Datasheets, buff....
See how you cannot tell customers the naked truth?They always know more than the designers...
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Datasheets, buff....
They always know more than the designers...
If it looks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
We'll no for sure when people make some independent measurements.
Edit: It could be that that is exactly what the designers wanted, I know quite a lot of people who love highly coloured sound. Nothing wrong with that.
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That's correct. In reality it looks different though, the vast majority of the buyers want 'slimmer, smaller!' - and the industry answers with smaller drivers with low spl and more excursion. And ofcourse that leads to longer voice coil windings, to make up for the low spl, power capability has to go up, the diameter of the VC has to increase too, which makes the coil again heavier. Small- and big-scale dynamics suffer but noone will notice anyway with all the loudness-war-compression-madness, right? And it looks soo nice and with all the technical stuff the manufacturer promises, it's ofcourse the best thing ever since the invention of sliced bread. So the average joe buys it. And there you have it, the circle is complete, the look and the technical mumbo jumbo doesn't allow for oval drivers (remember, the ScanSpeak is actually round?) besides niche market.
Though, honestly, I doubt the optics of the cone makes this one a main attraction.
Well, the HD3P was very interesting but it was only oval to lessen radial foil resonance. Maybe the D3404/552000 tweeter actually gets some advantages from the shape, the diaphragma size is unusually big, so it probably improves the radiating pattern.
Exactly! While I can see possible advantages from the shape at the tweeter, I cannot imagine the oval VC provides any benefits to a round cone/driver - except for being that unicorn some ppl have to have.
That's exactly what I already said! It doesn't make sense to do something different just to be different, if it doesn't provide any advantages.
Oh, believe me, they won't be cheap.
I expect them to have a suggested retail price of about 500. >> Oh, well <<
J/K, I totally agree with you there, that WILL show.
People read what they want to read, not what's written - so you shouldn't be upset over a trolling comment. I was quite surprised that there were so little of it so far...
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And these show better curves than the new ones?
Because all the buzz generated in this thread is based on our individual likes/dislikes on curves esthetics, nothing more i'm afraid.... And of course, as usual, I AM the troll, lol...
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I didn't care much for Scans ether thinking them overpriced and underperforming with mid bass drivers with irritating rising responses. Their interpretation of the XT25 in the Discovery range and their redoing of the vifa P 17 turned me around. Having been burnt by the nasty Chinese P17 seeing quality of these actually improve beyond all former incarnations was like a breath of fresh air. After hearing their 10F fullrangers and the 7100 tweeters I'm not afraid to admit a bit of a fan. Still a bit hit & miss subjecively sound wise on some models but the quality of construction is undeniably excellent
Fault... I'd rather say this thread is part of their marketing plan...
As it is not too important if a majority don't like and criticize a product when a small minority really loves it, I guess for the moment they are not too unhappy with the result...
I'm not sure that there's "no bad publicity" policy in speaker manufacturer world.
If it is someones plan, it's a lousy one.
If you find it bad, it might simply be that you don't belong to the target.
If i find it good, i might be a potential prospect.
As commented before there exist totally different animals in SS ranges, to suit the taste of different animals too, included trolls...
Btw, I like drivers with rising response, and these tweeters have catched my eye, same as i find nothing appealing at all in the 7100 response, pistonic or not pistonic, Be or not Be...