Peavey horns
David P. Mottaz
On the back of the driver it says "22A". I would like to know the specs.
I am using them with a pair of 1x15" cabinets crossed over at 1600HZ.
They work really well.
If any of you know, I would like to know (Peavey is closed for the Easter
weekend - I can call them next week - and, I like the 'Net :)
-What is the wattage rating?
-What is the recommended crossover frequency?
-Can the internal capacitor (100uf) be used as a passive high frequency
crossover?
Thanks!
-Dave Mottaz
Al=Givens%HW...@bangate.compaq.com
>coil assembly. The new coils will cost about $40. You will have a
>Titanium dome/voice coil assembly. The T has about 40 watts continous
>power handling and about 1/2 octave more HF response.
>
>D.R. "Chris" Christensen Grass Valley Group (the day job)
>chr...@gold.gvg.tek.com P.O. Box 1114 mail Stop N32B
>916-478-3419 FAX 916-478-3887 Grass Valley, CA 95945
>Neither I nor my employer is responsible for anything I say or do.
A word of caution. Our guitar player reworks speakers at an authorized
Peavey, JBL, Altec, EV kind of place. I have HDH-2Ts with 4 manifold 22A
drivers. I've yet to blow them, but my man says that if I replace them,
DON'T use the titanium drivers because they're always coming back.
Apparently, they've yet to perfect the bonding of the titanium dome and
they literally fall off prematurely and unexpectedly. (Like at gigs.)
I love Peavey stuff and I can't imagine them letting this situation go on for
very long, but why chance it if you're going good right now?
Chris Christensen
>A word of caution. Our guitar player reworks speakers at an authorized
>Peavey, JBL, Altec, EV kind of place. I have HDH-2Ts with 4 manifold 22A
>drivers. I've yet to blow them, but my man says that if I replace them,
>DON'T use the titanium drivers because they're always coming back.
>Apparently, they've yet to perfect the bonding of the titanium dome and
>they literally fall off prematurely and unexpectedly. (Like at gigs.)
This is contrary to mine experience and that of a music store/sound
company that I do business with.
I am _VERY_ interested so please supply more info. Also i hope that
your friend is returnind the failed VC to Peavey. If he should.
From what I have seen of the construction of the VC, the dome and coil
former are one piece.
>I love Peavey stuff and I can't imagine them letting this situation go on for
>very long, but why chance it if you're going good right now?
I am using 8 of the 22T's with no ill effect.
I would like to know more about the _way_ the 22T's died, ie:
Crossover frequency
amplifier model and power rating
equalization curve used
etc.
I would bet that the diaphragms were killed and didn't die..... But
the jury is out!
Good Luck
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Al=Givens%HW...@bangate.compaq.com
>
>Crossover frequency
>amplifier model and power rating
>equalization curve used
>etc.
>
>I would bet that the diaphragms were killed and didn't die..... But
>the jury is out!
>
That information is not available to our guitar player (the speaker service
tech), he just sees the damaged goods wheeled in by hapless musicians.
He says the failure mode is different between 22T drivers and the 22A
drivers. 22A drivers tend to stop working entirely (opened coil) , whereas
22T drivers tend to still make noise (coil intact) with the titanium dome
loose, rattling and making malicious racket.
He sees a lot of different stuff. He showed me speakers that have caught
on fire, speakers with the basket totally separated from the spider, speakers
that have been shotgunned. They do a lot of business and that's the only
credibilty I can attribute to my source. He just tells me he replaces a lot of
22Ts because of dome separation - and at a higher failure rate than 22As.
Your point is well-taken, though. Maybe salespeople are telling these guys
they can run 600W transient peaks through the 22Ts because, after all,
they're TITANIUM - from the word "Titan"!