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#150661 - 11/02/06 12:07 PM
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![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 07/26/06 Posts: 2102 Loc: Hollywood. (Canadian @ <3) |
Just wondering if Axiom has a model of tower speaker with a 5.25" woofer, 6.5" woofer and 1" tweeter in the plans?
Wouldn't this technically make it have the same sonic properties as the M80s if it has the 5.25" woofer in addition to a 6.5" woofer? I did notice that the M50s, M60s and M80s have Dual 6.5" woofers, so do Axiom floor standers require Dual 6.5" woofers to be a decent floor standing speaker? Edited by Hutzal (11/02/06 12:29 PM) |
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#150662 - 11/02/06 12:38 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 05/03/03 Posts: 18044 Loc: NoVA |
Done
to death. It's a popular concept around here, but Ian doesn't seem to be taking people's suggestions. ![]()
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#150663 - 11/02/06 01:18 PM
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![]() axiomite Registered: 06/20/03 Posts: 8488 Loc: Tacoma |
It's fun to speculate, but I have absolute faith that - if such a design made sense sonically and financially - we'd have it already.
Axiom is an R&D company. Ian has been a successful professional speaker designer for decades. I'm going to trust him to design his products and run his company while I continue to enjoy listening to my M60's.
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#150664 - 11/02/06 01:28 PM
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![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 01/29/02 Posts: 3258 Loc: Toronto/New York/parry Sound |
Hutzal,
Your first suggestion already exists--it's the M60, except it has two 6.5-inch woofers. The 5.25-inch driver is a woofer/midrange unit, covering upper bass from 200 Hz up to a good chunk of the midrange. At 2 kHz, the 5.25 crosses over to the tweeter. Using dual 6.5-inch woofers below 200 Hz enables more powerful bass output, and deeper bass as well as better power handling. The two woofers are roughly equivalent to a single 12-inch woofer in an enclosure of similar volume, but using two smaller enable much better control ("tighter") than would be the case using a large-diameter woofer. You can also make the enclosure narrower and less overwhelming.
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#150665 - 11/02/06 02:27 PM
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![]() connoisseur Registered: 12/10/03 Posts: 3602 Loc: Winnipeg MB Canada |
Quote:I'll be bookmarking this one for my "of two drivers of identical materials, a larger one will move more air, go deeper, yet a smaller one will sound tighter and react more efficiently to source material" aka the "farty bass" conversation. Bren R. |
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#150666 - 11/02/06 04:00 PM
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![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 07/26/06 Posts: 2102 Loc: Hollywood. (Canadian @ <3) |
I was suggesting (like others have before I guess) that replacing one of the 6.5" woofers in the M50 would yield a cheaper foor standing model with decent bass (enough for a 2 channel system) and containing the sonic properties of a 3-way Axiom Tower.
So it would be a 1" Tweeter, 5.25" woofer, 6.5" woofer for a cheaper version of the M60. Doesn't play as loud, but sounds the same. You guys must have done experiments with this setup? |
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#150667 - 11/02/06 04:32 PM
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![]() enthusiast ![]() Registered: 05/29/06 Posts: 30 Loc: Pennsylvania, USA |
As an M50 owner, I must say:
"Leave the 50's alone!" I love 'em just as they are... ![]() I bet such a 3-way speaker would be more expensive than the M50's, since the cost difference of a 5.25" driver vs. the 6.5" driver must now include a more complicated crossover design.
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#150668 - 11/02/06 05:07 PM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 06/22/03 Posts: 6789 Loc: The Peoples Republic of Il. |
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#150669 - 11/02/06 06:07 PM
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![]() connoisseur Registered: 12/10/03 Posts: 3602 Loc: Winnipeg MB Canada |
Quote:Can anyone tell by my post count that it was a slow day at work? So this is how Peter feels. ![]() Bren R. Edited by BrenR (11/02/06 06:08 PM) |
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#150670 - 11/02/06 10:29 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
I used to resemble that remark. You'll notice that, oh, about June -- coinciding with my job transfer -- the rate of my posting decreased significantly. I pretty much only have time for snarks now.
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