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Richard
My piezos work but I can not hear them with the crossover and by themselves. I can hear the difference when the supertweet is disconnected. The reason -the ST is partially out of phase with
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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I’ve never been able hear anything out of piezo in any of my sets. In fact
I was thinking they didn’t work so I wired directly from amp . Only then
did I know they worked!!! The xo’s from two
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richard adelberg
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Leif
Greetings. Can you measure those drivers rather than sending them?I am afraid the cost and danger to ship them would be too great. If you can measure an impedance as well as on axis repose taken
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Samuel
Thanks for the feedback. I don't have an easy way to generate polars with accuracy. Since the drivers for the most part are of similar size and/or have similar polar responses within the region
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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we
Good feedback and questions. Right now my intent tends towards between A and B with focus on fixing a few of the problems I have identified. This was a breakthrough design for its time and want to
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Good examples of originals can be had , but I think they should be used for
saving original sets when they fail? Experimenting or just to measure…. ? I
have two sets of DQ 10’s and not had a
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richard adelberg
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Hi Charlie
I have the original tweeter MB-HTL-1913 if you want to rebuild the original dq10 , I dont have the dome but the Philips midwoofer Ad5060 w8 if you need.
Best Regards
Leif
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Leif Thunholm
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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By all means do consider running and publishing the polar responses on
those drivers. At the moment that's the available selection. Fwiw those
affordable tweeters are usable. Back when they first came
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Samuel Crider
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Charlie - first off, this is a great undertaking and interesting to follow, thanks!!! I am curious as to your goal...is it to:
* Find current day, equivalent (new condition, closest match to original
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SpongeSound
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Hello
I don’t think it’s a good idea, if you know in advance that the sound
quality is lower.
Regards
Op za 15 jan. 2022 om 22:58 schreef Charlie Conger <ctconger@...>
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patrick daniels
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Richard, initially I am looking for a suitable dome mid and tweeter replacement. Some users have also commented that it would be nice to replace the Phillips AD5060 cone mid. Since mine is working
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Sorry I see it rain today you just need you need one of each
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richard adelberg
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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What drivers are you missing or need
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richard adelberg
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Just a quick update, while I have made some progress and evaluating options for DQ10 upgrade/ changes I am having issues finding driver candidates that are available. Many of the ones that look the
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Charlie Conger
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Re: Height of DQ 10 legs
I decided to go with the 10" steel legs. The wooden ones seemed a bit too "furniture" looking and weren't as carefully manufactured in terms of positioning the angle with the mounting plate. Anyway,
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SpongeSound
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Re: Height of DQ 10 legs
Ideally speaker stands should put the tweeters at ear level. I made mine patterned after the early 3 post Dahlquist stands but made the taller putting the bottom of the speakers at 12 1/2” off the
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John O'Connell
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Height of DQ 10 legs
Recently bought two sets of legs off Amazon for my DQ-10's. One set is 10" tall and the other is 8" tall. The 10" legs are a matte black finish and made of welded steel (see attached photo). I would
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SpongeSound
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Re: For Sale - Dahlquist DQ-10
Thanks for letting me know.
I already have a pairs. Convincing the wife that I needed a double stack
was a uphill battle! ?
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Bob Trabucco
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Re: For Sale - Dahlquist DQ-10
Sold.
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Andy Heckl
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Re: Redesign or retrofit!
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Bookmarked these some time ago...may be useful to the project:
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649312348-dahlquist-dq10-dome-midrange-replacement-kit/images/1373204/ (
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SpongeSound
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