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In the Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver?

Post Subject: Interesting pointsPosted by Jorge on: 7/3/2011

It does sound like a shoping list, not my intention, I was mainly trying to address some points 3 mainly:

1- You have stated before that the 2440 or 375 is a good sarting reference, so I wanted to keep that comparison point. thats why I went back to it.
It is a good driver.

2- The Beyma 755 has been called "poor mans TAD", I wanted to set the records straight, the Beyma is a superior driver IME.

3- The main idea of the thread is to "formulate requirements" for an ultimate driver: This is why I stayed so long with the Eighteen sound drivers and the Beyma, they are very similar drivers but sonically different, I think they say a lot about how different techniques sound. So I finish with yes, 2.2 tesla seems to be a good idea, I guess we all know by now plastic suspension is a must, and I might add, do not rule out titanium diaphragms if they have plastic suspension. Maybe a 3 inch diaphragm is also a good idea, a 4 inch diaphram might be a little too much for home environtment, the drivers I tried wiith them were a bit shouty and needed some taming, even the 375. Now 4 inch diaphragms might work wonderfully lower, the 375 might be a great Fundamentals channel, and the 2490 is doing a good job under the beyma from 800 hz down to 180 hz, pushing it...

Jorge

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