Fountek Fe85.. small aluminium FR for less than 10 euros(!)

[Bill poster]

http://www.lautsprechershop.de/pdf/f...untek_fe85.pdf

Pretty flat response bodes well! It looks v similar to the Fe88, the cone is virtually the same size. Anyone used these??

[Bigun]

Wow, that's a bargain.

I've used the FR88 and liked it very much: MARTELLO enclosure for FR88EX

It's possible that they share some traits.

[Bill poster]

The small Founteks are pretty well behaved but the newer ones with the treated cones lose something at the top acc to the guys on DIYMA. Would like to know why these are so much cheaper than the 88's, maybe the motor/basket.

[Krystan]

Differences are:
- No Neodymium magnet
- Coil in regular wire instead of copper ribbon
- Max extension 1.5mm instead of 3mm
- Fs 125Hz instead of 95Hz
- Vas 0.85L instead of 1.27L

Total: Much less full range than the FR88EX with Fs too high to properly match it with a sub (although the FR88EX is already a tad high).

It doesn't mean it's a bad speaker but you can't really make a fullrange out of it. OTOH, it could be a decent candidate for a F.A.S.T.

[Bill poster]

It might work well in a 1st order 2 way.

[BHTX]

Originally Posted by Bill poster

It might work well in a 1st order 2 way.

This is exactly what I'm looking forward to working on, except with the discontinued Fostex FF85K. Unfortunately, I've already bought a few pairs of FF85K's (multi-channel), or I'd consider it. To be honest, it's bugging me a bit. When you're potentially dealing with nearly a dozen loudspeakers, $13/each new from Madisound doesn't sound half bad. While the FF85K might have some advantages over the cheaper Fountek FF85, is the price difference (as well as the required effort of trying to obtain them 2nd hand) really worth it?

Has anyone compared this Fountek FE85 to the Fostex FF85K?