This example is a narrow and tall style bass reflex type enclosure. The photographs below show the fostex fe206en fullrange speaker drivers used with the rearloaded horn speaker cabinets. Hello all, im just about to build a pair of back loaded horns using fostex fe166en s and i want to use their cabinet design. However, it is possible to use the fe206en in a bass reflex enclosure as shown. Do not forget to chamfer well around the fe126 driver hole. The added bonus of a longer horn is the tightening of the comb filter effect spikes resulting from using an undersized mouth, so i reckoned i could use a smoother profile horn than the fostex design, which has many square folds. Recommended enclosure fe168e recommended back loaded horn type enclosure this box plan is the fullfledged back loaded horn enclosure for fe168esigma. View and download fostex fe167e specification sheet online.
You might think that the fostex company should be aware of these issues and fix them themselves. Fairly cheap diy projects with small fostex fullrange drivers have already resulted in electrostatic loudspeaker like resolution combined with dynamic driver dynamics. Fostex fe83e recommended double bass reflex type enclosure. Note this driver has been discontinued and is no longer being produced. Click the icon to download acrobat reader for free. This content and associated text is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any company, organization, or realworld good that it may purport to portray. This new diaphragm material has the fine, supple and high density fibre, and its characteristics successfully improve the midhigh frequency reproduction. This enclosure plan is for a discontinued driver, but can be used with the newen version of the driver. View online owners manual for fostex dmt8vl recording equipment or simply click download button to examine the fostex dmt8vl guidelines offline on your desktop or laptop computer. Fe206en is designed for use in a back load bass reflex type enclosure ed horn type enclosure and it is generally unsuitable for bass reflex because of its over damping sound characteristics. Download manual guide of fostex speaker components fe126en user manuals in pdf that we indexed in manual guide. Full range speaker unitfe166enfeatures es cone and center cap are adapted. Fostex fe206en in double bassreflex speaker enclosure. Well tuned low frequenccy realizes tight and massive sound with perceptible fast response.
More often than not, this centered around speakers. Fostex speaker components fe166en user manuals pdf owner. They have been oak veneered top and sides only with the fronts painted in a pink rose gold colour. Fostex fe166en drivers in spec bass reflex enclosures boxes were ordered from wilmslow audio, made to the specifications from fostex who designed a bass reflex enclosure for smaller cabinets. View and download fostex t96aex2 owners manual online. View and download fostex 380s owners manual online. Ive built multidriver base reflex cabinets with crossovers, powered subwoofers, and a set of single driver horns using the fostex fe 166en drivers. I found a section in diy audio projects by searching the internet for fostex fe206en tweaks and found there is quite a bit you can do to tame unwanted vibrations in this speaker. Download and getting started, reference and user guide for your fostex speaker components fe126en fostex. Fostex fe206en backloaded horn loudspeaker cabinets. The fostex fe206en double bass reflex speakers sound excellent. Diy casavant transmission line powered subwoofer with scanspeak 26w and oaudio amp 500 bash duration. To be able to view the pdffiles used althrough this site you will need adobe acrobat reader. Download manual guide of fostex speaker components fe166en user manuals in pdf that we indexed in manual guide.
Two way bookshelf loudspeaker i have a pair of bose 201 series iv and it looks like a fostex fe166e full range speaker can replace the bose woofer and just disconnect the bose tweeter. With the low damping factor, the fostex became a totally different speaker. Current source amplifiers and sensitive full range drivers passdiy. A fouryear open baffle journey arrives at two simple yet worldclass obs. I dont much like the aesthetics of the fostex enclosure either. Having been in the business of professional and domestic audio sales for more than ten yearsmid 1970s through mid 1980safforded me the opportunity to experience the best big compression driver. I dont have a microphone setup but using the stereophile test cd, bass starts to roll off very slowly from about 100hz until you reach about 50hz where there is a definite rise and a there is an even bigger rise at 40hz. The magnet of the fe206en driver is extremely large so it is also covered with bitumanized aluminium foil tape photograph 2 to help reduce sound reflections from the back of the speaker box. Fostex continue to develop quality products for professionals and hifi enthusiasts. I built the fostex recommended enclosure for this driver and now im trying to see if i can improve on what ive done so far. Fostex speaker components fe126en user manuals pdf owner. Port 35 id x 55 mm, or 40 mm id x 75 mm, 45 mm id x 100 mm, 50 mm id x 120 mm.
Fe166ens magnetic circuitwith o110mm large ferrite magnetprovides sharper. Rons horns have brought the concepts of the curved mouth, the deflector, and the suprabaffle. Download and getting started, reference and user guide for your fostex speaker components fe166en fostex. The box realizes no stress reproduction from 50hz to 20khz with single fe168esigma. Fostex fe166en drivers in spec bass reflex enclosures. Fe166en is designed for a back loaded horntype enclosure. Load in 3d viewer uploaded by anonymous the cad files and renderings posted to this website are created, uploaded and managed by thirdparty community members. Well tuned qts mms values for ease of use in the back loaded horn enclosure. Fostex was founded by foster electric who have been developing high quality speaker components since 1949. Like most foxtex speakers, the driver is well built and provides good performance for the cost.
Bass reflex type enclosure 800 800 365 300 260 250 250 200 290 285 275 260 100 480 450 435 320 870 565 250 100 100 100 100 100 100 250 250 250 255 100 2120 2120 1. Page 120 fostex corporation 3235, musashino, akishimashi, tokyo 196 japan 0021, fostex corporation of america 15431. Paint is both sprayed and done by brush to the front only to give almost a hammered finish. Speaker builder links fostex enclosures speaker calcs madisound pdf library crossover design library. Fostex fe166en information in pdf format 484 kb fostex fe166en recommended enclosure. Has well tuned qtsmms values for ease of use in small bass reflex type enclosures or folded horn enclosures. The new diaphragm material uses a fine, supple, high density fiber which successfully improves the midhigh reproduction.
Diy audio projects forum fostex fe166en enclosures. Fostex dmt8vl recording equipment owners manual pdf view. All these many years ive been trying to build the perfect system. Fostex fe166en 6 516in fullrange fe 166 en full range. The fostex usb audio driver now updated for the latest windows 10.