I was wondering how good are these Dayton RS series metal cone woofers?
From what I read, metal cone or other stiff-cone woofers generate the cleanest bass, provided the xo includes sharp notch filters to clean out the resonance peaks. Considering that there are high-quality designs using the Seas Excel woofers with their very sharp peaks, I guess such xo's are worth trying. Not only that, it seems (from their FR graphs) that they have smooth responses reaching quite high for their diameters, if the peaks can be removed.
So, while looking for high-quality metal-cone woofers, I chanced upon the Dayton RS series. They seem to have some of the features found in much more expensive Seas and SS drivers, and they come in all sizes from 5" to 10". But how good are they?
I also found the slightly more expensive HiVi Ma series drivers, but HiVi doesn't seem to have anything at 10".
Any experiences or opinions? I was thinking of using 2 Dayton RS 10" woofers per side in a three-way design some day, together with some good metal mids (the HiVi B3S comes to mind, or even the CSS WR driver, both of them have received such positive feedback from you all) and perhaps a good metal dome tweeter. Alternately, try a two-way standmount with one 8" Dayton RS woofer and one tweeter per side.
So, can you please tell me something about these RS series woofers? Is there any other 10" (or even 8") high-quality metal-cone woofer at comparable prices that you feel I should look at? When I ask how good, I mean will they be much better than Dayton's paper-cone woofers in terms of accurate bass (for music, not HT)?
From what I read, metal cone or other stiff-cone woofers generate the cleanest bass, provided the xo includes sharp notch filters to clean out the resonance peaks. Considering that there are high-quality designs using the Seas Excel woofers with their very sharp peaks, I guess such xo's are worth trying. Not only that, it seems (from their FR graphs) that they have smooth responses reaching quite high for their diameters, if the peaks can be removed.
So, while looking for high-quality metal-cone woofers, I chanced upon the Dayton RS series. They seem to have some of the features found in much more expensive Seas and SS drivers, and they come in all sizes from 5" to 10". But how good are they?
I also found the slightly more expensive HiVi Ma series drivers, but HiVi doesn't seem to have anything at 10".
Any experiences or opinions? I was thinking of using 2 Dayton RS 10" woofers per side in a three-way design some day, together with some good metal mids (the HiVi B3S comes to mind, or even the CSS WR driver, both of them have received such positive feedback from you all) and perhaps a good metal dome tweeter. Alternately, try a two-way standmount with one 8" Dayton RS woofer and one tweeter per side.
So, can you please tell me something about these RS series woofers? Is there any other 10" (or even 8") high-quality metal-cone woofer at comparable prices that you feel I should look at? When I ask how good, I mean will they be much better than Dayton's paper-cone woofers in terms of accurate bass (for music, not HT)?