Does anyone here have any experience with the TC9 driver? There have been a few threads here an on Madisound about the TC2+ (which looks like a terrific driver), but little to no mention of the TC9. It looks like it is optimized for small sealed enclosures, having low Q, lower Fs, a stronger motor, and increased power handling. Of course, it is also more expensive. Just a slight increase in linear Xmax, but it looks like quite a bit of an increase in motor linearity within that range (the TC9 looks suspension limited).
The TC2+ was hailed as a great low distortion driver. I can't find any such measurements on the TC9 - are there any out there? Any comments in general on this driver?
The TC2+ was hailed as a great low distortion driver. I can't find any such measurements on the TC9 - are there any out there? Any comments in general on this driver?
hiya
I dont think many people wouldve heard of,or experienced one. Personally i would like to use one on a basshorn for ultra goodness!
Linearity is so important. Tcsounds seems to have this as a priority.
Klippel.de has alot of large signal linearity information
Cheers!
I dont think many people wouldve heard of,or experienced one. Personally i would like to use one on a basshorn for ultra goodness!
Linearity is so important. Tcsounds seems to have this as a priority.
Klippel.de has alot of large signal linearity information
Cheers!
A few people have purchased it from SoundSplinter and posted about it in their forums. Nothing but praise.
http://www.soundsplinter.com/otherstuff.html
-Robert
http://www.soundsplinter.com/otherstuff.html
-Robert
Apparently the specs given on TCSounds website are out of date (strange for a manufacturer to not have the most recent info on their own products 🙂 ). The single spider TC9 has I believe been essentially completely replaced with the dial spider design, having higher Fs and differences in Q's. Still models really well for a small box design, and the motor and suspension appear at least as linear as the well-regarded TC2+.
Looks like the primary benefit is the increased power handling and a suspension designed to actually cope with sustained high excursions. Again good for small sealed boxes, if the distortion is low. Power compression is the biggest unknown...
Looks like the primary benefit is the increased power handling and a suspension designed to actually cope with sustained high excursions. Again good for small sealed boxes, if the distortion is low. Power compression is the biggest unknown...
WOW! 😱
That is amazing. Ultra flat BL curve, much more so than Adire's XBL motors! Almost seems too good to be true to achieve such a flat BL curve. I wonder how linear the suspension is however ...
That is amazing. Ultra flat BL curve, much more so than Adire's XBL motors! Almost seems too good to be true to achieve such a flat BL curve. I wonder how linear the suspension is however ...
Hi paul.
oh my goodness.iwas looking at the first graph,thinkn oh thats not bad...
Look at that BL /X graph!!
what have they done - typed into their cray super computer and clicked 'linearise'! 1
oh my goodness.iwas looking at the first graph,thinkn oh thats not bad...
Look at that BL /X graph!!
what have they done - typed into their cray super computer and clicked 'linearise'! 1
Maybe they have modified the way they wind their coils to compensate for the loss of magnetic flux as you move out from the centre position.
I don't think you can fairly discard it like that.
I don't think you can fairly discard it like that.
BAM said:
I wonder if that is actually the same driver. Doesn't Stryke get its drivers from TC Sounds? I'm pretty sure the AV and HE were both from TC.
TC Sounds and Stryke Audio have had a bit of a falling out when TC Sounds didn't want to spend as much time takng care of quality issues in Stryke's drivers when they had bigger customers to worry about, like SV Subwoofers. John now is working on building woofers in-house from custom parts. They will be similar, if not superior, in consistency, quality, and reliability, to the TC Sounds drivers. John Janowitz, proprietor of AE Speakers (the new name of Stryke Audio), hinted that whatever trick his motor design uses, it does not use the winding trick. If you look at the 3D rendering of the TC Sounds LMT woofer, you can see the extra layer of windings at the bottom and top of the voice coil.
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