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Finished a set of Alpair 6Ms this weekend along with some Dayton RS225s as helper woofers. Hooked up MiniDsp tonight - easy as pie. XO is LR 48db/oct at 250hz. Oh, sounds sooo good already. I played with the A6 (Gen1) briefly in some spare oversized enclosures a little while back and fell in love with them. Now their promise is being fulfilled. Not even 2 hours on the A6, no measurements/eq and I'm freakin' stoked. I'll have pics up and more info tomorrow when the sun is out now that L.A. has stopped impersonating Seattle, along with pics of the Alpair 12 Studio Monitors I built (sound great but need a bigger space to shine, my listening position is too close I think).Oh and an Onix SP3 should be arriving tomorrow!
you might want to consider the Alpair 7 for smaller space / closer listeningI'm playing right now with a couple of preliminary HT speaker set ups - this evenings was Alpair12s for L / R & 7 for center - great combination if you're cramped for space for the center. The Audyssey system in my new Denon AV receiver sure takes all the guesswork out of the set up - it measures and averages for differences from each speaker to multiple listening positions, recommends an XO frequency for the center channel to mains, all in less than 5 minutes (including polling through the channels with no connected speakers). The AVR 1610 is not a high end machine by any means, but this is pretty damned cool if you ask me - particularly for someone intimidated by lack of experience (or in my case - because of bad experiences) with setting up surround system. As it turns out the primary listening distance in my 320 sqft room is 14ft. By themselves in this room, the 7s sound a bit smallish, but in my 2 channel audio cave (approx 60% the above space), and listening distance of approx 10ft they're more than enough, as I generally partake of music a much lower intimate volume levels than when watching "big" movies. First program after calibrating this particular combo was WALL E - what a delightful film, even including some of the silly stuff aboard the Axiom just before the return to home planet. Next up is a repeat watching of Avatar - but I'll probably want to save that for the weekend.
Hi chris. I'm about 8.5ft equidistant. Why the A7s? all reports I read the overall gist was they did not have the sweetness of the A6. I am pondering trying the A6P, however.
I think your listening distance would be perfect for the 7'sAs Dave alluded, most of the reports you've read regarding the A6 were probably for the earlier version, and I can only attest to what I've heard - I'd take the EL70 over the old A6, but the new gen A12 & A7 are pretty damned sweet. I'll just have to await the burn-in of the 6M & 6P: then of course, we need to find an enclosure design out there on the interwebs, and someone to build them
No worries, due to my addiction to this vice I assume that everyone was projects lined up 3-4 deep.
The A7 outdoes the old A6 in all respects. My A6P & A6M are awaiting their turn on the break-in bench. The very early A6P protos i heard are also better than the original A6, but not up to the A7.
The A12 is the double reflex design available from planet10
I am running an original pair of Alpair 6s in one of my systems and have been very impressed so far. Where/how does the Alpair 7 out perform the original Alpair 6? Low frequencies, high frequencies, detail, SPL/W/m, transients, all of the above?
the new gen A12 & A7 are pretty damned sweet.
is there a Gen 1 A7? I've become a bit confused about the models in the Mark Audio line now.
I was going to put a pair of CHR-70 Gen 1 into boxes, but given the work involved (I'm just pretty slow with boxes) I may spring for the A7s and give the CHRs to a friend who wants to make a pair of speakers.
A7 is the same size as CHR but considerably more refined sonically. Not as robust thou. If you want to rock, 2 pair of CHR70 or EL70 are the way to go.
I'd be interested to hear how refined a single driver can get.
Thanks Dave, that clears it up for me.No problemo, if I want to rock I go big. I'd be interested to hear how refined a single driver can get.Thanks again