Audax Aerogel cone technology?

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By most accounts some of the Audax Aerogel drivers were some of the best drivers made but they are disappearing and almost gone. I can only find the HM170Z18 still available. Has anyone heard any news about this technology being resurrected? Wasn't Audax taken over by another company? I forget the details.
 
JoshuaTechnomage said:
By most accounts some of the Audax Aerogel drivers were some of the best drivers made but they are disappearing and almost gone. I can only find the HM170Z18 still available. Has anyone heard any news about this technology being resurrected? Wasn't Audax taken over by another company? I forget the details.

Audax were taken over by Harman International as far as I know and with it went Audax's distribution to the public domain. I think they still supply units to manufacturers though.

As to their sound quality, they do sound excellent. I use the HM130ZOs as mid drivers and couldn't really be happier. I had used the HM100Z0s too, which were also great, however as the units were drying up, the two that I got were from very different batches and as a result measured quite differently.

They sound very clean, crisp and dynamic/lively, at least to my ears, something I'm sure is partially governed by the healthy 92dB sensitivity the 130ZOs carry.
 
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