The Problem of reproducing large scale Orchestral music

[D.Duttilleux]

At TLHP the price for HE and non-HE is nearly the same, would you recommend to go for the HE version?
Thanks

Yes!

The 5530ND seems to be the bomb nowadays.

I have an older pair of 4554s, but never used them.

 

[matthias]

The 5530ND seems to be the bomb nowadays.

They got a quite good review here:

1 inch compression drivers test

audiohorn.net

 

[D.Duttilleux]

As long as you are in the range of Qts 0.7 (-6db fs) to Qts 1.2( + 2db fs) driver you will have nice deep bass. AE Woofers are special made for this low fs &high qts. 25hz no problem

Dipole15 - Open Baffle Applications - Acoustic Elegance woofer

Dipole15 woofers are designed for open baffle bass applications. Featuring the Full Copper Faraday Sleeve (FCFS) for incredibly accurate reproduction.

aespeakers.com

On average, AE delivers high quality, at pretty steep prices though.
I've had some conversations with AE buyers who, for various reasons, weren't completely satisfied.

The extremely low inductance of the motors is one of the USPs, but one may wonder whether it matters, especially for OB-use.
Most people use the Dipole15 and 18 for the low-end up to about 500 Hz

I'd rather opt for 4x cheap 12" woofers.

An example:


4 units in parallel: