New FRX OB driver from Decware

[DaveCan]

Just saw this and thought I'd post it.. Priced in the Lowther territory pretty much, and some other higher end/cost offerings etc..

Audiophile Tube Amps and Tube Gear from DECWARE

[Scottmoose]

Interesting. Looks like Steve has taken the Dayton PS220 as the basis, and added his own motor, along with the big extra roll foam surround also seen on his tweaked Fostex drivers.

It's certainly a physically impressive looking unit. I reckon the extra gubbins on the back will benefit from some physical support to avoid stressing the frame. The measurements / specs. as presented look decent. Hopefully some independent measures & impressions will appear soon.

[Godzilla]

I would never criticize anyone for trying to make great drivers! I hope he sells a bunch to full range driver fans all over the world. But seeing that driver makes me wonder how it compares to the stock offering? I know the specs are totally different but given the multitude of designs available there must be ways to make the stock driver work really well.

When shooting for perfection sometimes one falls short... but the effort sometimes pushes things forward in ways that benefit lesser expensive products. I'm curious what Decware has done... I say this while enjoying a pair of much cheaper drivers that are far from perfect but with good qualities of their own. Makes me question the cost of such things.

Neat looking piece of gear tho!

[Scottmoose]

Likewise; there's room for all, especially some of the more unusual offerings like this, so more the merrier I say.

Who knows? The Dayton driver should be decent, although having a different design criteria / spec. to use it in the same way as the Decware (or visa versa) would need a wad of Eq.

[planet10]

Steve is adding the front surround, and than adding a transformer* coupled HF shelving filter circuit to flatten the rising FR. This is buried in a cyclinder, to give the apperance of a field coil (and jump on the bandwagon). An awful lot of purposely being obtuse in the verbage to describe what is happening.

* a variation on the Decware OPT?

Has anyone successfully downloaded the 8" PE spec pdf with something on the sheet? I'm guessing the passive shelving filter will take away more than a half-dB

dave

[Scottmoose]

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[kipman725]

measurements are good. However looking at what he has done the stock driver with some line level equalization should be cheaper and better. In fact with the lower fs the Dayton driver should be even better when equalized:
Dayton PS220-8 8" Point Source Full-Range Neo Driver | Parts-Express.com

[DaveCan]

Maybe these could be a good buy with some treatment, eq etc, in their stock form? Not so pricey either to get in to etc..

[Scottmoose]

There are worse drivers around, that's for sure.

[human.bin]

freaking interesting approach ins't it? when you add to cart it says 299 each not 599, too bad i won't buy.