In Reply to: You're going to glue this found, beryllium diaphragm to your driver? posted by Ktem on September 30, 2013 at 20:00:41:
Did I miss some intended joke or sarcasm?
He just wants to replace an existing blown diaphragm with it maybe?
Apparently beryllium, when used for both dome material and surround, is a bit brittle in the surround department and not as robust as other materials. As such, distortion, too much power, or a whoops with an interconnect or perhaps a turn-on transient could result in a dead driver. This is why some replace the original diaphragm with a Radian "Substitute" (I would not call it an equivalent in this case. Some even prefer the sound of the Radian diaphragm saying it is less laid back than the beryllium, but I have no idea why someone would pay the money for a TAD driver then use an aftermarket diaphragm...
Cheers,
Presto
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Follow Ups
- RE: You're going to glue this found, beryllium diaphragm to your driver? - Presto 08:54:13 10/01/13 (10)
- He's not going to replace a diaphragm - Ktem 19:12:29 10/01/13 (9)
- RE: He's not going to replace a diaphragm - Presto 08:00:53 10/02/13 (8)
- Right - Ktem 05:18:48 10/04/13 (6)
- RE: Right - Presto 00:15:40 10/06/13 (0)
- I would say most could easily swap out for BE - Kloss 06:17:48 10/04/13 (4)
- Elmer's Glue, huh? - Ktem 13:49:36 10/04/13 (3)
- Here are some videos that can walk you through the diaphragm replacement for comp driver - Edp 16:04:50 10/04/13 (0)
- RE: Elmer's Glue, huh? - djk 14:11:03 10/04/13 (1)
- Sheer folly - unclestu 14:46:11 10/05/13 (0)
- RE: He's not going to replace a diaphragm - djk 17:13:06 10/02/13 (0)