Your favorite 4” wide band driver?

A 4’ driver should have no need for a whizzer.
Exactly my thought.
I cut the whizzer cone from my visaton FR10-8.
The paper is quite fibrous, so I added some PVA glue, let it dry and made another clean cut:

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And here are the responses, before and after cutting;
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the whizzer cone version is slightly worse on axis above 10 kHz, but it makes the 60° off-axis response slightly smoother.
 
The paper is quite fibrous, so I added some PVA glue,

Puzzlkoat/Modpodge is a PVA specifically for Decoupage, and dries a bit more flexible than typical wood glue. But wood glue will work.

A then thinned coat on the paper cone will improve it’d DDR.

the whizzer cone version is slightly worse on axis above 10 kHz, but it makes the 60° off-axis response slightly smoother.


But how did the sound change?

dave
 
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30 degree curve above 10khz less output
60 degree curve lower highs less output

on axis more output but less linear

Nice to see it measured but I won't cut the whizzer off.

Its already only a small whizzer.

I do aluminium foil tweak, also recommendable.

One time puzzlecoat or Lts50 will do a bit, too.

The whizzer alone can be made stiffer with hair spray liquor.

I won't treat the cone with hair liquor, it becomes stiffer but breaks up more in resonances. Already tried that.

But it works if treated mit alu foil then
 
Visaton B80 and B100 measure well.

I would use them with my aluminium foil tweak.

If no tweaks included I prefer polypropylene or glass fiber cones.

this one is a JVC 8cm driver, I got 50 pairs of them with plastic enclosure for 2.5 euro each.
 

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