{"id":2895,"date":"2012-11-03T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2012-11-03T16:13:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T16:13:05","slug":"audioexcite-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=2895","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday – AudioExcite 1 year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I celebrate AudioExcite\u2019s first year as a DIY loudspeaker\u00a0 website. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

First I want to thank all the readers for inspiring me to continue the work. I get a lot of interesting e-mails, which encourage me to continue. The website visits continues to grow steadily.<\/p>\n

During this first year I\u2019ve published six loudspeaker designs, done some driver unit testing\u2019s as well as a loudspeaker review. I hope to be able to continue unabated, but I\u2019m more of a technical, rather than a writer guy and publishing material is actually very time consuming. In the future I also want to publish more equipment reviews as well as driver unit measurements and HiFi show reports.<\/p>\n

As always I have a lot of future ideas and plans for new loudspeaker designs. Currently I\u2019m working with the large 3-way \u201cSequence Three \u2013 Grand Reference\u201d<\/strong><\/span> loudspeaker. The construction continues as planned and I currently evaluate and listen to them with my DEQX pre-amp, crossed-over actively.<\/p>\n

So far I like what I hear, but I think the mid-range\/tweeter cross-over will be a challenge to get right. Currently I\u2019m using a phase linear 48dB\/octave cross-over with speaker correction. It\u2019s crossed-over at 350Hz between the woofer and mid-range and\u00a0 I\u2019m testing different cross-over frequencies between 2.5-3kHz for the mid-range\/tweeter. Currently I like the lower cross-over setup, but time will tell what I end up with.<\/p>\n

Before I start the passive cross-over design I need to do some extensive measurements in order to begin the cross-over simulations. This loudspeaker is not the easiest loudspeaker to measure, since it\u2019s so large and heavy. Without cross-over it weighs about 55kg each. Hopefully the new set of measurements will be done during the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n

Another design that\u2019s in the pipe-line is the \u201cRevelation Two \u2013 Monitor MkII\u201d<\/span><\/strong> The MkII version uses the ScanSpeak D3004\/660000 AirCirc tweeter instead of the \u201cHDS\u201d tweeter as well as a different cross-over topology. This setup brings the Revelation Two \u2013 Monitor<\/a> to a new higher level of sonic performance. As soon as I\u2019ve done the write-up it will be published.<\/p>\n

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Left: <\/strong>\u201cRevelation Two \u2013 Monitor MkII\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Right:<\/strong> \u201cRevelation Two \u2013 Monitor MkII\u201d<\/span><\/strong> with <\/span><\/span>“Beryllium” tweeter option.<\/p>\n

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Best regards<\/p>\n

\/G\u00f6ran<\/p>\n

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