Hi fishfood , sorry I have been down with some health issues, have a few long term health problems and then I got a diagnosis of cancer, lol, lol , lol
... some sometimes it all slows me down - but I'm Back Up Again now !
...... then my chrome crashed - ( sometimes I chase too many rabbits and end up with too many tabs open...... and so I lost your tab.... lol ... so I had to use Workona to find you again : )
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- I have some GREAT Speaker Choices for you to check out , that I think offer State Of The Art - Performance today!!
... Here is the first speaker... -- ( with some background info. )
- So there is a lot to be said for using a driver - ( if it is good enough) as a Full Range Driver , then possibly supplementing it with a Tweeter for the very Top end .... and possibly a woofer for the deepest bass if needed , But the devil is in the details and how you implement the concept is everything....
- - This first Speaker is different than the BACHE Speakers , I do like how BACHE has designed their speaker using the idea of having as little crossover as possible in the critical Midrange but , were they have taken an off the shelf driver Tangband driver that diy people have used for quite a while now and done some modifications to it , Most likely is not as good as some of the more State of the Art Drivers available today.
--- so first here are a couple of videos to watch, these speakers have a Custom made driver , I believe it's designed by the Speaker manufacturer himself that is basically run Full Range so as not to have a complex crossover in the drivers pathway that can add distortion and rob the speaker of energy and excitement.
Please watch:
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-- Next up are some drivers from a brand new Audio Company - at least to us , they have actually been in business for a long time but are new here in the US.
- They make several full range drivers that are Amazing, the company is called Lii Audio - ( pronounce Lee Audio) .. And their F15 Driver , and their Silver 10 Driver are used by a company called Decware in their Top of the line Speakers!
- The owner of the company Decware Steve Deckert, is also the designer of their Tube Amplifiers and other audio equipment that they sell , and Steve has been Designing speakers for over 25 years as well ....
- Decware Tube Amplifiers are some of the Best in the world , but they are sold direct because Steve doesn't believe in getting as much as he can for his designs from other Audiophiles / Music lovers ... he thinks charging a fair price that the average guy can afford is the best way to do business, and they have been in Business for over 25 years now...
- I want to share about some information about their Audio Equipment too , but for now we want to concentrate on their Speakers. ....
- Here are several example of the Decware Speakers that use the Liii Audio Speaker Drivers -
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https://www.decware.com/newsite/ZMS.html
. . . . .and here is a thread where Steve talks about the ZF15L Speaker design and his first Prototype , and how it sounded - !!!!
- ( I recommend reading at least the first three or four pages )
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https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1561942815
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- One of the cool things about Lii audio drivers is that at this point they are still available to be purchased by anyone , and the F15 Speaker Driver that is used in Decware's ZF15L Loudspeaker is only - $ 399.00 a pair right now!
- so if you have any woodworking ability , or know anyone who does . . . or have a Wood working shop in your area , the open baffle design is pretty simple to build!
- also because it's a fairly simple diy project that many people can take on - there are lots of forums where other audio guys have built the F15 Open Baffle Speakers and then go on to tell what they think about the speaker......... and for many people they say that this is the speaker that they have been looking for for years!
- ( so you if you are interested you can google Lii Audio F15 Speaker , and find audio forums , and also read what other guys think of it too. )
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-- There is another Lii Audio Speaker / Driver to look at too ... but I will have to post about that next time -
-- I have to help my girl make dinner , but I'll be back with a few more speakers to look at soon !
Thanks,
Kind regards, Dean