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Dynamic speakers
There is the omni:http://www.duevel.com/Produkte/EBLdia.shtml 
Dynamics In A Speaker
Thermal compression is just one non-linearity in moving coil loudspeakers.Diaphragm misbehavior (due to high stress at high drive) in another factor.The most common factors are suspension non-linearity (as the diaphragm moves) and magnetic non-lin... 
Ohm Speakers, thoughts?
For their time, a really great concept and well executed. Still very good today. I use 4th order active xovers on my 4s (with 1/3rd oct active EQ) with 4th order at 45Hz to stereo active 12" Dayton subs. Added 2" thickcotton batting on all interal... 
Quad vs. Martin Logan?
Though I admire Maggies, once my ear latched onto the "stretched tight plastic film midbass" sound, it's been hard to overlook it. But some listeners find that sound attractive (drum head like tightness, maybe) and enjoy it. No moving coil system ... 
Enigma Subwoofer 1980s
The Controlled that came with the woofer array had three stages of equalization. Stage one was a 6dB/octave low pass network that compensated for the normal roll off due to open back dipole cancellation. That equalization needs to be correct from ...