I have owned and built quite a few speakers which have used dome mids.
In my opinion they are cpable of superb sound.They are generally less coloured and more natural sounding than even the best of cone midranges.
They seem to be extremely hard to use though and their biggest failing is that image depth is compromised by ,as I understand it,their wide dispersion pattern.
Most speakers that use dome mids have poor central imaging and depth.Yamaha NS1000s and 1200s are typical examples of this.
Duntech and more recently Sonique and Aslan Acoustics use two dome mids with a tweeter in between,set back these drivers to time align them,and surround them with profiled felt which effectively narrows their dispersion pattern.
Used this way dome midranges will produce excellent depth and precisioning of imaging.
The Sonique Encore SE use this format.These are superb sounding speakers.I think the best box speakers I have heard.
In my opinion they are cpable of superb sound.They are generally less coloured and more natural sounding than even the best of cone midranges.
They seem to be extremely hard to use though and their biggest failing is that image depth is compromised by ,as I understand it,their wide dispersion pattern.
Most speakers that use dome mids have poor central imaging and depth.Yamaha NS1000s and 1200s are typical examples of this.
Duntech and more recently Sonique and Aslan Acoustics use two dome mids with a tweeter in between,set back these drivers to time align them,and surround them with profiled felt which effectively narrows their dispersion pattern.
Used this way dome midranges will produce excellent depth and precisioning of imaging.
The Sonique Encore SE use this format.These are superb sounding speakers.I think the best box speakers I have heard.