By most accounts some of the Audax Aerogel drivers were some of the best drivers made but they are disappearing and almost gone. I can only find the HM170Z18 still available. Has anyone heard any news about this technology being resurrected? Wasn't Audax taken over by another company? I forget the details.
JoshuaTechnomage said:By most accounts some of the Audax Aerogel drivers were some of the best drivers made but they are disappearing and almost gone. I can only find the HM170Z18 still available. Has anyone heard any news about this technology being resurrected? Wasn't Audax taken over by another company? I forget the details.
Audax were taken over by Harman International as far as I know and with it went Audax's distribution to the public domain. I think they still supply units to manufacturers though.
As to their sound quality, they do sound excellent. I use the HM130ZOs as mid drivers and couldn't really be happier. I had used the HM100Z0s too, which were also great, however as the units were drying up, the two that I got were from very different batches and as a result measured quite differently.
They sound very clean, crisp and dynamic/lively, at least to my ears, something I'm sure is partially governed by the healthy 92dB sensitivity the 130ZOs carry.
Hi Joshua,
The Audax drivers (some of) are still available here:
http://www.cadaudio.dk/audaxunits.htm
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The Audax drivers (some of) are still available here:
http://www.cadaudio.dk/audaxunits.htm
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bjorno said:Hi Joshua,
The Audax drivers (some of) are still available here:
http://www.cadaudio.dk/audaxunits.htm
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Oh! Excellent! Looks like they have alot of the good units still available I have not seen for sale anyplace else. Thank you for the link.
http://www.audax.com/
Harmann sold Audax to AAC (Applications Acoustiques de Composites) (Acoustic Application of composite).
They build some old models.
You can see here too : http://www.toutlehautparleur.com/audax-c-331_317.html
But it's in French.
Harmann sold Audax to AAC (Applications Acoustiques de Composites) (Acoustic Application of composite).
They build some old models.
You can see here too : http://www.toutlehautparleur.com/audax-c-331_317.html
But it's in French.
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