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In Reply to: What troubles have people encounterd with Metal Drivers? posted by NEAR SOTA on May 30, 2003 at 22:17:07:
The old Bozak speakers used metal cones for their midrange drivers, as well as the tweeters. They were coated with some kind of anti-resonance material. A company called New England Audio Resourece (NEAR, like your moniker!) bought the rights to Bozak's technology and built some highly-regarded speakers in the 1990s. I own a pair of ALR/Jordan monitors that use some kind of metal composite in their 6" mid/woofers, paired with soft-dome tweeters.Like most materials, metal has its advantages (stiffness, primarily) and its weaknesses (can sound harsh or "ringy" like a bell). As Low noted below, implementation is at least as important as materials used in a speaker. I really don't think most people could guess what materials were used in the drivers of a particular speaker just by listening to it!
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- Metal Drivers: not all are tweeters - Big Dave 06:29:08 05/31/03 (1)
- Big Dave! - NEAR SOTA 16:57:55 05/31/03 (0)
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