My hearing goes to only 11khz. Help me select a wide-range driver without a whizzer.

[mscommerce]

After 45 happy years of hi-fi listening, I had my hearing tested. It turns out I can't hear anything above about 11.8khz. By contrast, my 4 year old can hear sounds out to 24 khz.

Anyway, I was thinking that this greatly simplifies my long dormant project to treat myself to building a full range speaker.

Whizzer cones being evil and all that, my frequency-impaired hearing can likely now be perfectly happy with a simple single cone wide range driver from xxHz to 10khz? Is there such a beast being produced?

Thank you for your help

[tinitus]

Originally Posted by mscommerce

Anyway, I was thinking that this greatly simplifies my long dormant project to treat myself to building a full range speaker.

Dont get your hopes up too high

I may be about where you are, regarding hearing ability

Im quite certain you will notice if top is gone
Maybe due to phase issues from early roll off
And it will sound even more muffled

But I wouldnt dare to suggest the opposite,,,,,more top

[hm]

Hello,

the B200 Visaton is one of these,
it runs in my sat horns from ~100-12 kHz
look my Schalmei sat, Trumpet, Horn
no crossover, 96-98 dB


Fullrange ~90 dB with filter over ~1kHz
ask Visaton.

[tinitus]

Products

Simplify your life with a pair of LB12

use a small tube amp and your ears will be happy again

[sandyK]

Whizzer cones being evil and all that, my frequency-impaired hearing can likely now be perfectly happy with a simple single cone wide range driver from xxHz to 10khz? Is there such a beast being produced?

mscommerce
Do yourself a favour and IMPROVE both speakers and electronics.Especially the bandwidth of the electronics.
Just because you can no longer directly hear the higher frequencies does not mean that you will be unaware if they aren't there !
I am 71, with industrial hearing damage as well, yet I can appreciate the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/96 with good material. The limited amount of 24/192 material that I have sounds a little better again.
You may also wish to consider a good headphone amplifier and decent headphones because of the closer coupling to the ear.
SandyK

[tinitus]

Originally Posted by sandyK

I am 71..........

SandyK

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The simple fact is even with limited upper frequency hearing, some harmonics from much higher notes drop into your hearing range. So, a broadband speaker is still recommended.

[chrisb]

"Evil"? well some folks could discuss ways to get around that, but:


Fostex FE126E - this little wonder really needs a "horn" of some type for widest bandwidth (unassisted) performance - and its very forward dynamic upper mid-range presentation could be exactly what you need.
The over 90dB sensitivity doesn't hurt either - it's amazing how big 3 or 4 watts of SE tube power can sound.

Mark Audio Alpair 7 or 10 (advanced technology metal cones) or the CSS EL70 (paper cone). All have less sensitivity than the FE126E, so 10-15watts would be a good starting point, but very wide-band and musical indeed, and quite flexible in terms of enclosure tolerance.