Summary of Contents for Decware Project-X FRX
- Page 1 O W N E R S M A N U A L MANUAL NO. 02 REV. DATE: 7/2011 The Full Range Project-X Loudspeaker MODEL-FRX Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
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Page 2: Installation
ENCLOSURE The perfect enclosure for these drivers is the DECWARE Zen Open Baffle (ZOB) of which plans are available on the web site, www.decware.com. A picture of the ZOB enclosure design is shown in the back of this manual. -
Page 3: Principle Of Operation
I believe it is part of what brings absolutely lucid imaging to the table when a pair of these are used with good tube amplification Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com... - Page 4 FRX in Zen Open Baffle - IMPULSE RESPONSE Measured in ZEN OPEN BAFFLE ENCLOSURE with TORII MKIII amplifier using voice coil feedback and treble control adjusted for flattest response. Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 5 FRX and other drivers on the marketplace. The chart above is from 200 cycles to 30,000 cycles. Note the response is closer to our in-room measurement (green line) in the previous page. Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 6 O W N E R S M A N U A L Note that the graph above is the impedance of the FRX driver with and without it’s magnetic coupling transformer. Harmonic distortion is from 200 cycles to 20,000 cycles. Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 7 O W N E R S M A N U A L Phase is displayed from 200 cycles to 30,000 cycles. Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 8 O W N E R S M A N U A L Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 9 Below is an illustration of the Zen Open Baffle cabinet design that we recommend for use with the FRX driver if you’re trying to get full range response without bass augmentation from additional drivers or subs. Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 10 O W N E R S M A N U A L Shown fully assembled below, the ZOB is available fully finished from the Decware web site and for the D.I.Y. guys and gals, plans are also available. BREAK-IN Regrettably this driver has an unusually long break-in period of 3 weeks with 24 hour operation at normal listening levels.
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Page 11: Warranty
RA number and go over packing details. Anything that comes in without an RA number or proper packaging will be sent back. DECWARE / High Fidelity Engineering Co. 75. S. Riverview Dr. East Peoria IL 61611 USA (309) 822 5255 Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com... - Page 12 After sending the driver to an independent lab I noticed that I had a very similar response to theirs at the 1ms mark on the waterfall plot below: Similar measurement Their measurement Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...
- Page 13 IEC baffle measurements. Sorry for any trouble this has caused, it wasn’t intentional and I was able to delay production until this got resolved. Steve Deckert Decware / High Fidelity Engineering Co. East Peoria IL USA www.decware.com...