Hey volks,
I finally got to compare these bassdrivers and want to chare my impressions with you.
Setup:
High+Mid => 2405 + 2440 joined with 2390 driven by a small Toshiba transistor. Passive Crossover with Mundorf-parts.
Low => 2235h vs. E-145 in 5 cubic feet plywood-enclosure, 2235h tuned to 30hz, E-145 tuned to 40hz. Both driven by a Pioneer(~1980) amp with 120w rms @8ohms. Crossover was a simple coil, nothing fancy....
Room => 30mē with carpet, heavy curtains and lots of furniture.... Though I wouldn`t call it overdamped!
Speaker`s and sitting position where placed about ~1meter off the walls.
We have listened to many different genre`s;
classic rock , Dire Straights , ZZ Top
80`s & 90`s Pop , Elton John , Simply Red , Yello
Electro , Malente
Techno , Moonbotica, Trentemoeller
Hip Hop , Afroman
Drums , Charly Antolini
These two drivers perform in a different manner, everybody expected this....
BUT, I expected both have equaliy many pro`s and contra`s. I have to say, the E-145 won in nearly every aspect!
It sounded way more musicaly to our ears. It just apeared to make everything right. Every single instrument sounded as real as it could be. Audio-stage was well lined up, it never sounded blurred!
The 2235h sounded kind of bored. Music just passed by, but it was nothing "special". Not as dynamic as the E-145. By far! However it offered a sovereign presentation. Even midrange sounded nice to my ears, which really impressed me when taking the heavy cone in consideration. 2235h just sounded like a good hifi-speaker. Never got annoying and sounded just flawless.
Nothing was really wrong, but nothing was perfect too.
Talking bass....
Of course, the 2235h gives a little more of that. But it isn`t a big number, really. The E-145`s bass sounds very well staggered, where as the 2235h struggles to distinguish the different bass notes. Get the wrong track and the 2235h tends to sound boomy. It isn`t really boomy, but when it is directly compared to the E-145.... which just plays more precise... I think you got me
I have to admit, the 2235h has more grunt in the very low section. Thatīs a fact! But we had very very few tracks where we could locate a big loss on the E-145.
With 95% of our music, we did not miss anything with the E-145.
But we got plenty of directivity and a very harmonious reproduction of music.
I hope this helps you guys