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Ronnie wrote:

I don't know any industry wolves unfortunately(?), but more new -01 drivers have appeared at half the price. I think I'll go ahead and make the speakers full range in time for my upcoming 30-years-on-earth-celebration. :-)

Ronnie, you do need to know any wolves. All that you need to do is to get the drivers form Scan-Speak as a resaler. This idiotic industry has imbedded huge mark up for the “bogus resalers”. You need to contacts the Scan Speak directly of any of this distributors in your country and tell them that you are some kind of BS “ABSD Sound Reinforcement Company” and you would like to get a hale dozen of their driver for your customer. They will send you a Scan-Speak dealer request form that should fill up and fax in. in a few days you will receive the drivers at 50%off. Those 50% is the normal price that anyone should pay, and the manufactures very happy to sell it for this price, but we have an army of the blood-sucking dealers, who have a strong aplomb and a good appetite to get paid for nothing. They make you believe that the 00 driver coast fortune, although they buy it from Scan-Speak for under $40. I have a quite number of people who got those “wolf tickets”, ironically the US distributors have nothing against it. You can only imagine how much they pay to the manufacturer…

Ronnie wrote:

The swedish distributor told me that the only -mechanical- difference is the coil: aluminium in the -00 and copper in the -01. WinISD has predicted rather similar (sealed box) response.

Perhaps, though I remember as a few years ago I calculated it and figured out that 01 was more suited for ported box. Also, I remember that they had no only different coils but different Q. It was long time ago… perhaps I am mistaken….

Ronnie wrote:

- Do I remember correctly that you got 16 ohm versions?

Nope, it was only 8R. I was not able to make them to do 16R.

Ronnie wrote:

Could you further explain the difference between "rippled" and not? They all have that irregular, rough surface, right?

I feel that the "rippled" are stronger with the same mass and also the random deviation of density is good.... I have seen the flat version of the same driver and I prefer the "rippled" one.

BTW, post a picture when you finish your LF section….

Rgs,
The Cat

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