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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent
Post Subject: Another variation, as a blindPosted by Paul S on: 11/2/2006
I'ts not that I feel "someone else's would be more informative than Cogent".   Rather, even though I know what I heard from the Cogent version, I cannot at this point say I understand how much and what part of what I heard is the generic field coil sound you refer to and what part is unique to Cogent.  I'd like to know and I'd like to hear for myself how different approaches affect the sound.

My own ideas about that field coil just sprang to my mind as a result of many years at hi-fi, but I was absolutely hearing and reacting to generic horn problems while remaining fuzzy about anything I could cite as "field coil specific" problems, because I simply have no other experience with these drivers and/or their immediate permuations.

I can say, however, that I feel no allegiance whatsoever to any hi-fi component for any reason other than what it brings me in terms of sound.  I am not smitten by the idea of field coils, per se, or the history of field coils, or anything like that.

The Cogent RCAs are the only such drivers I have evaluated.  They just do some thing very special.  My curiousity was piqued, and I wonder if there are other drivers of this type out there, to give a listen to.

To dig in a bit, the special thing I heard from them was that they put music in the air, as opposed to putting air around, on or into the music.  They had phenomenal resolution over about two octaves, and they also did effortless dynamics over that range, micro and macro.

My impression at the time was that they MAY BE the "best" drivers I have ever heard over those two octaves.

But you know how these things go.  Maybe next time it's not like that.

So I'd like to get more familiar with that type of driver.

Best regards,
Paul S

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