Single KPT-335-B/M

[moray james]

5 hours ago, rockhound said:

Kinda like a Crites CS-1.5?

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/308819-crites-cd-1-5-speaker-build-3.html

virtually the same as a Cornscala "D"

https://critesspeakers.com/cornscala-style-d.html

yes only larger and with greater dynamics and greater range mmmmm!

[CANT]

 

To support what I was saying about he midrange being the low point, here are the active setting per Klipsch. This also, pretty adequately, displays the difference I was referring to in the bass bins (904 v 315). I would still keep in mind though that preference and application do still play a roll...

[CANT]

On 6/29/2019 at 7:37 AM, jjptkd said:

 

Nice! I've collected a pair of the 335 tweeters (horns and drivers) crossovers, k-69's and a single k-510 horn plus a k-48 woofer, thinking about building a simple Chorus 1 style cabinet and just mounting the tweeter on the top. It seems finding a second k-510 is the biggest hold up so I've been looking at alternatives

 

I had wondered about an Eminence H2EA as an in-a-pinch sub for the K510 for this application... haven't gotten around to buying a pair though

 

If you wanted to go 2 way you could use the K703/K70G on top of a K48 in a Chorus enclosure with a simple KPT310 crossover, until another 510 materializes? I did something similar for a while? I personally wouldn't suggest a K510/K69 2way unless you were using a K691/DE750 though even then I would say I preferred the 3way.

[PrestonTom]

2 hours ago, CANT said:

 

I had wondered about an Eminence H2EA as an in-a-pinch sub for the K510 for this application... haven't gotten around to buying a pair though

 

If you wanted to go 2 way you could use the K703/K70G on top of a K48 in a Chorus enclosure with a simple KPT310 crossover, until another 510 materializes? I did something similar for a while? I personally wouldn't suggest a K510/K69 2way unless you were using a K691/DE750 though even then I would say I preferred the 3way.

 

That Eminence horn would NOT be a good substitute for the Klipsch K10 horn. Let's look at the specs.

The Eminence is a 60x40 degree dispersion (not 90x60 deg)

The Eminence is an exponential flare (not a modified tractrix flare)

The Eminence is not a CD horn  so the dispersion narrows as you go up in frequency (not a constant directivity (CD) horn where the off-axis response is similar to the on-axis response).

 

Roy talks about the advantages of a CD dispersion in various places on the forum. Floyd Toole has a more extended discussion in his book and also on some youtube videos. It is a goal worth shooting for. 

 

That said, there may be some that would prefer the Eminence horn ..... It is cheap enough to try, although getting the crossover right on a non-CD horn presents some additional challenges.