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In the Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver?
Post Subject: Dream of the Unified FieldPosted by Paul S on: 7/4/2011
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OK, I like this game. Why not dream of a very wide range driver, say, from 300 - 12 or 13k? Maybe a bit larger diaphragm and less "compression", along with a faster horn, could do the trick? Some sort of ??? for the beaming. Shoot for 6 dB X/O "lapping" curves above and below. Because of the way LF works, we are probably still talking 5-way. The idea is to have plenty of viable "production" from this driver well above and below its "main" output, in hopes of salvaging some tone, not to mention the "continuity".
As for "Teslas in the gap", this is not a case where more is better, but it relates to the whole. Likewise (and actually related...), there is such a thing as "critical damping", of the diaphragm itself, the surround, and also the inside (and even the outside) of the housing. The bitch is that all these things are variables until the whole becomes clear. It's like trying to herd cats...
Best regards,
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