Mnyb;633589 Wrote: > This is correct a good example is My own Meridian speakers they use the > quite mundane classic seas 6,5" pp drivers for bass and midrange, this > driver sounds good ,I had it before in for example a pair smaller Thiel > speakers I owned in the 90's 1,2 ? or what was it, but it is not super > expensive (I also had that driver in a pair of Opus3 speakers). > But implementation is miles apart, The Meridian speakers uses 2 of them > in 2,5 way active digital crossover design and is also digitally crossed > over to my subwofer at 50Hz . My old Thiels was a passive first order > filter bass reflex design, this really put high demands on the > drivers. > > "same" driver is probably a an oversimplification as these can be > ordered in different configurations if you are a speaker manufacturer > you may want a slightly different fs or some TS parameter different > than the off the shelf unit etc. (that is the interesting thing with > auditechnology drivers as they offer these flexunits so that even diy > people can have a customized application specific drivers)
Having an OEM specific driver is simply a matter of volume. I can design a transducer from scratch to any design specification that someone would want (allowable by the physics) and the cost of a typical 6.5" midwoofer is in the $15 range (qty 1000). The high-end loudspeaker market is all about small volume though and most don't have the in-house engineering to design a transducer. That is where SS & Seas make their niche. -- Kevin Haskins ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Haskins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30729 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87927 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
