UK source of inexpensive 3" or 4" driver - high efficiency

sreten · 15th November 2005, 03:24 PM

Hi,

any suggestions for a source here in the UK ?

/Sreten.

Ropie · 15th November 2005, 03:40 PM

The only one I can think of is Wilmslow Audio - they sell the Fostex FE83E and FE103E.

Puggie · 15th November 2005, 03:48 PM

CPC for cheapie Visaton units FR8 etc

Ian J · 15th November 2005, 04:00 PM

CPC prob. your best bet.

By the way, welcome back Sreten - over a year without a post, I'm sure I'm not the only one who wondered where you'd gone...

Ian

Nuuk · 15th November 2005, 05:12 PM

UK? Inexpensive? Has something happened over here that I don't know about?

Quote:

By the way, welcome back Sreten - over a year without a post, I'm sure I'm not the only one who wondered where you'd gone...

Looking for those inexpensive drivers I guess!

stee-b · 15th November 2005, 09:53 PM

Depends what you call cheap! £19.99 ?
http://www.madaboutsound.com/prod.asp?pname=DFR

Vikash's site uses them from a 'Zaph' design
http://www.vikash.info/audio/W3-871S/

Maybe what you're looking for?? Not overly sensitive though.
HTH
Steve

sreten · 16th November 2005, 08:15 AM

Hi Guys,

thanks for all the replies - though I should explain what I'm after.

I want to update a late 50's valve bass combo with a bright box.

The BB is a horizontal array of 4 3" drivers, 3 4" drivers or 2 6x4
drivers. It will also have a series capacitor for bass limiting and to
reduce the loading on the valve amplifier in the bass.

The bass amps output if your lucky is ~15 watt, with the series
capacitor power handling is not an issue, nor is "sound quality".
The loading of the array must be higher than 8 ohms.

The bass combo has a 15" alnico magnet driver - so the
ideal units would be NOS old high efficiency (TV?) drivers,
very bog-standard paper cone, dust cap and surround.

/sreten.

TonedeafDIY · 16th November 2005, 11:00 AM

Sorry. newbie. Who are CPC?
Thanks

Vikash · 16th November 2005, 11:40 AM

www.cpc.co.uk

A subsidiary of Farnell.

Good to see you back Sreten.

sreten · 23rd November 2005, 03:15 PM

Hi all,

thanks for the pointers. Think I found what I needed - using 4 of :

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSea...=AR70946&N=411

for a ~ 5" by ~ 14" array should hit 98dB/W - ~ what's needed.

/Sreten.

15th November 2005, 03:24 PM	#1
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	UK source of inexpensive 3" or 4" driver - high efficiency Hi, any suggestions for a source here in the UK ? /Sreten.

15th November 2005, 03:40 PM	#2
Ropie diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SW London	The only one I can think of is Wilmslow Audio - they sell the Fostex FE83E and FE103E. __________________ "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"

15th November 2005, 04:00 PM	#4
Ian J diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oxford, England	CPC prob. your best bet. By the way, welcome back Sreten - over a year without a post, I'm sure I'm not the only one who wondered where you'd gone... Ian __________________ 'We demand guaranteed, rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!' - Douglas Adams

16th November 2005, 11:40 AM	#9
Vikash diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK	www.cpc.co.uk A subsidiary of Farnell. Good to see you back Sreten. __________________ "The human mind is so constituted that it colours with its own previous conceptions any new notion that presents itself for acceptance." - J. Wilhelm. (But I still think mine sounds better than yours.)

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15th November 2005, 03:48 PM	#3
Puggie diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	CPC for cheapie Visaton units FR8 etc

15th November 2005, 09:53 PM	#6
stee-b diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: nott'm	Depends what you call cheap! £19.99 ? http://www.madaboutsound.com/prod.asp?pname=DFR Vikash's site uses them from a 'Zaph' design http://www.vikash.info/audio/W3-871S/ Maybe what you're looking for?? Not overly sensitive though. HTH Steve

16th November 2005, 08:15 AM	#7
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi Guys, thanks for all the replies - though I should explain what I'm after. I want to update a late 50's valve bass combo with a bright box. The BB is a horizontal array of 4 3" drivers, 3 4" drivers or 2 6x4 drivers. It will also have a series capacitor for bass limiting and to reduce the loading on the valve amplifier in the bass. The bass amps output if your lucky is ~15 watt, with the series capacitor power handling is not an issue, nor is "sound quality". The loading of the array must be higher than 8 ohms. The bass combo has a 15" alnico magnet driver - so the ideal units would be NOS old high efficiency (TV?) drivers, very bog-standard paper cone, dust cap and surround. /sreten.

16th November 2005, 11:00 AM	#8
TonedeafDIY diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	Sorry. newbie. Who are CPC? Thanks

23rd November 2005, 03:15 PM	#10
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi all, thanks for the pointers. Think I found what I needed - using 4 of : http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSea...=AR70946&N=411 for a ~ 5" by ~ 14" array should hit 98dB/W - ~ what's needed. /Sreten.

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