As Brian is too shy to toot his own horn....

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Folks,
Remember that old "wide baffle" thread? Brian has been secretly working at some interesting speaker related stuff.
How does a small (5") Fullrange Driver with alloy cone neodymium magnet, cast frame, around 88db/W/m for a single speaker (94db/2W/m for stereo pair) efficiency sound like for a small high quality system?
The Neophone 130mm wide range driver
I have known for a while and should have a pair of the new small full-range drivers t hand, I'll report then on sound. On paper at least (I have had full technical data readouts here of a number of versions) this looks great.
Of course, it is a lowish efficiency and will not go terribly loud or low and it needs a box, but I suspect for it's class it will do very well. Mine are intended for my bedroom system.
I have forgotten how many revisions the prototypes went through, but it where about halve a dozend I know of. So this is not just some cheap china driver with a badge, it is serious custom engineering (in case someone is tempted to ask).
In any case, N'joy....
Ciao T
PS, there has also been a lot of work going on with the well known Ciare 10" Fullranger, but I'll leave Brian to tell that story.
PPS, if you ever wnated to build a copy of a B05E 901 - here are drivers that will make the result worth listening to... ;-)
PPPS, if you wanted a pair of B05E 801 for PA these would make a cracking one, 8pcs in a suitable enclosure will do 97db/W/m with a cutoff in the 70Hz range, a little EQ (just as in the original) and you get 50Hz -18KHz and all in a compact package.
For people who like to use this one for Home HiFi and would like High Efficiency, you can build a linesource (Bessel Array) with a bunch of them, even a 4-Driver line manages 94db/W/m....

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Topic - As Brian is too shy to toot his own horn.... - Thorsten 04:52:50 02/06/06 (8)

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Re: As Brian is too shy to toot his own horn.... - Hercules 11:29:46 02/19/06 (1)

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Here is my proposed speaker cab possibility :-) - Bas Horneman 02:35:04 02/07/06 (0)

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