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In Reply to: RE: Take a gander at this! posted by Michael Samra on November 14, 2014 at 23:57:09
Was that previously in one cabinet?
A friend has been collecting Stephens multicell horns drivers and woofers. This year we finally got around to listening to them atop khorns and they are superb.
High sensitivity, wide dynamic range, low distortion, and smooth frequency response. Pwk
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If better or competitive than what you can buy today in speakers, why doesn't someone go into production of a product based on those original designs?Mikey, do they actually sound better or just competitive or different?
Edits: 11/15/14
They do make field coil drivers today, but they are extremely expensive. When these drivers were made, fixed magnets were not powerful enough to work well so they had to use field coils. For most people (including me) a fixed ferrite, neodymium, or alnico magnet will do, but if you are a perfectionist ...
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Jerry
The field coil drivers sound very very good when properly setup..They are extremely fast which translates to very low distortion and a lot people have compared a good field coil driver system by calling it a Quad ESL on Steroids...When you get a chance,go see John at classic audio reproductions and listen to the 68k dollar field coil speaker system he builds and sells.
He runs it on the Atmaspheres but it is one of the top three systems I have ever heard in my life.
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I think one problem is, and I saw this discussed, I believe, on ARF, that one major difference is that professional gear is made to a standard that MUST be measurable and to an engineering standard, whereas commercial/consumer gear is not. And add in that current corporate is much more interested in money that quality and therefore finding some company to reproduce the same quality from 60+ years ago, when companies DID care about quality, makes the endeavor even more difficult. I guess that is why there are a number of people using old parts to build new audio products and/or the revival of vintage gear that seems to be of so much interest...
I don't know. Most drivers today are made for higher power handling. Not sure how much of a difference this makes.
High sensitivity, wide dynamic range, low distortion, and smooth frequency response. Pwk
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