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That depends on if the listener has hypogonadism or macroorchidism.
House of the Rising Sone Out in the mid or far field Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated
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This is one of the big problems, the HP driver really needs another driver to get it to the tweeter. It would also be a grossly undersized cabinet for all those woofers which means an active system with a DSP would be the only way to get the maximum potential out of the woofers. OK, so could you go with the HP woofer and just a normal woofer from the Mx0 line and the tweeter. or would that be the same issue.
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Are you thinking about a 2-1/2 way where the normal woofer covers deep bass as well, or a regular 3 way ?
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I am thinking a M5hp but replace the 5.5 driver with the 6.5" that is on the M60/80
Like the M60 except maybe 400hz and 2.2khz
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My best guess would be that the difference between the woofers capabilities, distance between the crossover points and the cabinet would limit the effectiveness of your proposed design.
Interesting thought though. I like looking/listening to "radical" designs. I have always loved the Totem Mani 2, which is a small bookshelf that has great low end response. This employs a dual 7" woofers - one behind the other in the cabinet.
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I like looking/listening to "radical" designs. Here's one for you: Speaker Flowers
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I like looking/listening to "radical" designs. Here's one for you: Speaker Flowers That certainly is something!
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Hi TroyD,
The 5.25" driver in the M5HP is already a woofer, not a midrange, so I completely agree with your thinking. But there are good reasons for the overall family of curves to keep the second woofer at 5.25".
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This is one of the big problems, the HP driver really needs another driver to get it to the tweeter. After many listening sessions with the M5, I don't hear any problems with having to electrically cross the HP driver to a midrange. The mid-woofer in the M5 is very dispersive and improves the directivity and sense of space. A speaker with an HP driver or two crossed to a tweeter would certainly improve the bass compared to an M3 but wouldn't improve directivity over a dedicated mid. If you're thinking of a driver that has the HP and mid-woofer properties, that would certainly solve some problems particularly for active systems.
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