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My ceramic tweeter change to dark color - Help
probably a near blown transducer 
New speaker technology vs. Old speaker tech???
Time coherence has been a goal since the days of Western Electric and the older designs like the Shearer horn were designed with it in mind. Many vintage compression drivers available some at very low prices like EV DH1A also lots of radials or mu... 
New speaker technology vs. Old speaker tech???
I have loudspeakers from the 1920s up some with the most modern transducers available. Some of the older has amazing sound qualities and with a few upgrades can do great service today. While we have greatly advanced materials and computer design w... 
omnidirectional sound
multicell horns are designed for this consider Altecs 
Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular
https://www.facebook.com/groups/614272918584739/ 
Purpose of Dome on Tweeter...
Duke Fostex Foster made a dome 10 inch woofer FF7 
What are your favorite speaker finishes?
Dust some of the best loudspeakers I've picked up where covered with it. 
Kendrick Sound JBL 4350 for music Bar
Consider Line Magnetic they make fine WE replicas 
Kendrick Sound JBL 4350 for music Bar
JBL is boring consider Western Electric, RCA ,Klangfilm, Altec, Vitavox etc. Why buy into a over priced JBL replica. 
Monolith III's or CLS IIZ's Pros and Cons
costly to replace panel and most are in need of it due to age 
Monolith III's or CLS IIZ's Pros and Cons
both are old enough to require a replacement stat panel and ML has greatly increased the cost of those. 
great dynamics at a med-low volume?
http://www.silbatoneacoustics.com/labsystems.html 
A seperate Mid with punch?
http://www.silbatoneacoustics.com/labsystems.html 
Best products for baffle material s ?
Chobham 
What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?
http://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/lmco/shearer.htm