Another DIY Ribbon thread

Hi guys 😀

Man, thats bloddy awful, feeling stupid :xeye:

I just cant accept a defeat, so heres another shot...maybe I will have more luck with this one 😱

🙂
 

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Just a short comment ...

I haven't read deeper into what you are writing about in this thread now but scanning the pages it seemed as if you might be talking about e.g. how magnetic fields extend ...

I have had good experience with vizimag, www.vizimag.com, for visualizing magnetic fields.

Happy Easter 🙂 - and hope I didn't miss the point completely ...

Jesper Mønsted
 
a.wayne said:


What no more push - pull , now a curved planer ?


Curved planar ?

No, its ordinary
What you see is a "curved" poleplate
Unfortunately its not simple at all, but quite tricky
And its only to angle the magnets by a few degree
May not be woth the effort
I have also considered to use stronger magnets for the middle row
Have strong magnets relatively close together may also cause issues


No push-pull ?

I have considered the compromises
Pushpull is only good fore low mids/midbass
Even if pushpull Xmax should still be limited, so no bass
So I thought why not just do a midrange/tweet planar
I believe the use of 3 rows of magnets is optimal
Its not too wide, so should handle high frequencies quite well
Andwith the right magnet orientation theres no need fore "passive" signal return wire


But right now, I focus on the Rubanoide 🙂
 
@ a.wayne

- No I can imagine that it doesn't work - I can see that the link has a dot at the end - guess that's why.

The link is www.vizimag.com and the reason why I find this software useful is that to me it is quite intuitive and straightforward to use. It took me about a couple of hours playing with it and then I could use it to visualize magnetic fields etc.

Also, there's a trial version and purchase price is about $40.

Greetings from Denmark,

Jesper
 
@tinitus

Hi,

I've attached an image of a file that I saved while finding out how the program works. The strength of the field lines is displayed while taking the mouse over the lines or may be displayed with various colours as well.

I'm currently gathering solutions to "challenges" that I already know I will run into - vizimag is one of the solutions because - to me - it is quite simple to work with and I don't need a 100% correct calculations.

The actual development period is yet to come ...

Best,

Jesper
 

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That looks doable

I have worked with angled magnets before, and it seems to have some benefits
But it also complicates construction

One point I consider important is about the surface attached to the iron
I believe it will be good practise to have as big surface as possible against the iron
And to have the slim side against the gap
Such magnets are magnetised through the thickness, and are much easier to find
Without having simmed it, I believe it will concentrate the field better in the gap
 
Bandsei which camera did you use to take the photograph of your planar speaker? My camera is very poor and I have many photos to take of my full range planar speakers (8+) pairs I have already built and I am upgrading several pairs as well. Looking at your photo I don't think it will be very sensitive, and will take a lot of watts to get a high volume. The gaps between the magnets is too large in my experience. Thank you Jamesbos.
 
So finally i can show my DIY ribbons with non corrugated foil 😉 I have 0,65 T in the gap. I've winded the trafo to get 4ohms, it works as a super tweeter in my system . I'm very proud of it 😀
 

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I can report to have had a very nice listen to Båndseis new creation, one of many
Sounded real good
Now still only one diaphragm

It happens every time I hear his things, I need one
Well, I have had 18 neo magnets fore some time
Couldnt decide what to do with them
But I think it will be like this

Planar/ribbon hybrid, loose at top and bottom
200mm height and 50mm wide
Horisontal serpentine leads
Horisontal magnets mounted with wood in between
Heavy steel plate on the back
No need fore any glue
Should be very easy to build
My magnet are magnetised through the side, which makes them perfect fore this design
May not be easy to find, but any 1/2" x 1/2" x 1.5" should be easy enough

Actually, the hardest part of building these things are to maintain 100% correct magnet polarity
 

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Fooling around with magnets and copper 🙂

And how the copper seem to influence magnet field

This is interesting because only the flat part of the field is wanted
The part of the field that goes outwards is not wanted as it will make the diaphragm move sidewards
 

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