in mine, but I'm not sure they are as good as they could be, sound a bit rolled off. Are there different viscosity ferrofluids?
@@mfr58 Ferrofluid is horrible stuff. As you know after time it can turn to marmite. I think the idea behind it was to help dissipate heat from the voice coil and possibly also to dampen the dome to reduce ringing. The tweeters I've worked on with Ferrofluid normally come apart well. I just remove the stuff. I don't put anything back. I'm sure there are different viscosity and using the wrong type could roll off the top end by over damping
@@haycrossaudio5474 Yes, the old stuff was hard to clean up. I wonder how necessary it really is for domestic hi fi, rather than professional audio where very high levels at hf may be more continuous....
@@jamesellis3583 I think the main goal was to increase power handling by dissipating heat from the voice coil. A lot of these little neo-motor tweeters which you can now buy use it for that reason. I'm sure it does dampen the diaphragm so reduces resonance and ringing.
Hi matt i own a pair of kef cadenza speakers would it be possible to buy 2 crossovers like the ones you showed us on the youtube video.What could be the cost Many Thanks
@@haycrossaudio5474 I thought I'd left a message with you. Dan is a pro studio owner who runs HONYwood Studios. He is very good with speaker listening and he will help you get the pro-ac range sorted out. I think you are onto something with bringing that type of Studio Monitor to life maybe at a reasonable price. This type of speaker was used as well as the ever popular NS-10's. Have a chat with him as he is setting up a new control room next week. Thanks mate for what you are doing. When I started out listening it was the Mission 770's. Happy holidays.
@acimbobby A few of my HA Series speakers have gone into mixing studios which is pretty cool. Every time I hear the name NS10 I'm a bit sick in my mouth 🤣🤣
@@haycrossaudio5474 I won't mention the competition any more. But I would like to get to hear your creation with the better tweeter in. The idea was to get your speakers up here into the pro control room. Were in Essex. Your renovations of these old vintage speakers is very good as well.
@acimbobby Could you drop me an email and we can go from there. I have a 'mule' pair of my HA3/5 and HA3/6 which are doing the rounds to various people / reviewers etc. I might be able to swing them over to you for a week. Yes these little Tablette's have really worked out well. I love listening to them. These may have sold ? Drop me an email 🙂
Listening to these now. Really lovely sounding. Beautifully detailed and crisp top end. Male vocals have body and depth. They dissappear to being so narrow. Good bass for such a small cabinet. Very agile. Nothing offensive at all. They still need to break in but I'm a very happy man so far ❤
New sub here, thanks for the good videos, came for the b&w dm4 that i just picked up for 5$ belive it or not, in mint condition too, insane hehe
@@Hardworkingize Thanks for the sub. That is insane. Top work
@haycrossaudio5474 thanks. Hona post a video review on it when i have fixed it.
Another investing and enjoyable video. So refreshing developing a great sound using speaker units that you judged provided great performance at a reasonable cost.
It would be interesting to see you including the resistive port arrangement (drinking straws) in some of your own builds. I do like the way this controls / loads the bottom end.
@@kjbunnyboiler it is an interesting concept. I plan on doing a huge series in the new year on all aspects of the Loud Speaker so will include the effects of this 🤩
Afternoon Matt👍👍
@@kjbunnyboiler Evening 🤩
I had a couple of proac speakers in the past the d2 and the 118 the d2 were good but not as good as the celestion county I bought of you when I upgraded I know where to go ❤
Thanks for the very kind words ❤
Hi Matt, I just started watching your video :)
@@VinylsFinal These have really suprised the heck out of me. Already after a few hours running they have really opened up. I want to trial this 4 inch mid-woofer and tweeter together as I'm thinking of making my own version of the Ditton 22 and 33 next year. The DEVON 22 and 33 🤩
Do you mean to say these are the DEVON 10s? 😂 Well done, Matt. I wish I could listen to them 😊
@VinylsFinal 🤣🤣 no but I guess kinda 🤔. Now there's an idea 🤔
These 4" mid bass woofers could be a good fit for DEVON 22s Mid Range 😂 I am sure you'll figure out a matching tweeter and woofer.
@VinylsFinal The idea would be to use this tweeter and woofer as the mid and tweeter. I'd be running this 4 inch driver down to 100Hz before cutting it off. The 8 or 10 Inch woofer would play from 100Hz down so more of a Sub. Real full bodied full range speakers.
You're on a roll! Regarding renovating tweeters, I replaced the ferrofluid in mine, but I'm not sure they are as good as they could be, sound a bit rolled off. Are there different viscosity ferrofluids?
@@mfr58 Ferrofluid is horrible stuff. As you know after time it can turn to marmite. I think the idea behind it was to help dissipate heat from the voice coil and possibly also to dampen the dome to reduce ringing. The tweeters I've worked on with Ferrofluid normally come apart well. I just remove the stuff. I don't put anything back. I'm sure there are different viscosity and using the wrong type could roll off the top end by over damping
@@haycrossaudio5474 Yes, the old stuff was hard to clean up. I wonder how necessary it really is for domestic hi fi, rather than professional audio where very high levels at hf may be more continuous....
@mfr58 Yeah I don't see the point in it for hifi even at high listening levels
Ferrofluid was definitely designed to help damp metal dome tweeters. Interesting comments on this aspect of tweeter design.
@@jamesellis3583 I think the main goal was to increase power handling by dissipating heat from the voice coil. A lot of these little neo-motor tweeters which you can now buy use it for that reason. I'm sure it does dampen the diaphragm so reduces resonance and ringing.
Hi matt i own a pair of kef cadenza speakers would it be possible to buy 2 crossovers like the ones you showed us on the youtube video.What could be the cost
Many Thanks
Hi. I've now made a few pairs of that crossover for various clients. Drop me an email. Info@haycrossaudio.co.uk
Did you contact Dan?
@@acimbobby Who's Dan ?
@@haycrossaudio5474 I thought I'd left a message with you. Dan is a pro studio owner who runs HONYwood Studios. He is very good with speaker listening and he will help you get the pro-ac range sorted out. I think you are onto something with bringing that type of Studio Monitor to life maybe at a reasonable price. This type of speaker was used as well as the ever popular NS-10's. Have a chat with him as he is setting up a new control room next week. Thanks mate for what you are doing. When I started out listening it was the Mission 770's. Happy holidays.
@acimbobby A few of my HA Series speakers have gone into mixing studios which is pretty cool. Every time I hear the name NS10 I'm a bit sick in my mouth 🤣🤣
@@haycrossaudio5474 I won't mention the competition any more. But I would like to get to hear your creation with the better tweeter in. The idea was to get your speakers up here into the pro control room. Were in Essex. Your renovations of these old vintage speakers is very good as well.
@acimbobby Could you drop me an email and we can go from there. I have a 'mule' pair of my HA3/5 and HA3/6 which are doing the rounds to various people / reviewers etc. I might be able to swing them over to you for a week. Yes these little Tablette's have really worked out well. I love listening to them. These may have sold ? Drop me an email 🙂