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<blockquote data-quote="Alan Sledzieski" data-source="post: 50853" data-attributes="member: 1022">Re: Impedance question on double 15 with a hornI&#039;m building new box&#039;s, using Faital pro&#039;s, eaw horns, and will use srx 725 x overs, they are setup for a 4 ohm load on the 15&#039;s, and 8 ohm on the horn.&nbsp; I wont buy the 4733 x overs.I had 4 4733&#039;s, I put the faital 560&#039;s in 2 box&#039;s&nbsp; , I never use the 2226 loaded 4733&#039;s again.&nbsp; We did a blind test, I had all 4 4733&#039;s set up out side.&nbsp; I a/b ed the 2226 loaded box vs the faital loaded box.&nbsp; 5 out of 5 picked the faital box.&nbsp; No fancy sound measuring equipment, just our ears.Now I&#039;m stuck on the eaw smoothness of the high end.&nbsp; This set of box&#039;s I am building is a backup set, and experiment also.&nbsp; The 325&#039;s sound great, but something tells me to be worried about the durability of the eminence 15, and the common problem of blowing caps in x overs that I have heard and read about.&nbsp;&nbsp; Eaw sounds great, just don&#039;t like the cheapness of the 15&#039;s, the made in china stamped bracket for the horn, the overlly delicate made in china horn its self, the poor choice of connectors on the x over and 6&#039;&#039; mids.&nbsp; The box constuction is supurb though.I&#039;m not going to represnt these box&#039;s as jbl or eaw, I&#039;m a weekend warrior, I don&#039;t do national acts, and everyone that uses me keeps calling me back.I designed and built my own double 18 box using faital 1500xl 18&#039;s.&nbsp; So far I have had people ask me them to build them a set, people that use jbl and eaw double 18&#039;s at that.I could care less about resale value, this is my hobby, I like it so I do it.&nbsp; If the new box is a flop, I&#039;ll move on. At that point I would have 4 extra 15&#039;s laying around, and a set of eaw 5001 drivers with new original b+c diaphragms. I paid $275 for both complete assemblies, Eaw want $390 for just 2 diaphargms, $260 at us speaker.Need be I&#039;ll get another set of 325&#039;s as back ups if my design is a flop.Thanks again for the help on the 8 ohm load on the xover designed for 16, I won&#039;t do it.&nbsp; May eventually just run the box with no x over and just by amp it, will see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alan Sledzieski, post: 50853, member: 1022"] Re: Impedance question on double 15 with a horn I'm building new box's, using Faital pro's, eaw horns, and will use srx 725 x overs, they are setup for a 4 ohm load on the 15's, and 8 ohm on the horn. I wont buy the 4733 x overs. I had 4 4733's, I put the faital 560's in 2 box's , I never use the 2226 loaded 4733's again. We did a blind test, I had all 4 4733's set up out side. I a/b ed the 2226 loaded box vs the faital loaded box. 5 out of 5 picked the faital box. No fancy sound measuring equipment, just our ears. Now I'm stuck on the eaw smoothness of the high end. This set of box's I am building is a backup set, and experiment also. The 325's sound great, but something tells me to be worried about the durability of the eminence 15, and the common problem of blowing caps in x overs that I have heard and read about. Eaw sounds great, just don't like the cheapness of the 15's, the made in china stamped bracket for the horn, the overlly delicate made in china horn its self, the poor choice of connectors on the x over and 6'' mids. The box constuction is supurb though. I'm not going to represnt these box's as jbl or eaw, I'm a weekend warrior, I don't do national acts, and everyone that uses me keeps calling me back. I designed and built my own double 18 box using faital 1500xl 18's. So far I have had people ask me them to build them a set, people that use jbl and eaw double 18's at that. I could care less about resale value, this is my hobby, I like it so I do it. If the new box is a flop, I'll move on. At that point I would have 4 extra 15's laying around, and a set of eaw 5001 drivers with new original b+c diaphragms. I paid $275 for both complete assemblies, Eaw want $390 for just 2 diaphargms, $260 at us speaker. Need be I'll get another set of 325's as back ups if my design is a flop. Thanks again for the help on the 8 ohm load on the xover designed for 16, I won't do it. May eventually just run the box with no x over and just by amp it, will see. [/QUOTE]

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