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From: David Nebenzahl on 28 Jul 2010 16:16 On 7/28/2010 12:10 PM Ron spake thus: > On 28/07/2010 17:50, Arfa Daily wrote: > >> I've just been listening to a CD through them. They sound nice, and >> very smooth with a very flat and stiff sounding bass. Quite easy on >> the old lug-holes, but I'm not sure that I would rate them as 16 >> grand more easy than my home-built EMI 13 x 8 cabs from the 70's >> ... :-) > > Ahh 13 x 8's did they have the whizzer cone in the centre? Whizzer cones? Are you pulling our legs? I always associated whizzer cones with the know-nothing, 6x9 oval weird expensive speakers to throw in the back of your car market, not anything near audiophool quality. Am I wrong? -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: William Sommerwerck on 28 Jul 2010 16:23 > I always associated whizzer cones with the know-nothing, > 6x9 oval weird expensive speakers to throw in the back of > your car market, not anything near audiophool quality. > Am I wrong? Yes, and no. The whizzer was a kind of tweeter. But it also served the purpose (though I don't understand the mechanics) of decoupling the central section of the driver, allowing it to do a better job with the mids and highs. My understanding is that there /were/ some "good" drivers with whizzers, but I don't remember the manufacturers or models. Please do not equate "audiophile" with "audiophool". If nothing else, it's a rude insult to the people who have gotten high-quality sound reproduction to the point where it is.
From: David Nebenzahl on 28 Jul 2010 17:47 On 7/28/2010 1:23 PM William Sommerwerck spake thus: >> I always associated whizzer cones with the know-nothing, >> 6x9 oval weird expensive speakers to throw in the back of >> your car market, not anything near audiophool quality. >> Am I wrong? > > Please do not equate "audiophile" with "audiophool". If nothing else, it's a > rude insult to the people who have gotten high-quality sound reproduction to > the point where it is. I don't equate the two; it was just a built-in disclaimer. To a first approximation, audiophools swear by Monster cables and gold-plated connectors, which audiophiles do not. -- The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring, with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags. - Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)
From: Phil Allison on 28 Jul 2010 18:29 "Ron" > > Didn't Phillips do something like this back in the 70's? Motion feedback > or some such daft name? > ** Philips MFB speakers used a piezo ceramic accelerometer mounted on the cone. .... Phil
From: Adam Sampson on 28 Jul 2010 18:45
"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily(a)ntlworld.com> writes: > In many many years of servicing all sorts of hifi and audio > amplification equipment, I don't ever recall having come across a bass > driver with a feedback coil like this. It's a common enough arrangement for subwoofers -- the term to search for is "servo". Proponents claim significantly lower distortion. -- Adam Sampson <ats(a)offog.org> <http://offog.org/> |