Okay, here is the info that you have all been waiting for.
I am a day or two away from having these up and playing. The drivers and crossovers have actually been burning in for nearly a week. But I just got the cabinets a few days ago and they are requiring some modifications and stuff. I am having to make grills, drill all the screw holes, wiring holes, make a base for the front spikes... I also had to open up the upper driver hole for the bigger woofer.
Oh, did I say bigger woofer? Well it is not really bigger, but it is massive.
I decided to take the V-1 to the next level. I don't know if it will be the Super V or the V-Max,
Basically I used the BM-12CX38 driver in the upper section of this one.
http://www.loudspeakersplus.com/images/BM-12CX38-15CXHC.pdfThis is a really well made driver all the way through. Even the tweeter has a completely Copper coated everything inside. It is a work of art.
Listening to a single unit did sound as if it will outperform the standard V-1 driver.
It is not a cheap driver though as you can see:
http://www.loudspeakersplus.com/html/paudiocoax.htmlBut it may prove to be well worth it. The crossover is also a little more involved. So the price for this version would be $2,495.
The measured response was really smooth, and with the mods I made to the tweeter (opening up the back of it to make it a free air driver too) made the lower end roll off smoother and more extended. The crossover point is at 1kHz.
Don't ask more about how it sounds. I can only tell you more when I get this pair up and playing.
Nothing like a last minute deal like this before the show. I am also waiting for cabinets to get here from China that belongs to one of my newer clients. They arrive Monday. I then have to design the crossovers and build out the pair and have them loaded into the trailer on Tuesday because we head out Wednesday morning.
Uuuuugh...