In Reply to: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! posted by Belgarchi on July 8, 2012 at 18:51:03:
While the Scan Speak 8530K's are excellent drivers and proof positive that there usually is a direct correlation between how a driver measures and how it sounds, there are weaknesses - namely - pretty poor sensitivity by comparison to some other very good midbasses. The pro driver market is full of very high performance drivers that exhibit similarly low distortion/resonances but also provide excellent sensitivity. Another excellent driver is the SB15NRX which is similar to the Scan in overall sound but has better sensitivity and is much less expensive. Interestingly, it was designed by the same people who designed the Scan Speak drivers. The speaker driver market is too large and replete with excellent products to easily make blanket "best of" statements. SEAS, Peerless, Vifa, Scan Speak, SB Acoustics, Beyma, B&C, and 18 Sound all thankfully make world class products that are very close in overall performance. Even Lyeco has produced some excellent drivers that rival some of the world's best at a fraction of the cost.
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- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - villastrangiato 05:00:58 07/09/12 (47)
- AE woofers - Scholl 18:16:34 07/13/12 (1)
- RE: AE woofers - huynguy.enlatoi1988@gmail.com 20:34:16 07/13/12 (0)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - Belgarchi 10:30:08 07/09/12 (44)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - Thorsten 04:51:21 07/10/12 (40)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - Belgarchi 05:32:40 07/11/12 (39)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - Thorsten 06:47:36 07/11/12 (38)
- ,,,and the enclosure size needed for large woofers... - Belgarchi 10:21:45 07/11/12 (1)
- RE: ,,,and the enclosure size needed for large woofers... - Thorsten 10:57:03 07/11/12 (0)
- You forget the response in the mids..... - Belgarchi 09:58:04 07/11/12 (34)
- RE: You forget the response in the mids..... - Thorsten 10:42:54 07/11/12 (21)
- That would most likely deliver... - E-Stat 17:59:10 07/11/12 (20)
- RE: That would most likely deliver... - Thorsten 05:23:44 07/12/12 (19)
- Do you find that - E-Stat 06:12:10 07/12/12 (18)
- RE: Do you find that - Thorsten 08:43:51 07/12/12 (17)
- To set the record straight on this antique JBL stuff... - villastrangiato 13:00:15 07/12/12 (8)
- RE: To set the record straight on this antique JBL stuff... - Thorsten 22:52:45 07/12/12 (7)
- RE: To set the record straight on this antique JBL stuff... - villastrangiato 05:11:37 07/13/12 (6)
- RE: To set the record straight on this antique JBL stuff... - Thorsten 07:57:57 07/13/12 (5)
- Straightening out the mess Thorsten leaves behind... - villastrangiato 07:04:28 07/14/12 (4)
- Getting minimum acoustic sense into this mishmash of false dogma... - Thorsten 08:15:57 07/14/12 (3)
- ugh - villastrangiato 10:06:05 07/14/12 (2)
- RE: ugh - Thorsten 10:46:17 07/14/12 (1)
- double ugh - villastrangiato 11:48:57 07/14/12 (0)
- Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - E-Stat 09:06:57 07/12/12 (7)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - Ozzie 11:31:31 07/15/12 (3)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - Thorsten 00:01:45 07/16/12 (0)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - villastrangiato 13:21:58 07/15/12 (1)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - Thorsten 00:20:05 07/16/12 (0)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - Thorsten 09:17:45 07/12/12 (2)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - E-Stat 09:27:05 07/12/12 (1)
- RE: Ah, narrow directivity tweeter - Thorsten 10:04:55 07/12/12 (0)
- 6 - 7 octaves if you're into low fi... - villastrangiato 10:35:18 07/11/12 (11)
- RE: 6 - 7 octaves if you're into low fi... - Thorsten 11:16:34 07/11/12 (10)
- RE: 6 - 7 octaves if you're into low fi... - villastrangiato 13:01:50 07/11/12 (9)
- RE: 6 - 7 octaves if you're into low fi... - Thorsten 13:30:22 07/11/12 (8)
- Double face palm time, yet again... - villastrangiato 18:00:23 07/11/12 (3)
- RE: Double face palm time, yet again... - Thorsten 05:34:47 07/12/12 (2)
- Are you as deranged as your posts suggest? - villastrangiato 08:19:59 07/12/12 (1)
- RE: Are you as deranged as your posts suggest? - Thorsten 09:43:54 07/12/12 (0)
- Never saw measurements proving your 'point.' - Belgarchi 16:34:50 07/11/12 (3)
- RE: Never saw measurements proving your 'point.' - Thorsten 05:22:30 07/12/12 (2)
- I think - Presto 11:28:05 07/12/12 (1)
- RE: I think - Thorsten 11:44:45 07/12/12 (0)
- Actual measurements "small vs. big midbass"... - Thorsten 06:56:46 07/11/12 (0)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - John Elison 23:45:51 07/09/12 (2)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - Belgarchi 10:14:33 07/11/12 (1)
- RE: Best Mid-Bass of All Times! - John Elison 07:51:20 07/14/12 (0)