Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address

groovey,

Your speaker is a youngster.  The phenolic diaphragm in my Western Electric 713b compression driver is 80+ years old and I have not heard any midrange driver I clearly prefer.  Some of the contenders are as old, and some are 60 year old newbies.  

The OP seems to infer that if a manufacturer doesn’t continue to manufacture technical updates( chase) at the rate other manufacturers do, then they are falling behind.  While this might be mostly true of high-tech computers, this doesn’t apply to high end audio where we chase sonics that meet our personnel preferences.

A manufacturer only needs to compete “sonically” within their target market, “innovation” is not even a close second. True some innovations make the sonics better, but at an added cost that will be passed on with the price.  We choose with our ears within our budgets.

Don’t you just hate it when you start reading something that sounds maybe interesting, only to get 5 minutes in and realize you just don’t care.

I find this more and more the case in these forums.

Yes, the "dryness" referred to is exactly what I have a prob;em with as far as aluminum drivers, particularly cone midranges. It’s very, very difficult to tame tweeters made of it but it can be done, but not commonly. Bass drivers often work well made of it, but mrs if they’re cones, I’ve never heard sound good & certainly not musical (although with an awful lot of high quality help it can be minimized). That’s my take but many/most agree & the minority that may like/love them I truly wish well. There are a lot of niche audiophiles with tastes strange to the majority & G-d bless em. They keep life interesting & unhomogenized. I don’t perceive YG to be even trying to improve their mrs since day one & into any imminent or distant future. The market seems to be moving away from them (including their own distributor) which may explain why they’re making less expensive versions to sell more. The improvements strike me as moves sideways instead without directly dealing the heart of it. I notice no YG owners (all 20+ yrs of them) stepping up to defend them. It is whatever it is & considerable food for thought.

I seldom respond without reading the whole thread but here I skipped past most replies. This is just inane drivel. The word bloviating comes to mind.

Hey OP which competing speaker manufacturer do you work for?

Change your name and try again!