RE: Substituting Lowther driver

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In Reply to: Substituting Lowther driver posted by Alanpiga on September 19, 2021 at 19:29:44:

I had a pair of Sachiko, double, back-loaded, horns that also used Fostex drivers FE206E, IIRC. I believe they're quite similar to the Cain & Cain speakers you're using. I tried Lowther PM5A, Fostex FE206ES-R (I thought these sounded the best), and a pair of Dayton PS220-8 drivers as well. I think I tried something else but these 3 are what stand out the most.

I have a friend Mike R. that has a proprietary cone treatment that was applied to all the drivers except the Lowther PM5A! I would have applied it, but my friend said, I'd probably lose a lot of resale value if I did. Alan, I'd try the Dayton PS220-8, they're not very expensive and with Mike's cone treatment they sounded darn good. In fact, I used a pair in my Sachiko horns for 4 years! I'd also suggest trying the Fostex FE206ES-R drivers. They sound much better than the regular FE206E drivers did.

However, if you're sold on Lowther try the PM5 or the PM2A of course there are many better-sounding drivers than Lowthers such as Voxativ, or Cube's F8 Neo, F8 Magus & their Fc8 drivers! Of course, they aren't cheap, but since when are great-sounding, single, full-range, drivers cheap? Finally if you have any questions about what driver will or won't work in your Cain & Cain cabinets, check with Scottmoose first, and Dave who goes by Planet10 over on diyaudio they know a lot about which single, full-range, drivers work well in which cabinets. Good luck and happy hunting!

Thetubeguy1954 (Tom)

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Topic - Substituting Lowther driver - Alanpiga 19:29:44 09/19/21 (9)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - thetubeguy1954 21:00:25 10/06/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - triodesteve 12:38:54 09/23/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - jake18a 10:05:11 09/22/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - Towsondave 14:24:45 09/21/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - M3 lover 15:09:28 09/20/21 (2)

RE: Very unfortunate we can't still ask Terry. - Bill Fitzmaurice 08:40:33 09/25/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - Alanpiga 06:58:22 09/25/21 (0)

Until he passed away, Terry Cain used to rent a ballroom... - Ivan303 09:00:13 09/20/21 (0)

RE: Substituting Lowther driver - Bill Fitzmaurice 04:47:50 09/20/21 (0)

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