Caladan by Clayton Shaw DIY

[multitask]

clayton spec 1khz 2.order on the tweeter, how can this or any other dome handle that? even most 1" exit compression drivers dont.
the seas in the orion was pressed as low as possible 1.4khz 4th order i think? and thats an expensive tweeter.

 

[bunkbail]

I really doubt the Dayton tweeter is capable of that without having significant distortion down low at the crossover point. I would personally use a deep waveguide to obtain that waveguide gain to push the distortion lower. Augerpro has an 8 inch waveguide for this specific tweeter which can also help time align to the woofers as well.

 

[Chemarcelo]

 

[Chemarcelo]

What would it be a better replacement?

 

[AllenB]

even most 1" exit compression drivers dont.

Most 1" exit compression drivers can be crossed below 1kHz and many here do that.

 

[multitask]

well you can if you want to, lowering its power handling and run it into its own resonance freq.
can you think of any commercial design doing that?

 

[AllenB]

I don't have a problem running below resonance.

 

[multitask]

you could drive a ferrari on a dirt road, but that doesnt make it a good idea
power handling will be cut also. for example over here, simply lowering a d220ti from 1500 to 1200 LR2 on a jbl pt (using a dsp) significantly increased the number of broken diaphragms.