Is there a codex or method, or "secret decoding ring" to ScanSpeak drivers?
For instance, comparing an 18WU/8741T00 to an 18W/8434G00... "18W" is 18 cm woofer, got that... the first "8" after the "/" means it is an 8 ohm nominal driver... got that... but how would I decode that one is an Illuminator and the other is a Discovery? what do the other numbers and letters mean?
j.
For instance, comparing an 18WU/8741T00 to an 18W/8434G00... "18W" is 18 cm woofer, got that... the first "8" after the "/" means it is an 8 ohm nominal driver... got that... but how would I decode that one is an Illuminator and the other is a Discovery? what do the other numbers and letters mean?
j.
With the shared history of Scandinavian speakers such as Scan-Speak, Vifa, Peerless (now all tymphani?) and also Seas which all use somewhat similar coding I think it’s more of a historical evolution aspect deciding the naming of newer drivers rather than a pure logical system. It could be running numbers or some special Id for some unique aspects here and there (like WU = underhung), 41 could be the voice coil diameter. T could somehow mean neo magnet.
Peerless numbers were always a mystery to me, but Vifa (the old Vifa) had some understandable pattern. Seas makes sense, Faital Pro, Emminance too... SB seems very organized in naming...Oh well... as long as I am the only one who can not make sense of it, I know I am not daft...
U after the W is illuminator, E after the first letter is ellipticor
T is titanium vc former, G glass fiber
T is titanium vc former, G glass fiber
... and K is kapton (on the older drivers).
I believe the last digit is the cone material. 0 means coated paper, 1 is uncoated paper and 7 is aluminium (as far as I can work out this is used consistently for the current production drivers?).
Looking at the way that Seas does this as an example, the two middle numbers would be codes for magnet size and voice coil size, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. For the 15W/18W revelators it's the -00 and -01 after the model number that indicates magnet size (00 = large, 01 = small).