First impressions, MDF singulars with FE207E (Singular)

by MikeH , Sunday, April 08, 2007, 11:47 (6226 days ago)
edited by unknown, Sunday, April 08, 2007, 12:29

I ran them for about 8 hours on the television then played a couple of CDs loud enough to hear outside with doors closed for a barbecue.

Then I had a listen to a couple of CDs from my SCPH-1002 playstation with a freshly re-aligned laser. My budget does not yet extend to a USB DAC.

My Impressions:
Shockingly deep bass for an 8 inch driver. Music with a sweeping synth bassline showed the low end freq response was quite even. I think these must go close to 30Hz.
Highs somewhat limited and dull.
Mids fair but somehow slightly gruff, hard to describe.
Quite directional, would be fine in most rooms but in my room the speakers and the listener form an equilateral triangle. Lots of toe in needed.

Next steps: run them for a couple of weeks while waiting for planet10 phase plugs to arrive. Fit phase plugs. re-assess. Disassemble to paint or veneer the cabinets, look at damping the speaker frames some more. (apologies for the bad photo)

the quick and dirty attempt at damping the frames has used 2 packets of blu tac (poster sticking putty) and a piece of string (just in case it gets droopy with heat)

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