Chinese abomination: $100 5 inch full range with whizzer cone and passive radiator

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    Pictures and measurements just out of the box.

    With grill

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    Measurements with grills with 6 feet between speakers and 10 feet away from iPhone 8 microphone facing it

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    Without grill

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    Measurements without grills with 6 feet between speakers and 10 feet away from iPhone 8 microphone facing it

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    This is playing from a Pi 3 running Volumio going into a Audio-GD NFB-28 into bridged Crown XLI 1500 that normally power Magnepan LRS. I'm bypassing my dbx PA2 that normally separates the sub-bass for the LRS. While I do have a RTA-M for the DBX as well as audio interface, REW takes too much effort to set up.
     
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    How do they sound...? Like tiny satellite speakers half their size. I'm hoping the paper drivers burn in a bit.

    I don't really even hear the single full range driver imaging that I hear with my Fibhorn 2, which is a 3 inch driver back loaded "horn" (though diyaudio experts think it's technically a transmission line). Fibhorn 2 also extends farther in treble (around 10k) and has flatter midbass.
     
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    Thank you for your sacrifice
     
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    Listened to it for a couple of hours last night more. After toeing them in 15 degrees, they do have full range imaging in the mid-frequencies. At bass frequencies. you can hear the passive radiator kicking in, but it sounds totally different than the full-range driver, and is also a bit louder. They also weird when playing cymbals. It does doesn't just roll off treble like the Fibhorn 2 or most other speakers. Instead it plays some of the harmonics and not others in a weird pattern. Might be due to the whizzer cone.
     
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    LOL, this is hilarious. How is the suckout at 500-700Hz. Do you think it's driver, or room / table / floor bounce? At least it's cheap at $100.

    One can pay a lot more of small speakers like this: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...n-orca-and-fostex-p1000-bh-measurements.6543/
     
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    Think it was the driver and positioning. Might have been the reason why the imaging sounded off without the toe in.
     
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    I heard the PSB Alpha P3 and P5 about a year ago. I really liked the sound of the P3, it was a bit better than the P5 though it didn't go as deep. Definitely worth it for $200 if you had a subwoofer.

    But I bought this speaker for its weird design.
     
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    Nice to see they found a use for all those 60's AM car radio speakers sitting in warehouses. ;)
     
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    For comparison, using the same setup for the Fibhorn 2 and JBL LSR305 MK1 (minus the amplifiers and volume set at double).

    Fibhorn 2

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    JBL LSR 305 MK1
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    I guess the 500-700Hz hole might be measuring system or room, looking at it now.
     
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    Those definitely look like room nulls (comb filter effect). 125, 200, 480, 700 , Any chance the speakers are away from wall behind them a foot or two? If yes, try pushing them back toward the wall for less nulls but maybe a bass peak you may have to work around. Or you could go the other way and get them 3 feet or more out.
     
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    They are about 3-5 feet from all walls, with a table/shelf in between and 10 feet from me.
     
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    thanks for sharing the JBL measurements as it's a good reference for what I am seeing with your setup.

    haven't heard of the fibhorn before and am looking it up. I've always been curious about small drivers in big enclosures.
     
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    Looking at the Fibhorn website, they don't sell my exact speaker anymore. They switch the Model 2a driver to the 2 and 2b. I have a plastic Tangband driver, which is still listed in the 2 specifications, but it appears they switched to a paper Peerless driver that is slightly larger. My drivers also do not have EnABLing done, which supposedly reduces speaker to air boundary turbulence.
     
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    I've got a pair of those in my basement actually, got them cheap at goodwill. Use them when I am waxing my skis down there.
    Not bad, not very good though, but mine are powered by a tiny amp that is like the size of a bottle cap and only needs a 5v power supply.
    Never noticed the whizzers on mine though, didn't even realize the grills came off.
     
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    My first wife brought a pair into our marriage, once again a basement setup in her parents house. Rock on dudes!
    I replaced them with some large Advents and soon after we divorced....hmm?
     

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