Transducer Labs

[tvrgeek]

Anyone know if Transducer Lab is still in business? Mail does not seem to work and e-speakers and Meniscus are both sold out. Their ceramic dome looks very interesting.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Anyone know if Transducer Lab is still in business? Mail does not seem to work and e-speakers and Meniscus are both sold out. Their ceramic dome looks very interesting.

Solen has two tweeters in stock

 

[tvrgeek]

Rest on back order. Same worries.

The do carry a few other products on interest though .

 

[wolf_teeth]

Not going out of business.

The availability of tooling parts has been a bear over the last year, and they had to have one batch redone to fit. From what I'm told, there will be stock near the end of March.

Later,
Wolf

 

[tvrgeek]

Ah. super! About right timing. The joys of a small business.
They should put some updates on their WEB. It makes them look like they aren't there.

One of the things I am proving again is that it is cheaper to use easy to use good drivers than trying to make so-so drivers behave. On paper at least, theirs look like they will be easy to use.

 

[_henry_]

im waiting to see their BE dome also, as i need 95db dome tweeter for AE TD15M

 

[wolf_teeth]

That doesn't mean all models will up for sale just yet. I know the MgO, Kevlar, Alumina, and likely Carbon Fiber will be available.

The one I really want is the dome mid, but I'll have a set of MgO and Kevlars.

Later,
Wolf

 

[Scottmoose]

Good to know they're still around. I've been wanting to fool with some of their tweeters for some time.

 

[tvrgeek]

They do say "prelim" on a lot of specs. If you know how to contact them, please have them update their WEB. It would give us more confidence.

From their data sheets, they look to be quite a bit easier to integrate than the Seas I used most recently.

 

[acstcwrfrmn]

Per these posts, does this mean no one has any (or very much) experience with TL? I'm interested in the MgO (N26MGR-G). I'm hoping testing reveals these to be quick, clean and truthful (as in a "poor man's" Accuton). Thanks for any input; can someone point me to other posts discussing Transducer Labs tweeters?

 

[Face]

Much more discussion of TL drivers on PE's message board.

 

[wolf_teeth]

I have a pair of MgO-GR. FWIW the response differences are very minimal between the AlO2, MgO-G, and BER.
Wolf

 

[acstcwrfrmn]

I have a pair of MgO-GR. FWIW the response differences are very minimal between the AlO2, MgO-G, and BER.
Wolf

That's good to know. Next question for anybody out there. Anyone measure or have a link of testing; especially impulse/transient response? I'm thinking the MgO is probably better damped so I'm hoping for minimal overshoot, ringing, etc. as some other metal tweeters tend to do with very fast rise time signals.

 

[wolf_teeth]

Robsan-DIY | Transducer Lab N26C-A

^^^Here's the AlO2....

And others below...
Wolf

 

[leadcoma]

I see that other's test results are similar to mine. The frequency response in the advertised data is substantially different (>4dB) than the actual measured response. That's of course assuming the use a calibrated mic and an IEC baffle.

I'm not sure what the point of matching to +\1dB within a pair if the FR is quite different than what is being advertised. If one of the tweeters is damaged, one would need to buy another pair because it won't be possible to buy a matching tweeter.

 

[badman]

I see that other's test results are similar to mine. The frequency response in the advertised data is substantially different (>4dB) than the actual measured response. That's of course assuming the use a calibrated mic and an IEC baffle.

I'm not sure what the point of matching to +\1dB within a pair if the FR is quite different than what is being advertised. If one of the tweeters is damaged, one would need to buy another pair because it won't be possible to buy a matching tweeter.

Well, that doesn't necessarily speak to batch consistency issues- but yes, the published response should match the measured.