Recent content by Tim Hector

I took a few minutes and looked through Hertz drivers this morning. They certainly do publish enough info to do the design work. I looked at the 6 and 8 inch drivers. The few parts that I looked at were developed with the idea of higher spl. They look easy enough to design a 2 way or 3 way...

I've never built a kit in my life. If you have a specific kit that you'd like me to look at or if you have specific drivers that you would want me to look at, let me know, I'm happy to take a look

It would take some experience to do a good job with CR85's. The woofer is a 7 inch pincushion. You could build a frame that would drop in that pincushion mount and then mount a smaller driver in that. 6 I ch should work. Then, unless you are also going to modify the tweeter mount, you'll need to...

Dayton has a new 4 inch 2 way powered with DAC that look quite good. $299 a pair.

There are 2 standard ways to measure sensitivity. The first is to input correct voltage to produce 1 watt of power. Then measure the volume at 1 meter distance. Most companies have moved away from this process for a couple of reasons. Most on here probably knows that it requires 2.83 volts to...

I have Denafrips little Enyo DAC. Great value

Congrats. A buddy uses this as a streamer and said it does a very good job.

Ah, I just read the other post, sorry my post above I just answered without reading the others. So, it is possible to have a a driver (transister-not speaker) or amp designed that is out of phase. Conrad Johnson comes to mind, it was a regular part of their designs. If that is the case, it is...

Under normal circumstances, both should be in the same polarity. This is not opinion, fact. 2 woofers firing in the same direction cuts vas. Are you experimenting with vas or room cancelation? When you play, it'll be obvious from the bass output.

I've been a budget audiophile my entire adult life. As most of you realize, when you start getting expensive, the differences start becoming more and more minor. I've had some excellent pre's and have sat in front of some of the best. Overall, being frugal, I could never justify a pre at this...

Years gone by, I would have wanted something like this, but with 70 to 80 inch LEDs becoming more affordable, I've lost that passion. I could still very much enjoy it, but a 75 inch with good home theater sound quality also simplified. These days, I'd rather not go through it all.

These subs are all a wonderful value. There certainly are better subwoofers out there, but when you compare these at a price vs performance ratio, all are great.

From what we can see there, build quality looks good. Look forward to your review

The Kara has 2 sets of single ended outputs and 1 set of balanced. These can all run a sub. Unless maybe you also want a crossover built in the preamp. Any subwoofer with and amplifier built in today will have crossover built in. But either way. I find the P6 to be slightly better than the...

Nothing wrong with Schiit. If the Kara is affordable, I'd head that way, hard to beat for $699. If you need a bit less expensive, there are some decent used pre's on usaudiomart for $300 to $400 and there are some decent chinese pre's on Ali Express. If you want me to take a look, let me know.