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I seriously liked those Fostex FR's...

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mrh (Mark Hardy)

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In Reply to: Good music and good food posted by DaveJ on September 15, 2003 at 08:03:22:

... I posted a note at James' Full-Range Forum, but I got your name (well, your last initial) wrong! :-(
I shall repair my wrong over there when I get a round tuit.
Those FE207E's were mighty fine! Did you use the shielded driver for any particular reason (vs. the non-shielded version)?
Yea, it's hard to beat a 2A3 SE amp (I think Paul Klipsch even agreed, although I think he used 2A3 PP amps when he was designing the "Heritage" Klipsch speakers).

all the best,
mrh

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Re: I seriously liked those Fostex FR's... - DaveJ 09:53:00 09/15/03 (2)
Hi Mark,
I read your post over at the Single Driver forum. I posted a reply there that has some of the details on the speakers.
I went with the shielded FE-207E's instead of the unshielded FE-206E's mainly because of the Qts. The Qts on the 207E is 0.26 vs 0.18 for the 206E. This makes it a little more suitable for a ported enclosure. For the most part the FE-206E is only going to be happy in a rear horn enclosure. That get's a bit big for my apartment. The trade-off in efficiency is only 1dB or so.
Also the 207 has a flatter frequency response out to 10kHz whereas the 206 is tipped up slightly. There is a roll-off above 10kHz on the 207 though I haven't noticed it much in actually use.
If you want to think about building something similar, let me know and I can send you the dimensions.
DaveJ
- Re: I seriously liked those Fostex FR's... - pboser@yahoo.com 20:04:56 09/17/03 (1)
  I've been thinking of using a pair of these for video - could you please post the dimensions, etc. you used?
  Thanks,
  Pete
  - Re: I seriously liked those Fostex FR's... - DaveJ 04:19:48 09/18/03 (0)
    Sure. The internal dimensions were 11.5"(w) x 18.5"(h) x 8"(d). Material was plain old 3/4" MDF. The port is on the rear panel and measures 2" diameter x 2.75" long. I mounted the driver 6" down from the top inside edge. Stuffing was about 0.25lb of Holofil or equivalent. At this point there are no internal braces. Internal wiring was simple 20awg single strand copper magnet wire.
    I mounted the speaker on the wide side of the enclosure in an attempt to push the baffle step effect down a little lower in frequency, and I liked the way they look. There's no reason the driver couldn't be mounted on the narrow side. The port was to the rear in the hope of getting a little extra bass gain from the rear wall.
    Hope this helps. This turned out to be a very nice sounding speaker at a budget price.
    DaveJ

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