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Unless you want to get a pre-amp, a calibrated RTA mic, and a bottle of motrin to deal with the headaches you'll incur learning speaker design, you might want to try someone else's design - say,
Lou C's Cryolites.
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i heard that hivi planar and it stinks. there's a new Eton 7" coming out, so you might want to wait for it:
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Hi-Vi stuff usually measures pretty well - perhaps the crossover was built improperly? I've seen some commercial speakers that use that tweeter (or a modified-spec version therof) and sell for large sums of money.
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The Tang-Band W4-1337 measures better than any of them. Of course, it's also a bit more expensive, and really requires a passive filter to sound its' best.
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you should try adding a tweeter and crossover (including baffle-step compensation). I like the Tangband Bamboo, but if i were to do a small minispeaker again, I'd go with an Dayton RS125-4 with a small tweeter.
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I'm building a design that uses a pair of RS125s as mids and the Vifa XT25 as a tweeter. That said, the XT25 is tricky - you need to cross it over much, much, much higher than the tweeter data suggests, or it will sound like crap.
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The inner walls in my apartment have no insulation in them and the elderly upstairs neighbor stays up late reading. In previous apartments I've had inconsiderate neighbors watching movies with their sub turned on keep me up late on work nights. I don't want to one of "those" guys.
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Maybe you could try some dipoles? Off-axis radiation from those is nearly nonexistent - bass will mostly be cancelled out.
Alternately, adding acoustic panels is strongly recommended. You can build your own out of rock-wool or fiberglass board which will both do wonders for room acoustics and keep your neighbors from being annoyed.
Also, consider trying to isolate the speakers. A lot of bass is transmitted through the floor; putting the speaker up on something that will absorb it - say, ping-pong balls cut in half - couldn't hurt.
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I've been looking at both of those drivers too. The FE 107E looks like it's more controlled in the treble range than the FE127E. I've been debating between the 107 and the Bamboo since they're around the same price. It's a shame places don't have loaner drivers to lend out to potential customers to see if they like the sound before buying. But at only $40 each I wouldn't mind getting a pair of both for comparison.
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If you want traditional Fostex-style drivers, I have some DCA 4" fullrange drivers that I could sell you. These are similar to the Fostex drivers but, IMO, better. They've only been used for a few minutes, and are basically brand new; I'm asking $60 for the pair, which is what they sell for these days.