60_and_up wrote on 06/05/07 at 20:10:49:mugs,
i read somewhere in steves writings that the hwk can benifit from mixed drivers, or at least that it doesnt suffer?
I believe it, personally. Not unlike the Imperial, having two different drivers can even out spikes from each driver. It can have positive or negative effects. With low frequency reproduction, I don't find the changes to be severe, but rather beneficial to both drivers. Whatever one is lacking, the other will usually bring up and what one is too strong in, the other will usually bring down a bit. Bear in mind that this is for 2 drivers and not 4. With 4 drivers, each pair will likely have the same effect so long as the pairs are matched. I still wouldn't recommend combining different drivers in each speaker location. Only 2 of the same driver mounted face to face. (Clamshell)
60_and_up wrote on 06/05/07 at 20:10:49:ymmv? what does that mean
LOL ymmv=Your mileage may vary
60_and_up wrote on 06/05/07 at 20:10:49:would clamshelling mixed drivers even out any descrepancies and make all 4 drivers behave similarly?
I think so, When I have mixed drivers in the past, it usually helps with the dips and spikes. See what happens with only two drivers of different types in the box first and then try adding the other two to see what happens. One good thing about the HWK it is certainly flexible. You already have a reference with two jbl speakers so try all methods of mounting them. IE jbls in the two speaker locations firing out, in, with the magnets together, clamshelled in each location only etc. Then try two different woofers in the different positions. Then you can try one pair of matched and a single driver in the other and then go to the double congifuration with 4 drivers and see what happens. This is the only configuration where you won't have flexibility to tune it so I would experiment all the way up to this and then see what was the best.
Take care,
Robert