The midi range, not the tweeter, is the most important driver in a speaker.

So to be clear, If we're talking about a 2-way, the mid-woofer in my opinion, is more important than the tweeter.

My point is still the same: We focus way too much on the type of tweeters we use, and not on the driver that outputs most of the mids.

Lots of SB Acoustics fans out there.


The parts are designed in Denmark but made in Indonesia.


Their Be dome caused quite a stir. Very smooth response for a metal dome.


I will say, being smaller, SB Acoustics has been innovating in a number of fronts especially compared to Scanspeak, SEAS and other more traditional makers.

I never said the Scanspeaks lacked in midrange. They are wonderful. I only meant to say they also had big deep bass in the right cabinet. Never said they were chest thumpers either.


The integration of a speaker with the room is so critically important and why a good 2-way can outperform a lot of other speakers. Smaller = less problems in the lower octaves.


But ... speakers with built in room correction in the lower octave can perform even better. :)

I have nothing against the Magnesium Seas line, but I have to be a fanboy and plug the Scanspeak Revelators which is what I use. Warm, and in the right (i.e. large!) cabinet, have amazing bass for the size. If you are doing a 2-way I highly recommend them. :)
Of course, this is a hobby and fun so pick what you like, I just reserve the right to be a fanboy from time to time. :)

I find that the most discerning/challenging speakers have a low impedance point in the 100-150 Hz range.

The Trym's impedance in this range is nice at ~ 8 Ohms or higher throughout the bass. Should be an easy load, with plenty of strength there.

Based on the frequency plot, it will benefit from being 2' or closer to a rear wall.

Then they require complex sharp slope crossovers to try and deal with their heavy break up modes. Which makes their problems...well... to keep it country simple..almost worse.

I think Joseph Audio's use of magnesium drivers shows this is possible. A combination of judicious low pass filter + notch filter can make these work, no?


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Hi everyone:

To be clear, I was trolling a bit in good humor, but also wanted to point out that we pay a lot more attention to the tweeter than any other driver.

Scanning old posts lots of people are posting about tweeter materials, type, etc. It is rare indeed when a buyer is asking about say, a kevlar vs. paper mid or woofer.

And indeed, the prices for raw drivers seem to tilt towards tweets.

But conversely, if you could only use 1 driver in the Model 7 .... it wouldn't be the tweeter.

The ability of a poster to delete his/her own posts seems to have been removed.