Favorite Tube Speaker Match


Two arguements - paper is too dark for tubes, and actually metal cones give some life to the music that isn't there otherwise. Arguement two: the smooth rich sound of paper cones always is a cut above.

Has anyone ever heard ceramic cones with a tube amp? If so what were the components?

Anyone have a favorite combo they have heard? I heard an Airtight with Opera Piega which I thought could not be beat.
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Showing 1 response by gregm

Bartok -- Bio means, changing drivers: from one that has a cheaper ceramic magnet to one with a neodym.

There are drive units with identical mechanical parts -- but different material magnets (Supravox for example).
Alnico and neodymium can offer much higher magntic flux and in a more seamless manner.

The result is audible in operation.

The down-side is, Alnico is very expensive, neodym is expensive -- whereas ceramic is usefully cheap.