I FINALLY got off my ass and modified the mini towers last night to install the DM7500's.
after just a few tweaks to the DSP/XO's and standing mid field in the sweet listening triangle these things are nothing short of amazing.
That airy/breathy ambience that only a dome can bring is now added at lower frequencies making piano and vocals sound much more intimate like actually having them there in the room with me.
I left them to break-in @300Hz last night and probably move those speakers to my drum room today for mid-field monitors.
One note - Still need a woofer to reach/play to about 800 ~ 1KHz in order to give the combo depth as the DM7500 lacks the piston-punch of a cone but the SB20PFC's are doing that just fine . . .
My only complaint with the DM7500 is that the soldering work in attaching the voice coil wires to the spade terminals was a bit thick as I was unable to utilize standard 1/4" Sta-Con crimp connectors and had to solder pigtails to those terminals - not a show stopper.
Looks like the MiniDSP 4X10 is TU after trying to get it going tonight - worked for a few minutes then stopped output on the mini towers so I got fed-up with it and pulled it and the amps from service - now choking on dust/ cleaning and reconfiguring the drum recording rack with a newer system - going to try this new Acoustas DSP amp 1st and see how it performs now that I have a Windows UI for it fresh in my hands . . .
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This ^ is very interesting to me.
Thanks for finding and posting this example - it would also be interesting to see how other driver types fare in this regard.
I FINALLY got off my ass and modified the mini towers last night to install the DM7500's.
after just a few tweaks to the DSP/XO's and standing mid field in the sweet listening triangle these things are nothing short of amazing.
That airy/breathy ambience that only a dome can bring is now added at lower frequencies making piano and vocals sound much more intimate like actually having them there in the room with me.
I left them to break-in @300Hz last night and probably move those speakers to my drum room today for mid-field monitors.
One note - Still need a woofer to reach/play to about 800 ~ 1KHz in order to give the combo depth as the DM7500 lacks the piston-punch of a cone but the SB20PFC's are doing that just fine . . .
Added:
My only complaint with the DM7500 is that the soldering work in attaching the voice coil wires to the spade terminals was a bit thick as I was unable to utilize standard 1/4" Sta-Con crimp connectors and had to solder pigtails to those terminals - not a show stopper.
Looks like the MiniDSP 4X10 is TU after trying to get it going tonight - worked for a few minutes then stopped output on the mini towers so I got fed-up with it and pulled it and the amps from service - now choking on dust/ cleaning and reconfiguring the drum recording rack with a newer system - going to try this new Acoustas DSP amp 1st and see how it performs now that I have a Windows UI for it fresh in my hands . . .