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In Reply to: You impressions of single-driver speakers? posted by genungo on August 24, 2014 at 11:30:02:
The only single driver or crossover-less speakers I've heard in recent years that don't have the downsides you speak of are the Tocaros. The 40's have a single 10-inch driver; the 42's have the same driver plus a wood/laminate tweeter -- no crossover. If you come to the 40's from a full range speaker, they will initially sound a little compromised on top and a bit bass shy. That is how they sound coming from the 42, which is a bit more open on top and fuller overall thanks to a larger cabinet. What's interesting is that if you come to the 40's from live music or after not having heard a full range speaker in a while, they sound very natural and satisfying. You don't miss anything. Partly, I assume, because you're distracted by the smaller Tocaro's remarkable coherence. I'm speaking here of the 40E's and 42E's, which are the current versions whose main drivers have been upgraded/tweaked.I don't know the bandwidth of Tocaros. The 40's are 97dB, the 42's 99dB.
The speaker the Tocaro is descended from, the Rehdeko, used a whizzer cone, I believe.
Every single driver I'd heard before the Tocaros, which to be fair is barely a handful and not in a long time, was conspicuous for both virtues and defects. I could hear the price being paid for coherence, speed, and clarity.
Edits: 08/26/14
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- RE: You impressions of single-driver speakers? - Bob Neill 08:46:41 08/26/14 (3)
- RE: You impressions - genungo 09:21:05 08/26/14 (2)
- RE: You impressions - Bob Neill 09:34:38 08/26/14 (1)
- Different speakers "... acknowledge each other but with more cordiality than affection." - genungo 13:00:39 08/26/14 (0)
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