Fostex driver suggestions

[planet10]

Cal, you mysterious guy, what?

dave

 

[DaveCan]

Hey Dave, it looks like the Orca is about to bite the nose of the warrior.

Lol yeah I wish My wife is from Chicago and I'm from Victoria BC so that's the whole deal there lol.. As long as someone beats the Bruins and Montreal I'm a happy camper no matter what team it is

 

[Cal Weldon]

Couldn't agree more.

EDIT: planet10 - DaveCan's avatar

 

[NikolaG]

Has anybody tested the FW108HS? How does it compare to FX120 and which one is more suitable if used as a dedicated midrange?

 

[IG81]

I've always been curious about that little Fostex "woofer" - pretty much a fullrange if going by published FR. Priced a bit high for me though, but I like it's balance of T/S parameters for a 4". You don't hear much about drivers from this series, I'd be interested to hear of first hand experiences too.

 

[planet10]

Fostex FW108HS 4" Full Range/Woofer

Fostex has quite a few expensive drivers that look to be worth exploring if you have the spare cash. This one uses the FE108ew basket which is very nice. Published response starts rolling off at 10k, much the same as the Peerless 830870. If that driver is any indication an anechoic 35 Hz F10 in an ML-TL is possible.

2 mated with a nice 3” — FE88 SOL seems to have past us by — would make a nice tidy WAW.

dave

 

[chrisb]

At $150 US ea, probably more than a few lower cost options for the likely application - but like many of the specialty series looks quite nicely put together.

 

[IG81]

I recall almost pulling the plug on a pair - most likely the FW108HS or perhaps FW168HS - when Solen had a price reduction some years ago. As chrisb said, I could hardly justify the cost, even on sale, compared to lots of others that look just as good on paper at least.