I found this driver:
15TAD100:15",350 W RMS,700 W program,4" coil-hiwell
It is a 15 inch woofer with a 1,2T alnico magnet. The site do not specify the T/S parameters, but I have asked them about it and they will send it to me they told me.
Have anyone here used this driver or heard anything about it? I think it looks like a really decent driver if it is well built. Solid frame, nice magnet and good look.
15TAD100:15",350 W RMS,700 W program,4" coil-hiwell
It is a 15 inch woofer with a 1,2T alnico magnet. The site do not specify the T/S parameters, but I have asked them about it and they will send it to me they told me.
Have anyone here used this driver or heard anything about it? I think it looks like a really decent driver if it is well built. Solid frame, nice magnet and good look.
The dimple in the cone pictured doesn't fill me with confidence WRT attention to detail and quality control
15HW050:15",400 W RMS,800 W program,3" coil-hiwell
15HW050:15",400 W RMS,800 W program,3" coil-hiwell
They have PHL look-alikes as well and their website design is a copycat of Faital's one:
FaitalPRO - Professional Loudspeakers Made in Italy
FaitalPRO - Professional Loudspeakers Made in Italy
Agree with known property. Virtually no T&S params on these...
Something from say Eminence (I have used and am a satisfied customer - they sound excellent for mid bass & tapped horns), would be a much safer bet.
If it sounds (no pun intended) to good to be true then things probably are;-)
Something from say Eminence (I have used and am a satisfied customer - they sound excellent for mid bass & tapped horns), would be a much safer bet.
If it sounds (no pun intended) to good to be true then things probably are;-)
i wouldn't trust the specs of knock-off products even if they were published on the site. There are decent chinese speaker manufacturers, such as tang band, I wouldn't risk working with knock off products.
This TAD lookalike seems like the speaker equivalent of a fake rolex.
This TAD lookalike seems like the speaker equivalent of a fake rolex.
I use every opportunity to post these pictures of a chinese made "Volk Audio" 7.1 channel receiver unit I've got here.
It's listed with some insane MSRP on the box of a couple of thousand dollars. You'll notice that even though it's listed as a 7.1 channel unit, it only has left and right inputs and no digital inputs at all.
It also has plastic coated cement blocks in it to add weight.
Enjoy!
It's listed with some insane MSRP on the box of a couple of thousand dollars. You'll notice that even though it's listed as a 7.1 channel unit, it only has left and right inputs and no digital inputs at all.
It also has plastic coated cement blocks in it to add weight.
Enjoy!
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all that china stuff just looks nice on touched up pictures
There are few china places that I have seen quality but that is when the price is close enough to our prices here so I rather pay a bit more and
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We make good Tube gear too
all that china stuff just looks nice on touched up pictures
There are few china places that I have seen quality but that is when the price is close enough to our prices here so I rather pay a bit more and
SUPPORT OUR US and CANADIAN PRODUCTS
MAKE SURE OUR KIDS HAVE A FUTURE HERE
Well, even if the best stuff is made in USA or Canada, that doesn't make it affordable. As with so many things, compromises have to be made, and they are different for everyone. I certainly can't afford top end made in the USA electronics. I'm a fan of B&C drivers though, made in Italy. I'm sure drivers made in USA are at least as good.
Buying local just because it's local is the best way to stifle innovation.
And, applying that reasoning to my location, I would not buy any made in America speaker drivers, but only european brands. You can see that purely nationalist thinking is a dead end. Rather, i prefer to reward innovative producers offering good quality at interesting price levels. A chinese company like Tangband is in my opinon part of that club.
In any case, the real problem is with unethical knockoff products, no matter where they are made.
And, applying that reasoning to my location, I would not buy any made in America speaker drivers, but only european brands. You can see that purely nationalist thinking is a dead end. Rather, i prefer to reward innovative producers offering good quality at interesting price levels. A chinese company like Tangband is in my opinon part of that club.
In any case, the real problem is with unethical knockoff products, no matter where they are made.
Buying local just because it's local is the best way to stifle innovation.
And, applying that reasoning to my location, I would not buy any made in America speaker drivers, but only european brands. You can see that purely nationalist thinking is a dead end. Rather, i prefer to reward innovative producers offering good quality at interesting price levels. A chinese company like Tangband is in my opinon part of that club.
In any case, the real problem is with unethical knockoff products, no matter where they are made.
Could not have put it better myself.
Buying local just because it's local is the best way to stifle innovation.
And, applying that reasoning to my location, I would not buy any made in America speaker drivers, but only european brands. You can see that purely nationalist thinking is a dead end. Rather, i prefer to reward innovative producers offering good quality at interesting price levels. A chinese company like Tangband is in my opinon part of that club.
In any case, the real problem is with unethical knockoff products, no matter where they are made.
I notice you're from Germany (Edit: Belgium. Flags are too close!) Perhaps you'll be more irritated by the fact that the Chinese company that made this cheap knock-off blamed it on Germany!
Edit2: I do understand that there are some good products that come out of China. My main speakers have Hi-Vi drivers in them. I just wish that the ratio of crap-to-good that came out of that country wasn't something like 90% to 10%.
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It also has plastic coated cement blocks in it to add weight.
Also known as gravitational reinforcement modules which help to widen the sound stage
Also known as gravitational reinforcement modules which help to widen the sound stage
Those look like oil/film polypropylene coated bricks--they make the highs "airy". Those bricks could be crystals which absorb ???? caused by ???? which leads to ????
I notice you're from Germany (Edit: Belgium. Flags are too close!) Perhaps you'll be more irritated by the fact that the Chinese company that made this cheap knock-off blamed it on Germany!
Edit2: I do understand that there are some good products that come out of China. My main speakers have Hi-Vi drivers in them. I just wish that the ratio of crap-to-good that came out of that country wasn't something like 90% to 10%.
I am sorry but I didn't quite get the link between the TAD knock-off and Germany?
I am sorry but I didn't quite get the link between the TAD knock-off and Germany?
I was pointing out that my cheap Chinese knock-off receiver that I posted pictures of has writing on the box that says "Designed and engineered in Germany" to trick people into thinking that it's not really Chinese.
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