Audax drivers HM170Z0 and HM170Z16 experience?

[seasound]

Hi there,

any experience with the current Audax production?
Proraum does not offer the Z0 anymore, because
of being different to the older ones.
Anyway, I try to decide between HM170Z0 and HM170Z16
for an 3-way MTM project. It is active and DSP controlled.
The bass-mid drivers range would be about 90-1100 Hz.
For the purpose I am using Visaton W17E at the moment.
These are quite good for the money, but I would buy the
Audax drivers if there would be an improvement.
One reason for choosing them is that I don't need to build
new baffles. Also I am curious about them for a long time.
My goal is that they fit well to my Stage Accompany ribbon
tweeters.

I got these data from AARV:
Paramètres haut-parleur de THIELE et SMALL, sans filtre ni ampli
Paramètres haut-parleur de THIELE et SMALL, sans filtre ni ampli

It seems the parameters are the same. Confusing....

I would appreciate any help or insights 🙂

Kind regards,
Christian

 

[turboyam]

I'm a huge fan of the Audax PR170MO's. They are un-treated paper cones. The ones you are interested in have treated paper, and were for an OEM company, if memory serves me right. You would never regret those, they sound awesome. They are closer to 95db/spl tho, not 100. The M)'s have a flat foam surround.

 

[seasound]

Thank you! These seem to be interesting. But I cannot use them
as they have a different basket form. I cannot replace the
Visatons with them.