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RE: Foil vs Wire: What difference does it make?

I think that the foil will be less likely to come loose from the diaphragm over time, as there is more area upon which the glue will be bonding it to the mylar.

And, unless the panels wired with foil have a different DC resistance than the panels made with wire, then the mass will be the same. Unless they have to apply more glue to the foil due to the larger surface area of the foil vs round wire...

You could argue some things about skin effect being different in the two, but skin effect isn't all that important in such small conductors until you get up into high RF frequencies. If you are using your speakers for an antenna.... well then maybe.

The shape of the magnetic field around a flat foil might differ slightly from a round wire, but it's unlikely this is a large enough difference to affect the sound.

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