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Beryllium Tweeters
Acurus “Hofman’s Iron Law” and it offers you any two of the following: small cabinet size, deep bass and high sensitivity. No Omegas exist as you discribe and your idea that it depends how you define it is very wrong. Also would seem you feel that... 
what drivers are best? thinking of a DIY project
206en in a nagaoka cabinets a good sound but use nagaoka's design not others 
Altec A7 What to do
Only you can decide a forum can't do it for you. 
Beryllium Tweeters
92db is not high efficiency 
Beryllium Tweeters
The baffles are all overly small and require BSC to compensate but sometimes the BSC is omitted and manufacturers rely on owners care with placement close to room boundary. Toss in many require powerful amplification and its subsequent thermal com... 
What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?
Linaeum66 Yes missing something, a basic law of loudspeaker design = Hoffman’s Iron Laws of Speaker Building1) Bass Extension2) Efficiency3) Small EnclosureThe law is that you can only have two of these three 
Altec A7 What to do
FYI any deviations from stock decrease the collectors value still wonderful loudspeakers I would keep them maybe look for 288 drivers 1050 horn 515b woofer for upgrades 
What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?
Altec a4 
Single driver speakers without the pitfalls?
Full range drivers exist that do not restrict SPL but its not going to be under 8in and its not going to be a budget transducer and its cabinet isn't going to be small cheap or easy to construct. I say this as I prepare a BLH of 160lbs each that w... 
Single driver speakers without the pitfalls?
Fostex fe208e sigma can make for a wonderful sound if used in massive BLH but will need a super tweeter. The Fostex f200a has advanced cone and extreme quality build it can produce massive bass FS is 30hz but again needs large cabinets. The SEAS X... 
Speaker Set Up...Math/Geometry Experts Please Help
use a laser 
Help on single driver Lowther Acoustic 115 speaker
BLH are not universal designs that one can use any driver in each is optimised for a certain driver type. You can check mounting depth at most sites that offer fullranges a fostex fe206en may fit. 
Have an Altec Iconic salon speaker- now what?
Sell as is 
Help on single driver Lowther Acoustic 115 speaker
Use hardwood make a baffle extension for driver. 
Quality issues with Tekton speakers....
You act like its impossible to pull out the grill plugs and install velcro. So you have extremely minor cosmetic issue but act as though you've been severely wronged and that some how its right for you to try to damage the manufacturer.