jhenderson010759;169958 Wrote: > I have built a set of Orions for my primary two channel listening rig. > These displaced some MTMs that I had built earlier (which in turn > displaced some old Dahlquist DQ10's). The Orions are fantastic > speakers - so good that I'm in the process of building another pair for > use in another setup. > > I listen primarily to classical instrumental music - guitar, lute, > piano, etc. Bass and midrange reproduction of a well recorded piano is > the best I have heard anywhere. I find the Orions ideal for that sort > of source material. > > My MTM's were actively driven also and I tried a variety of different > digital crossovers and amps driving them, including the DEQX 2.6 and > the DCX2496. I also tried a variety of top quality midbass and tweeter > drivers from Peerless, Seas, North Creek and LCY. I measured, optimized > and tweaked using SoundEasy and a variety of other measurement tools for > eight months. After all of that, I was still dissatisfied. I went to > hear the Orions locally and the rest is history.
Thanks for the response - that's very useful information. Do you have any thoughts on whether replacing the analogue crossover with a DEQX would improve the performance of the Orions even more? -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31557 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
