Pioneer PAX-25B Coaxial drivers

[Viridian]

Originally Posted by gapmedia

Erik,

Slightly off topic, but not really. Check out this link, I think you'll get a kick out of it, and maybe some ideas for the future, I have. Probably, the perfect coffee shop in our eyes - pure beauty. I have seen reference to another similar place, more of a small restaurant, but can't seem to find that link at the moment. Check out the size of that driver under the horn in the back right corner, now that makes me feel inadequate.
New speaker system A-08-205D watching/Yamamoto sound craft

Simon

Wow, and I thought that my listening room was less than ideal. What a shame. All that glorious equipment jammed cheek to jowl. No room to breath.

Erik

[Viridian]

You're right those woofers are HUGE. What are they? EV 30"ers?

[gapmedia]

Originally Posted by Viridian

Yep, musicians know where it's at. They are all about the sound. That is why the Hemptones are so appealing. Musicians love them.

Erik

I see Hemptone also produce drivers for the 'Home Audio' market. Erik, I know you're an Alnico Man, but have you heard anything about these?
Hemp Tone Speakers.net - Store

Simon

[Papa Hemi]

Originally Posted by Antripodean

Certainly are the big brother Yes, they would go low enough if I have them in a vented cab, for sure. However, using an existing sealed cab brings up the fs. At some point I may change cabs to see what they can do. $120 for the pair.

Good price - not as good as mine ;-) but good nontheless (I got the A20 and the 25B at $75NZ @ pair). A BLH certainly does lift the botom end, the A20 are in folded TQWP and do very well. I should have thought a bit harder when I made the (rough) cabinets so I could swap the 25B into that cabinet too for a comparison - 20-20 hindsight is not much use tho'.

[Viridian]

Simon,
I've phoned hemptone (ABrounSoun) a few times. They really are tuned in to dealing with musicians. Even with their home audio stuff they simply don't want to be bothered with the audiophiliac measurebators phoning them and asking about silly T/S specs. I got a few specs on the ToneTubbys and even a few for their home FR drivers but they just aren't "into" our scene.

There was a story of a high-rotation audio junkie that was super into OB using even their 8" ceramic tonetubby and having some of his performing arts friends over to listen and they preferred the vocals of that driver to anything else they heard. I think that there is something to using hemp as a cone material. Too bad they don't offer their 5" with an alnico motor. I would buy that in a heartbeat to use in the dipole CD waveguide.

Erik