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Originally Posted by yustr
Bob,
Welcome to TSF. 
Impressive setup. I've not heard of Hawthorne speakers; do you build them? From the look I'd guess a fantastically wide sound stage and a nice deep low end. I assume there's a tweeter hidden in the lower of the two drivers for highs? How's the mid-bass given that there's no medium sized driver?
And don't worry about the Wii. I added one recently and the family loves it.  Bought it instead of a stand alone BR player - I use a PS3 also. |
Hello yustr, thank you for the warm welcome and complement!
Sorry for the delayed reply.
Yes, the Hawthorne drivers, being "open baffle" have a huge sound stage. I bought the bare drivers from the manufacturer, and built the baffles (speaker) myself. This is the third or fourth set of sand filled speakers I've built (mainly 'cause it's fun).
The top drivers are coaxial, so the frequency response they create has the capability to go full range. The top drivers are passively crossed over. The tweeters get 2,500Hz, up to 20,000+. From there down, everything else is actively managed by a Behringer DCX2496. The 15" midwoofer gets 2,500 down to about 80Hz. The lower 15" drivers run from 80Hz down to about 30Hz, then the quad 15" drivers mounted in Infinite Baffle go from 30 down to (hopefully) single digits. The single digits at SPL over 100dB are what make the room shake during movie explosions!!
Bob