| ycliew |
| Could anyone tell me how the sound between coral 8a-40 comparing with beta and flat version. Also the sound different between coral and fostex speaker driver. As both are products from Japan. |
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| Daze |
Hi,
I've used quite a few Fostex drivers and 2 Coral Betas (6 and 8).
I currently have Fostex FE108S in BLH and FE166E in TQWP.
Comparing the Beta6 with the FE166E in the same pipes (Cain and cain clones), I can attest to the superioty of the Corals in terms of balance, smoothness and detail. The FE166E is a nice lil driver, but the Beta 6 is better (and better than the FE168ES).
I had the Beta8 a while back and thought they were good, but never built suitable enclosures for them:dunno:
I am not familiar with the model you mentionned. |
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| tomtt |
i honestly don't know
yet here's a photo
of a coral speaker
9cos it looks good) |
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| cotdt |
| do they sell Coral Beta drivers at madisound or any such stores? |
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| Scottmoose |
Coral sadly went out of business in the 1980s, but have since gained a reputation for being amongst the very finest FR drivers ever made.
The greatest trouble is designing something for them. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever measured their T/S parameters, making working with them a bit of guesswork. I think www.diyparadise.com still has some. |
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| BTW |
| quote: | Originally posted by ycliew
Could anyone tell me how the sound between coral 8a-40 comparing with beta and flat version. Also the sound different between coral and fostex speaker driver. As both are products from Japan. |
The Best Coral is the Beta series, excellent detail and speed. The Flat series are slightly slower sounds but more forgiving ... you can say it's more musical... The 8a-40 is similar to the Flat ... but IMO the Flat is still a better spk. |
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| BTW |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scottmoose
Coral sadly went out of business in the 1980s, but have since gained a reputation for being amongst the very finest FR drivers ever made.
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Yes, it's sad that the Coral Company is gone... The Beta and Flat series are excellent drivers... seldom see this kind of quality these days.. Here's a picture of the Beta 8.
The orginal spks box design given by Coral works very well indeed. |
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| 4fun |
Hi,
Coral, now they show up again in a fine picture.
Beautiful Beta-8!
Thanks! |
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