In Reply to: RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's posted by josh358 on April 4, 2014 at 12:35:43:
Josh wrote:
” Yes, the lower mass midrange was mentioned in one of the reviews. (Of course, reviews are sometimes wrong.)”Reviewers are often told facts that they never check. If we believe the reviews written over the years, Magneplanar drivers would have no moving mass at all. Truth is that it is still the same Mylar and wiring in most cases. Round wires or flat wires does not change the mass. I do not know why people believe the mass is less while going from round to rectangular wires. For exemple, the wiring of the 3.6 mids are about 2 gram, Mylar also 2 gram (but it is a part of the bass section...) and then some glue. Compared to an electrostatic this is a lot of moving mass.
For comparsion, the largest section of the Tympani IVa mids, the wiring is 0.5 gram and the Mylar 0.3 gram.
Here a picture of the T-IVa mids: http://www.twin-x.com/groupdiy/albums/userpics/IMG_0353.JPG
Edits: 04/05/14
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- RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's - Roger Gustavsson 04:56:29 04/05/14 (4)
- RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's - Satie 14:35:08 04/05/14 (2)
- RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's - Norman M 18:02:15 04/05/14 (1)
- RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's - Satie 19:58:13 04/05/14 (0)
- RE: Difference between 3.7 and 3.7i's - josh358 06:16:08 04/05/14 (0)