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In Reply to: Least improved? Drivers posted by bare on April 25, 2016 at 16:45:02:
For example, in the last decade, ceramics have gotten better and become more mainstream. Also, ribbon tweeters have come a long way. The Raidho and RAAL ribbons I've heard are magnificent.
Metal domes have gotten better too, you don't often hear the brightness/resonance problems anymore that used to be common with metal domes. The latest Magico Be tweeter that is trickling down their product line right now is amazing.
And soft domes are better than ever, with wider bandwidth and new coatings to reduce breakup. Ring radiators were the hot ticket 5-10 years ago but it seems like the improvements in dome tweeters have tilted the balance back in their favor.
In general, midrange and mid-bass drivers seem to keep getting cleaner and faster.
Mostly this comes from taking advantage of improvements in materials science, improvements in computer-aided design and manufacturing, and new production processes.
These improvements are pushing the state of the art in the high end, but I think the bigger impact is in lower end of the market. A decade ago you just couldn't buy something with the price/performance of the new Elacs or KEF LS50.
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Follow Ups
- I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - Dave_K 11:00:25 04/26/16 (3)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - A.Wayne 13:10:33 04/26/16 (2)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - Dave_K 16:02:16 04/26/16 (1)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - A.Wayne 10:38:39 04/27/16 (0)
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