Thanks
@furyossa For now I let it burn in some more, and it is improving. I'll keep your advise in case I got the itch to mod it in the future.
Could it be the correct "timbre" and the natural mids that make it easy to listen? As I said, in the MX500 housing it reminds me of a single driver, full-range speaker.
Tag: 300 Ohm N52
UPDATE: Sorry I can't stand (that) silver plated cable with the 300 Ohm N52 driver in MX500 housing. As with many things audio, synergy and finding a good combo is important. So, I decided to put a good copper wire, advertised as 160 strand copper (maybe 40 per wire, 160 for left-right-positive-negative)
The result immediately made me smile
Much better bass, much fuller sound, and great fidelity. I mean now I'm catching the words of some songs I never cared to learn the lyrics of. And for a non-native English speaker, this is a huge deal. This is much more enjoyable now.
If I may summarize, for 300 Ohm N52 driver:
If using standard plastic housing, use copper cable. If using metal housing (especially with the
@furyossa wooden chamber mod) use pure silver cable. Silver plated cable (in my limited experience) is not a good option with this driver.
I didn't post how I build that model. I use
Electric Mini Drill for the inner hole and sandpaper to shape the outside. You can find it in a local hardware store probably.
The inner cavity will be cylindrical. On the drawing in the previous post, inner walls follow the shape of outside the wall. This is good only if you have hardwood otherwise the shell will crack. And by hardwood, I mean "
stabilized wood".
Well noted with thanks. Very inspiring. Let me go to my cave and see what I come up with..
I have Rosemary, and the 19-21 32ohm driver is much better, like 1-2 tiers higher. It's also half the price, you can literally buy 2 pairs of 19-21 for the price. Better extension both ways, more details, more dynamic etc. I think subwoofer had the diy 150ohm drivers and had similar opinion. I'm not sure if the Rosemary's driver is the same as the diy driver though, but it definitely looks extremely similar.
Hi
@robar, I think a while ago you were also looking at the 300 Ohm N52 driver. Hope my impressions help with your decision. Sort of giving back to the community, since you guys have shared a lot, from which I benefit also.
I also had some interest in the 150 Ohm Blue Blob, but after listening to the 300 Ohm, and having owned the 19-21 32 Ohm, my interest in that driver diminished by a lot. Not saying bad about it necessarily, I just feel I better put my money elsewhere. FWIW, the 300 Ohm N52 also have blue blob, similar marking and solder trace, that make me believe they may come from the same factory, and same generation of drivers.
I have never seen that variant. Nice work, man. Very interesting concept.
