best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K
Zaph is the man. Enjoy Zaph drivers under 4.5" Zaph 5.5" drivers Funny, but I prefer paper for its snappy sound. Poly cones sound smoother but sort of dead IMHO. |
Shadorne, I would guess you are a fan of the dome midrange? What material? In some ways a dome midrange would be better than any cone-type driver. I don't know what they are. Here is a cheap one albeit aluminum. |
What struck me was the low distortion of the Tangband W4-1337SA ($55)- click on harmonic distortion It seems the be even lower than the ATC unit. |
Shadorne, I may not be reading it right but the ATC was tested at 100dB and distortion was 30dB below the signal. the Tang-band distortion 40dB below the signal, of course not at 100dB. I have no doubt the ATC is the better driver. Auudioism, I have used that titanium Tang-band driver. For the price, and at low dB, it's a nifty little driver. The good news is that is it clean sounding with low distortion and is pretty fast. However the bumped up H-F IS audible (at least to me) so you either need to cross over below 5-7kHz or attenuate the H-F if you go full range. Don't expect a lot of bass but then again, it doesn't require the power of the Flex Units either. I like it better than any Fostex driver I have heard but still not as much as my modded Tang-Band W4-616 that I am playing with now. A Jordan JX-92 is much better than the T-B in every way but the sound was pretty thin to my ears. Zaph has spec's for [url=http://www.zaphaudio.com/5.5test]Jordan[/url] |
