Srajan, I came across your feature about a forthcoming high-pass filter for the Voxativ Hagen². Looking at the breadboarded prototype, those are some massive parts. It looks like Frau Adler is going all out. I already read about how that Viper monitor uses a 200µF Mundorf cap instead which takes up rather less space. Either way it's interesting that widebander purists are starting to lean this way. I'd be quite curious to hear what you think about the Voxativ implementation when it's done. Cheers, Heinrich
I very much doubt Marie would go through the trouble and send me another pair with the high-pass option. Ditto Dawid. We both already said all we had to say on the subject and going for seconds would seem greedy. I think it rather more likely that a new reviewer like perhaps Herb Reichert would take on Alberich² with that new feature. That's me guessing of course but if I were you, I'd not expect another Hagen² feature on 6moons. As to her parts, agreed. It's always been explained to me that the reason not more 2-way speakers do this is the size and cost of the necessary filter parts. The lower we move the high pass, the bigger they get. With Voxativ at the luxury end of the scale and many of her clients likely purists, I can appreciate why Marie would pursue a no-compromise solution with elite beefy parts. Another option would be an active line-level crossover in a box inserted just before the speaker amplifier. That wouldn't need such hulking parts. Srajan
