TG's latest report features a new Scan Speak speaker with an elliptical voice coil, this time a 15-inch twoofer driver.
It is interesting to read the opinions about it when the first model came out:
ScanSpeak-Ellipticor-1
" The aim of elliptical voice coils is obviously to break symmetry. The force applied to the cone through the voice coils usually sees the same distance from the edge of the voice coil to the surround, thus inevitable break-up modes occur and we may have high-Q resonances disturbing frequency response and phase performance."
And now :
" Since April I've had the pleasure of playing around with prototypes of ScanSpeak 38WE/8582T00 driver, the most sophisticated 15" bass driver ever made. Elliptical voice coil and a powerful very open magnet structure. This is not a subwoofer, but a bass driver featuring a fairly light-weight paper cone, delivering agile powerful bass from around 100-150 liter cabinet volume."
Speaker Talk
What do you think? Can elliptical VCs be considered a revolutionary step in speaker design?
Are investments in this new technology justified (audibly) by SS ?
They look very well built and pretty ! 🙂
38WE/8582T00 – Scan-Speak A/S
It is interesting to read the opinions about it when the first model came out:
ScanSpeak-Ellipticor-1
" The aim of elliptical voice coils is obviously to break symmetry. The force applied to the cone through the voice coils usually sees the same distance from the edge of the voice coil to the surround, thus inevitable break-up modes occur and we may have high-Q resonances disturbing frequency response and phase performance."
And now :
" Since April I've had the pleasure of playing around with prototypes of ScanSpeak 38WE/8582T00 driver, the most sophisticated 15" bass driver ever made. Elliptical voice coil and a powerful very open magnet structure. This is not a subwoofer, but a bass driver featuring a fairly light-weight paper cone, delivering agile powerful bass from around 100-150 liter cabinet volume."
Speaker Talk
What do you think? Can elliptical VCs be considered a revolutionary step in speaker design?
Are investments in this new technology justified (audibly) by SS ?
They look very well built and pretty ! 🙂
38WE/8582T00 – Scan-Speak A/S
>Can elliptical VCs be considered a revolutionary step in speaker design?
Well, certainly a lot harder to make than putting a pole piece blank on a lathe and turning it. By the looks of the machine, if you want it, it's going to cost ya - as with anything more difficult to make.
Well, certainly a lot harder to make than putting a pole piece blank on a lathe and turning it. By the looks of the machine, if you want it, it's going to cost ya - as with anything more difficult to make.
But do you think it will have any really audible benefits? (for common mortals, golden ear excluded)
We already know that not everything measurable with instruments is directly perceivable as an improvement in sound ..........
We already know that not everything measurable with instruments is directly perceivable as an improvement in sound ..........