JVC CS-HX512 5-1/4″ Dual-Cone Review
JVC CS-HX512 Review This HX512 Dual Cone woofer is meant to be mounted onto car doors. However, in this review, I decided to use my Oriole box out of convenience…. Read more >
8″ Seas U22REX/P-SL with Swallow-BC
Seas U22REX/P-SL Since I’m already setup to test 8″ woofers, I might as well throw in my Seas U22REX. Not that I want to build a speaker using this Seas… Read more >
8″ Dayton DA215-8 with Swallow-BC
Dayton DA215-8 Continuing my evaluation of 8″ woofers with the Swallow-BC is a Dayton DA215-8. This woofer has a beefy magnet like the Thruster THW835 but the cone is aluminum… Read more >
8″ Silver Flute W20RC38-08 with Swallow-BC
Silver Flute W20RC38-08 This is an evaluation of the 8″ W20RC38 with the Swallow-BC. What I’m looking at is the quality of the bass. The woofer is crossed over to… Read more >
8″ Woofers Shoot-Out
Not All Bass Sound Alike In this post, I’m evaluating the bass characteristics of four 8″ woofers. The woofers are assigned bass duty in a 3-way system. The mid-high section… Read more >
Swallow-BC – Time & Phase Coherent
Swallow-BC Time & Phase Coherent Can the Swallow-M2 be improved further? Yes, but I’ll have to increase the crossover components. Without the restrictions imposed by using as few components as… Read more >
Swallow-M2 with Peerless 830869
Swallow-M2 with Peerless 830869 The Swallow-M has a deliberate dip at 3kHz for listeners who are sensitive to that region. This Swallow-M2 is a flat response version. The crossover remains… Read more >
Swallow-M with Peerless 830869
Swallow-M for Music After listening to the Swallow, I found that it works best as a satellite with it placed high up on a wall. When it’s placed on the… Read more >
Thruster THW835 with Swallow (Pt2)
adding the Peerless BC25SC08-04 In this follow-up, I decided against using the crossover in the Swallow-TPC. That crossover has 12 components. It’s just too complicated and costly for a budget… Read more >
Thruster THW835 with Peerless GBS85N (Pt1)
Blending in a Midrange Active 2-way I was very tempted to use the Solitaire to marry with the Thruster THW835 but it was too much of a cost mismatch. The… Read more >