New Venuette model

Trismos · « **Reply #100 on:** 3 Dec 2011, 05:35 pm »

Or is Danny coming up with a kit?

I've had the N3 Towers for quite a while now and I was thinking of putting them out in the living room (where they'll fit in fine because they're drop dead gorgeous) and moving up to the next level. I'm stuck between the V2 and Super-V. The V2 is about as big a speaker as I want in my smallish 'man-room' but I'm really hankering for the servo woofer technology.

Danny Richie · « **Reply #101 on:** 3 Dec 2011, 10:43 pm »

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Or is Danny coming up with a kit?

Oh yeah.

HAL · « **Reply #102 on:** 3 Dec 2011, 11:00 pm »

Trismos · « **Reply #103 on:** 3 Dec 2011, 11:42 pm »

Quote from: Danny Richie on 3 Dec 2011, 10:43 pm

Oh yeah.

!! Great. A cliffhanger. I HATE holding my breath.

I guess this will be announced appropriately in a new thread. Sometime?

rockdrummer · « **Reply #104 on:** 4 Dec 2011, 12:14 am »

I'm not a GR owner yet, but I'm selling off some gear, paying off a family vacation and religiously checking this forum and the GR site. I'm really bad at waiting too!

The Venuette or Super V, that is the question. Now I will have more choices??? Dammit! I mean-that is great. Not easy to decide though.

Ben

nickd · « **Reply #105 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 04:04 pm »

Ben,
Go with the Super V and you'll save money in the long run. They will rid you of the need to upgrade loudspeakers for quite some time. Then you can focus on prefecting your room acoustics, source components and tweeking, cables, cones, racks and whatnot to keep it fun.

Tyson · « **Reply #106 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 04:56 pm »

Go with the super v, the bass performance is in a different league than the v2.

rockdrummer · « **Reply #107 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 05:35 pm »

You're all so right. Since I haven't heard servo subs before, I know I would be wanting them if I didn't have them. Plus, with the sensitivity being so good on the Super V, am I correct in assuming that it will allow an amp to thrive more?

Here is a question---what do you think the tonal differences will be between an 8 and a 12 inch servo woofer? (A guitar amp with 4 8" speakers in it sound different than the same amp with a 2 12" configuration.) I know not being servo, it is a totally different situation.

I guess that should really be it's own thread..sorry about that....

Trismos · « **Reply #108 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 05:49 pm »

no no don't be sorry. Anything to show Danny we're interested so he might get this 8" design out!!

Tyson · « **Reply #109 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 05:55 pm »

I don't think anyone has heard 8 inch OB servo drivers before, so it's hard to say. I can say that for bass, a bigger driver is generally better as it sweeps more air and gives a more effortless presentation, all other things being equal.

Danny Richie · « **Reply #110 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 06:08 pm »

The number one reason for the new 8" open baffle servo subs is a more narrow front baffle.

Theoretically the 8 is lighter weight, will have less stored energy (faster) and may have greater resolution. How much and what difference it might make is still a guess. It also will give up playing higher SPL's in the lower ranges due to how much air it can move.

saisunil · « **Reply #111 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 08:47 pm »

For people like me who have to put their speakers in a living room - we need thinner speakers ... looking forward to the 8" version ...

give me flat response in 30's ... this is good for music listening for me ...

Thanks Danny

Trismos · « **Reply #112 on:** 5 Dec 2011, 09:08 pm »

MY TL N3s are pretty decent for bass response and I assume the 8" servos in OB will be at least that good. If I really need to go lower I might consider adding a 12" servo in a sealed cabinet later, but I was trying to avoid this as it will likely load my smallish room pretty significantly.

HT cOz · « **Reply #113 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 03:31 am »

I have N3 TL in a smallish room as well. I think these 8" servos might be just the ticket. I could put some of the OB versions coming out of the ceiling

Trismos · « **Reply #114 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 12:57 pm »

Dual 8" servos in an H-frame with OB BG Neo 10's and 3's. I don't know if that's realistic in OB but the BG Neo series seems to cover a nice range now. It would sure LOOK sexy.

Danny Richie · « **Reply #115 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 06:01 pm »

Quote from: Trismos on 6 Dec 2011, 12:57 pm

Dual 8" servos in an H-frame with OB BG Neo 10's and 3's. I don't know if that's realistic in OB but the BG Neo series seems to cover a nice range now. It would sure LOOK sexy.

Try three 8" servo subs with a Neo 10 and Neo 3 and all open baffle. It's happening.

WC · « **Reply #116 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 06:59 pm »

Quote from: Danny Richie on 6 Dec 2011, 06:01 pm

Try three 8" servo subs with a Neo 10 and Neo 3 and all open baffle. It's happening.

How many sub amps would need to be used for the three servo subs?

Trismos · « **Reply #117 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 07:09 pm »

Quote from: WC on 6 Dec 2011, 06:59 pm

How many sub amps would need to be used for the three servo subs?

As per Danny's site "The SW-8-16FR has a nominal 16 ohm impedance and is designed to be used in pairs (paralleled) or with three woofers all paralleled on a single Direct Servo amplifier."

So then my nice little modded out M-901 would take on the Neo's .... I'm thinking this would be quite the monster match.

WC · « **Reply #118 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 07:26 pm »

So with those components the kit cost would be pushing the Super-V cost? It would most likely be narrower, but how does the sound compare?

Trismos · « **Reply #119 on:** 6 Dec 2011, 07:34 pm »

Quote from: WC on 6 Dec 2011, 07:26 pm

So with those components the kit cost would be pushing the Super-V cost? It would most likely be narrower, but how does the sound compare?

I guess on both costs and how it will sound, we're all in the same boat until it 'happens'.