T&S Lowther PM2A

[Petter Persson]

I measured T&S parameters of one om mine Lowther PM2A and thought it would be of general intrest:

Sd 209 cm2
Vas 36 liters
Fs 58 Hz
Mmd 12,9 g
Mms 14,7 g
Re 8,8 Ohm
Bl 20,2 N/A

Cms 0,588 mm/N
Rms 1,87 Ns/m

Qms 2,68
Qes 0,107
Qts 0,103

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Close up

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Note the cone breakups at 950 Hz and 2300 Hz.


Regards / Petter

 

[Nelson Pass]

Yup, that's a PM2A! It's not my favorite - I'm currently trying to
decide on the PM6A (16 ohm, Ticonal) vs the PM5A (bigger magnet).

I have the PM4A's coming, and I'll let you know eventually.

 

[MJK]

Measurements of the T/S parameters for my Lowther drives can be found here.

http://www.quarter-wave.com/General/Lowthers.pdf

My pair of PM2A's seem to be a little bit different.

 

[Petter Persson]

Yup, that's a PM2A! It's not my favorite

Not mine either. That´s why they are in the book shelf, using
compression drivers instead for mid and highs. My pair is for sale
and i thoudht i would measure them before it´s to late.


There are a big differences in the Bl product between my sample
and those at quarter wave.

 

[Scottmoose]

Ye Gods! I make that as a 1.126KHz Fhm. That's a unit demanding a front-horn if ever I saw one... or a very large dose of series resistance / current source amp.

One wonders just what level of unit-to-unit consistancy Lowther achieve. No offense to them (although they're not exactly my cup of tea), and other manufacturers certainly have issues in this respect too. But one wonders...

 

[hornophile]

new or old version

your pm2A is the old version or the new one ?

I have the old version. It's on the shelf too...

 

[MJK]

All of my drivers are the new version with the rolled whizzer cones. I used my pair of PM2A drivers in my large OB for quite a while and they sounded very good. Personally I like the DX drivers the best but I did not have any complaints about the PM2A's sound. I have also tried my PM2A's in my ML TL with a variable correction circuit and it sounded very nice, I prefered it to the PM6A's in the same ML TL. Based on the T/S measurements, there is something very different in my PM2A drivers and the ones in the original post.

 

[Petter Persson]

It´s the old version, and theay are probably reconed aswell since they the cone structure differs from the other PM2A I've seen.

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[CLS]

I'm no expert of Lowther, but the frames look like AER to me. And there're no raidal pressed marks on the main cone, some suspicious concentric marks instead.

 

[jdunham]

Those are Lowther frames, not AER. They're the ones they used after the original square frames. I have some PM6A's with the same frames from the 1970's.

The cones look like they are from a "C" driver, not an A or DX driver. So probably are re-coned.

Cheers,

Jonathan

 

[MJK]

Have you considered reconing with the new frame and cone/whizzer? Does Lowther still have the trade in policy? The magnets are probably fine so if the bolting pattern matches a new front might be a step up in performance. Worst case you sell them later with the updated cones.

 

[caninus80]

Hi,
Which one of the lowther drivers is best in 900-5000hz range?


Best
C

 

[Nelson Pass]

PM5A with the 16 ohm voice coil, IMHO

 

[caninus80]

pm5a is out of my budget :-(

So, pm6a or pm2a?
I have friend frome USA who can sell me pm2a with good price...

thanks
C

 

[Nelson Pass]

PM6A is nearly as good as the PM5A, and you can get it with the
16 ohm voice coil as well.