I am familiar with your reputation as an exceptional speaker designer, particularly monitors. That is what attracts me to the Neo 2X. I own some Onix products and learned about some of your designs on their site. I also got to hear some of your work at last year's RMAF. I am extremely interested in a high performing monitor but I absolutely love the blues so I was looking for something that would go low enough to provide the necessary foundation for that music. I was actually waiting for the SWG speakers but when I saw this design I thought maybe I would be better off with a design that was 100% yours. My only concern was the bottom end, which generated my question about the ported design. The question about the RS6 was just to provide me with some sonic reference since I just heard that speaker. Terms like detailed, bright or laid-back don't help me much. Off axis effects can be easily experienced so that was easy for me to grasp. Perhaps I'm overly concerned about frequency response but with the blues, jazz and clasical music I enjoy on my two channel set up, I assumed that the low end was relatively important.
I assume that the larger PE enclosures you refer to in the beginning of this post is the .5 cu. ft. boxes. PE lists them with a 8.5" front. The 1.0 cu. ft. boxes are listed with a 9" front. Do I need to find something with 1.0 cu. ft. of internal volume and a 8.5" front to get close to 40 hz or am I worrying too much about the low end? I woud really appreciate any guidance you can give. As you can probably tell, I am newbie with speaker building and I need help with some of the more difficult decisions.
No one can tell you what you like, but I was in your same position not too long ago (worried about various theoretical concerns about bass and sound quality) but ultimately decided to take the plunge on a kit (and bought a pre-cut wood flat pack to build the enclosure). The result exceeded my hopes in several dimensions. My wife had the same concerns yours prob does. She even thinks it sounds much better than what I used before, and said she would have never thought
I built them when she looks at them.
You put yourself in good hands with Danny, trust him. If he says these are excellent, you don't have to worry you can be sure you will LOVE them, -as long as you set them up as recommended.
A factor beyond simply the design that separates these kits from what you could buy, from say, av123, is the parts quality. Don't underestimate the impact of the better parts on your musical experience.
As to the question of enough low end... -would you be using them with the gr servo sub? If so, you would never think about that last 10 hz here or there...
I guess what I am trying to say, is that you could just buy something that's
really good, OR you could make something
absolutely GREAT for about the same money. Its up to you how much of your time and energy you want to put into it.
click the link below to see what I made...
