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Omega speakers

I recently switched from a pair of B&W monitors to single driver speakers (Omega Super 3R). I love the sound of it, especially the midrange. But the best thing was when my girlfriend said to me, "That sounds a lot better than your other speakers". I asked her how and she said that it sounded more life-like. This is coming from someone who thinks her mini ipod is the end-all-be-all.

Anybody using a subwoofer with these little speakers? If so, which one?

Thanks.

Doc
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gmood1
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Doc sounds like your girlfriend has some good ears! Maybe Restock will chime in. He uses the Omega 3Rs with a Acoustic Vision MRS-10 . Very nice little sub with plenty of balls. Also the Adire Ravas work very well.Here's a tip.. when you get your sub or subs turn them 180 degress out of phase.This is how single drivers produce their bass. You will notice the difference automatically.You will hear no transition between the Omegas and the sub with a little experimentation .I've read great things about the Dayton Titanic also. Just make sure that the sub is sealed as Entrope mentions.
gmood1
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Hello Rene,

After spending a few days with the Bob Brines FTA 2000s. I'm thoroughly impressed in what these speakers can do.No speakers perfect. But this type of design will surprise you in what it's capable of with one 8 inch driver. If you decide to move up from the Omega 3's . I urge you to take a look at the LT-2000 Lowther DX2 based speakers or the FTA 2000s Fostex F200A based speakers. For a $100 more than a pair of Cain & Cain Abbys retail you get solid transmission line bass flat to a REAL 30 Hz! Honestly these speakers are in a different league.

After doing some mental comparisons with the Cain & Cain modified single Bens retail $5900. There's no doubt about it..The FTAs are a steal at their going price! They easily compete with the Big Cain models and exceed them in many areas.Even the Cain & Cain twin Horn design based on 6moons review was only flat to 63Hz in his review room.

The Bob Brine's speakers have dynamics that I didn't know existed for single driver enthusiast. No subwoofer will be needed if you decide to move into one of these models.Yeah this is the closes to a true full range single driver speaker you will get, unless you go to very large horns and I mean LARGE.
Also there's another person that builds a similar speaker ..John Kalinowski. Here's his site Extreme Audio .
gmood1
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Restock,

The Abby is a 1/4-wave Voight pipe here's a schematic on the TWL Mod Lowther Voight Pipe. Not sure the exact dimensions of the Abbys. But they do look similar.His model does use a larger driver than what's found in the Abbys.
TWL is a member of Agon..you may want to ask him. He seems to have alot of time involved in projects like these.
Have fun!
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