sbradley@iwarp.intel.com (Seth Bradley) (06/25/91)
I currently am using Janszen Z-Plus electrostatic arrays in a home-brew sat/sub setup with Eton 8" mid-basses and a Precision TA305F as mono sub. The system is tri-amped. While overall I rather like the sound, there are some areas in which it falls short, such as imaging, overall bass quality, and midrange "smoothness". I feel I've taken the current setup as far as it will go, and have decided it would be best to go to a 2way with passive crossovers, retaining the Janszens, which I'm VERY happy with. This means I need a driver/enclosure that will provide good solid low bass extension yet is "fast" enough to blend well with the 'stats up to a crossover of approx. 1.2KHz. I will probably use a steep slope. The best idea I've come up with is to use a Cabasse 21NDC in a transmission line. This is an inverted dome Kevlar/Nomex 8" driver, with a very massive frame and motor, and a very long excursion suspension. This driver is very expensive ($160-175 each) and would like to hear people's opinions on this setup before taking the plunge. A local speaker specialist would be building the boxes and crossovers. Personal experience with the 21NDC or other Cabasse units would be especially helpful. Thanks in advance! -- Seth J. Bradley Internet: sbradley@iwarp.intel.com UUCP: uunet!iwarp.intel.com!sbradley