full range dipole options in north america

[smak]

I'm actually in canada but many repeated attempts to get the beyma 8ag/n from speaker shop have come up fruitless..

i'm at a loss to find either the beyma 8 ag/n, ciare ch250 or even that senon yd1256 driver that was more recently mentioned.

Are there ANY high q full ranges around in canada or the usa that i could cut my teeth on? i've got a nice w-frame sub but have been searching forever to make it to some nice drivers up front. already have some nice supertweeters ready for the project also.

[hitsware]

Here's a toothcutter.........
Supravox is also available (and pricey)

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=290-379

[ScottG]

Based on what others have said on this forum and elsewhere the ciare is the speaker offering the most for the least in a fullrange OB speaker.

Though its not listed on their site (ch250), these people are the North American Distributors of Ciare and they don't have inflated prices:

http://www.assistanceaudio.com/08_Ciare.html

email them or give them a ring, you never know what will happen..

[gmilitano]

Originally posted by smak
I'm actually in canada but many repeated attempts to get the beyma 8ag/n from speaker shop have come up fruitless..

You could consider the Radio Shack 40-1271 which is available in Canada. I'm embaressed to say that I have yet to do anything with my pair.

Look for them on clearence, I got mine for $5 each.

Regards,
GM.

[smak]

i did find assistanceaudio during my searches but my email yielded no response..

i'll have to ring them tomorrow.

thanks all, and good to know about that radioshack option.

oh and i knew about the supravox all along ;P maybe later on..

[mwmkravchenko]

If you want some stuff that is a little better go to and http://www.solen.ca/d they have the fostex line, Seas also does some quasi fullrange stuff. On the west coast there is http://www.acoustic-technologies.ca/products.html Happy hunting.

Mark

[johninCR]

I understand that the Pioneer full ranger works well on OB especially for only $25. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=290-045
It's good enough to be mentioned in the LSDG at http://ldsg.snippets.org/sect-3.php3

Has anyone heard that Goldwood? At that price it's worth getting just to play around with and try to tweak good sound from it.

[johninCR]

Also, since you already have dipole bass, you don't necessarily need a high Q driver. If you can get up to 150-200hz with your dipole woofer, you can use almost any driver.

[smak]

i use solen fairly frequently.. they are by far the best canadian resource for us DIY'ers in my opinion..

due to the positioning of my w-frame i dont like to use it above 90Hz, so i dont need anything that goes super low but at least to 100Hz.

[Josephjcole]

Have you considered vintage drivers? I recently ran across a pair of 12" vintage full range drivers. I put them on an open baffle and was quite impressed with the sound, not quite as good as my fostex 108e sigmas, but very close, and I got them for free. There have been quite a few threads about vintage drivers suitable for open baffle on the full range driver forum recently.
http://fullrangedriver.com/tiki-forums.php
just a thought.
Joe