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Safiniea Rival paper cone and ScanSpeak tweeter for RAD

isaeagle4031isaeagle4031
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Safiniea is Greek for clarity and that seems to describe these pretty well. Once again, Rival has produced an absolute gem of a midwoofer with the R176P08. Excellent response, linear, and smooth. This is the first ScanSpeak R2604/8330 I have used on my own and found it quite easy to work with. No real suprises here and nothing concerning about it. As this is a kit for RAD, I won't post the crossover here. It does use a 2nd/3rd order electrical topology that crosses at about 1.8k. I will post more measurements soon. Enclosure is a combination of 3/4 bbply (baffle, top, bottom and brace), mdf (sides, rear) and 1/2" bbply baffle. Port is 2"×6"L fir a 40hz fb. RAD has baffles already cut that will accommodate the Taured 2way and Safiniea builds as well. 
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Comments

  • rjj45rjj45
    A sure easy build and hopefully a winner for RAD.
    But Chahly - Stahkist don't want speakers that look good, Stahkist wants speakers that sound good!
  • squamishdrocsquamishdroc
    Those woofers are pretty sweet - I am happy with my pair.
  • GowaGowa
    One of my all-time favorite midwoofers.
  • 4thtry4thtry
    +1 on the woofer.  I've been listening to just one of my woofers so far, playing full range (no xover), in an ML-TL.  Has a very pleasant sounding, silky type midrange.  It peaks up quite a bit in the highs for a woofer, but, even so, the highs in the 5kHz region sound reasonably controlled.   I will be crossing at 800Hz  4th order.      
  • GowaGowa
    4thtry said:
    +1 on the woofer.  I've been listening to just one of my woofers so far, playing full range (no xover), in an ML-TL.  Has a very pleasant sounding, silky type midrange.  It peaks up quite a bit in the highs for a woofer, but, even so, the highs in the 5kHz region sound reasonably controlled.   I will be crossing at 800Hz  4th order.      
    Crossing at 800Hz? To what?
  • WolfWolf
    Tweemids!

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  • 4thtry4thtry
    I'm using the Morel TM4055 TweeMids.  
    Gowa
  • 4thtry4thtry
      Wolf beat my reply by 2 minutes!  :o  Didn't see his post before I hit the post comments button, so there must be about a 5 minute server processing lag built into the system.
  • WolfWolf
    I'm like a ninja!  :)
    Gowa4thtrysquamishdroc

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  • kenrhodeskenrhodes
    Wolf like reflexes to new posts. 
    4thtry
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031

    JasonPGowaR-Carpenter
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031
    Ignore below 200. At this high level 90db@1m, I am getting some room noise right now. Hopefully taking care of that soon. After some extended listening, I wasn't completely happy with the first crossover and decided to take some additional measurements which also confirmed the room effects. So a little more modeling and now they live up to the name IMO. These will more than likely become the mains for our upstairs system which means daily use.
    GowahifisideJasonP
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031

    squamishdrocGowarjj45Silver1omobrek81kenrhodesJasonP
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031

    squamishdrocGowaJasonP
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031
    And done. Big fan of Rival woofers! 
    rjj45
  • WolfWolf
    Dustcap on yours are different than my P8's.

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  • dcibeldcibel
    Nice looking speaker! Is that just lacquered or poly on baltic birch?
    I'm not deaf, I'm just not listening.
  • isaeagle4031isaeagle4031
    dcibel said:
    Nice looking speaker! Is that just lacquered or poly on baltic birch?
    2 coats of dewaxed shellac and multiple coats of frosted pearl seal coat. 
    dcibel
  • GowaGowa
    Wolf said:
    Dustcap on yours are different than my P8's.
    I'm pretty sure they are the same. I've heard that Rival will be improving the dustcap for the 'P'.
  • GowaGowa

    Mine should be up and running soon. :)

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