Okay, I know this is a really bad way to decide on a driver, but bear with me......
Does anyone know of any LF drivers (preferably not too expensive) with semi-transparent cone materials? The kind of thing I'm looking for is like what Mission used to use for their LF drivers in a lot of their ranges about 5 or 6 years ago. I think Scanspeak do a couple of coax drivers with totally transparent cones but they're a bit expensive and not quite what I'm looking for.
The reason i want a semi-transparent diffuse type material is because me and a friend who designs lighting stuff were having a chat over a beer and thought it might be fun to make some gimmick speakers by combining our skills.
Any ideas?
Does anyone know of any LF drivers (preferably not too expensive) with semi-transparent cone materials? The kind of thing I'm looking for is like what Mission used to use for their LF drivers in a lot of their ranges about 5 or 6 years ago. I think Scanspeak do a couple of coax drivers with totally transparent cones but they're a bit expensive and not quite what I'm looking for.
The reason i want a semi-transparent diffuse type material is because me and a friend who designs lighting stuff were having a chat over a beer and thought it might be fun to make some gimmick speakers by combining our skills.
Any ideas?
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Paradigm mini Monitors use a completelly see through cone woofer size 6 + 1/2 inches.You can see the spider and voice coil former moving,when the cone moves.
As for buying drivers,the only see-though drivers i've ever seen is the fullrange water-proof mylar cone type used for door intercoms,pa 100v line arrays.And the wattage for these is pretty low,about 0.1 w rms,to the most powerful of only a pathetic 15w rms.
Paradigm sell parts,but only to companies,repairshops and buisness men,not general public.
Paradigm mini Monitors use a completelly see through cone woofer size 6 + 1/2 inches.You can see the spider and voice coil former moving,when the cone moves.
As for buying drivers,the only see-though drivers i've ever seen is the fullrange water-proof mylar cone type used for door intercoms,pa 100v line arrays.And the wattage for these is pretty low,about 0.1 w rms,to the most powerful of only a pathetic 15w rms.
Paradigm sell parts,but only to companies,repairshops and buisness men,not general public.
transparent drivers
Check car audio subs. I think its been done before--maybe just not in any of this years manuf. current models. You'll have to buy used--search ebay. Can't tell you any manuf. the come to mind. JVC had some that had illuminating dustcaps I believe.
Check car audio subs. I think its been done before--maybe just not in any of this years manuf. current models. You'll have to buy used--search ebay. Can't tell you any manuf. the come to mind. JVC had some that had illuminating dustcaps I believe.
LF drivers with semitransparent cones
Hi Redeye,
take a look here, this might be what You`re searching for:
Seas WT171 or WP171NP
The Seas WP171NP (cone= Polypropylen= PP) is semitransparent.
The Seas WT171 (cone= so called XP material) is almost fully transparent.
I have not checked prices but as far I can recall there are around Euro 80/driver.
I believe Seas also has a somewhat bigger (8") and also smaller (5") LF-drivers with PP-cone but cannot remember the type numbers at the moment - sure You`ll find them with a google search.
There are some other brands of drivers with semitransparent cones (Harbeth, for instance ).
All of them (as far I know) have the cone made from Polypropylene.
Hope this helps a little.
Hi Redeye,
take a look here, this might be what You`re searching for:
Seas WT171 or WP171NP
The Seas WP171NP (cone= Polypropylen= PP) is semitransparent.
The Seas WT171 (cone= so called XP material) is almost fully transparent.
I have not checked prices but as far I can recall there are around Euro 80/driver.
I believe Seas also has a somewhat bigger (8") and also smaller (5") LF-drivers with PP-cone but cannot remember the type numbers at the moment - sure You`ll find them with a google search.
There are some other brands of drivers with semitransparent cones (Harbeth, for instance ).
All of them (as far I know) have the cone made from Polypropylene.
Hope this helps a little.
Re: LF drivers with semitransparent cones
Polypropylene is transparent in its natural state. It also degrades in sunlight.
The very 1st MTMs i built (triangulated TLs/1976) were Harbeth (IIRC) factory units that were claimed to be the 1st use of PP and they were clear.
PP is usually doped because they have a fairly distinctive colouration in their natural state.
The speaker below is an example (found on the side of the road -- its mate suffered from cone failure from UV exposure.
dave
Polypropylene is transparent in its natural state. It also degrades in sunlight.
The very 1st MTMs i built (triangulated TLs/1976) were Harbeth (IIRC) factory units that were claimed to be the 1st use of PP and they were clear.
PP is usually doped because they have a fairly distinctive colouration in their natural state.
The speaker below is an example (found on the side of the road -- its mate suffered from cone failure from UV exposure.
dave
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