Anyone Disappointed with a Fearful

[Oobly]

Thought I'd post an update.

I have rewired my 15/6/1 and running it biamped. The 3015LF and 6ND410 are connected with the standard 2 way crossover and LPad to one channel of my amp. The tweeter is hooked directly to the other channel (although I added an LPad to reduce hiss at low levels and balance out the sensitivities).

I cross them over at 3000Hz and it sounds just fabulous. Perfect for PA use or just really clean hifi sound. Crossing over at 3kHz avoids the climbing response, dips and peaks of the 6ND410 and lets the tweeter fill in those problem areas, and it is more than capable of doing so.

Very happy with this setup and I don't see myself buying a cab for the foreseeable future.

 

[popgadget]

5 pages of people disappointed with their fearfuls. Too bad for the legally blind OP reading it all.

The thread is seven pages now, but the posts about disappointed fEARful owners are far less than one page. (As a very satisfied two fEARful owner, I'm contributing to the confusion with this post).

 

[12bass]

I cross them over at 3000Hz and it sounds just fabulous. Perfect for PA use or just really clean hifi sound. Crossing over at 3kHz avoids the climbing response, dips and peaks of the 6ND410 and lets the tweeter fill in those problem areas, and it is more than capable of doing so.

Interesting, Oobly....

There's been some talk about adding a low-pass to the midrange to allow the tweeter to take over on the high (>3 kHz) frequencies. Your experience seems to suggest that this would be a good idea.

 

[Passinwind]

There's been some talk about adding a low-pass to the midrange to allow the tweeter to take over on the high (>3 kHz) frequencies. Your experience seems to suggest that this would be a good idea.

I've been running all 4 of my 6/1 top boxes that way for a few years now, greatly preferring it to using only a high pass on the tweeter.

Downsides:

* Not as nice for distortion without careful EQ-ing and a really capable tweeter.
* More complicated switching scheme required for tweeter bypass.
* More expensive, heavier, have to roll your own crossover.

In most of my top boxes there is plenty of room for bigger horns than the fEARful cabs readily accommodate. This makes crossover design considerably easier.