New Tang Band Full Range Drivers at PE

[Tom V]

3.5" 4", 5", 6.5", and 8", all with Bamboo cones.

The three smaller ones all have qts in the 30's, the two big ones have whizzer cones and qt. in the 40's.

Tang Band W3-2141 3" Paper Cone Full Range Driver 8 Ohm

Tang Band W4-2142 4" Paper Cone Full Range Driver 8 Ohm

Tang Band W5-2143 5" Paper Cone Full Range Driver 8 Ohm

Tang Band W6-2144 6-1/2" Paper Cone Full Range Driver 8 Ohm

Tang Band W8-2145 8" Paper Cone Full Range Driver 8 Ohm

 

[norman bates]

good looking 8" for the price, nice flatish response.

Phase plug not tall enough ?

Such a deep cone makes for a smaller dispersion than a normal 8" with whizzer.

Norman

 

[GM]

Ooh, I think I'm in lust! 😀 A 'little dab'll do ya' of rubber cement on the phase plug to tame the peak and 'away we go' in a MLTL if its published specs haven't been 'sanitized' too much, though with such a low Qms, a BLH is theoretically a better option. Wish it had at least 2x the Vas though for more efficiency, theoretically better 'inner detail'.

GM

 

[CharlieLaub]

I bought a pair of the 3" ones to use as a wide range tweeter. Some initial and brief testing shows that it is decent enough, but it doesn't blow my mind by doing something that I didn't expect from this kind of driver.

 

[freddi]

- plug's tall nuff to take care of cavity resonance - love to try the 8" for a Karlsonator but already have 1772/BetsyK,BG20,AN8, etc.

 

[norman bates]

Is a .44 qts strong enough for a karlson ?

 

[GM]

Way back when, drivers and/or systems with as much as 0.6 Qt [EV + tube amp] for one were common and even the Altec 604 and its 'clones' it was designed for was around 0.42 Qt with an Altec or similar amp.

GM

 

[freddi]

I think 0.44 would play in a Karlsonator and would work in a regular K12