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In Reply to: RE: Lowther on JE Lab OB posted by Paul Folbrecht on April 03, 2009 at 13:42:45
No your not welcome, now get outta here! ;)
In reality I am not at all a Lowther devotee. If I had or hear something that I like better and can afford it, then I will own it and sing it's praises. I would love to hear your Supravox drivers. I had a good friend (rest his soul) who did own both your driver type and big ole Alnico Lowthers. He really liked them both a lot. However, when he had an issue with one of his Supravox drivers, off to France they went for an extended and expesive jouney. I really like the almost "modular" constuction and self repair potential of Lowther drivers. I have had Alnico and Neodymium (with and without high ferric coil treatment) Lowthers appart just to check the gap for anything foreign. With just a bit of practice one can take these things down to the bare bones and put them back together quickly and quite easily. So, big deal right? Well, when or if something ever happens to my Lowther's cone, coil, etc., then Lowther America sends (quickly) a replacement part, I put it back together and am up and running inside one week. I am not so paranoid of something happening to one of these drivers. If there is another driver update (this has been known to happen as frequently as once every 50 years or so, so be ready), then I'll just order new updated frames/cone coils and stick em on. Most of us have lived through the childs figers or the dogs nose creatively resculpting cones or domes to suit their desires.
"This comment may not be welcome in this thread but to my ear a Supravox 8" field-coil driver (215) on an OB is everything a Lowther is, and more - it can go down to 50 Hz if you'd like it, with real output, and it keeps it together even on complex music (within sane SPL limits).
Cost is not much more, I think.
There is no peakiness whatsoever."
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