New Excel driver C16N001/F

[kamppi]

Hi,

Seas have released new driver in their Excel line. This coaxial C16N001/F looks pretty interesting.

C16N001/F

Simulation in WinISD showed -3dB at 32Hz in 20 liter cabinet.

Have anyone tried this driver?

/jarno

 

[qubix]

Hi!

I have also noticed that new excel

Seas says that soon enclosure and crossover recommendations will be given on their webpage. I wonder what the xover will look like.

Some time ago i have tried the H0487 MP14RE/XF. Quite interesting from speaker-builder's-learning-curve point of view

The biggest issue of seas coaxes is the tweeter dome loading by the curve of the woofer membrane. And not-so-high quality of the domes themselves.

Looks like the dome in the new excel is the same as in H1333-08/06 T18RE/XFCTV2. At least i haven't noticed anything that would state otherwise....

regards

 

[jerome69]

This driver is now official. An oem driver from Lyon ;-) was existed since a long time. It is not the same than SEAS because it's a 8 ohms impedance and it's a 6.5".

See here : http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1055&t=29770316
Sorry, in french.

Pictures :
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/download/file.php?id=33222

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[obiwan]

The cheaper Seas Prestige coaxial seems to have a much better tweeter response than this new Excel.

 

[kamppi]

I do not know what kind of tweeter system C16N001/F has. It might be pretty similar to prestige line coaxials.

Jerome, your speakers look very nice

 

[kamppi]

Looks like that Seas has produced coaxial drivers with Excel line technology for a while.

http://www.nomad-audio.com

They have had coaxial Seas 8" in their speakers and at least 6moons have liked their speakers.

 

[gheri]

Hi!
Seas says that soon enclosure and crossover recommendations will be given on their webpage. I wonder what the xover will look like.

http://www.seas.no/images/stories/excel/coaxial/app_note/c16appnote.pdf

consider the SPL measurement is 15 degrees off-axis

Looks like that Seas has produced coaxial drivers with Excel line technology for a while.

http://www.audiodata-hifi.de/produkte/ambiance.html
and the models Petite, Partout, Avance

 

[DcibeL]

On-axis performance looks pretty terrible. Looks like this driver is only a good choice if you will never be listening directly in front of the speaker. It's almost as though they just plopped a tweeter in the middle of an Excel driver and expected it to work right.

For CAD$370, this driver's frequency response should be regarded as completely unacceptable. I'll stick with buying the woofer and tweeter separately, and dealing with the phase alignment by electrical and/or mechanical means.

 

[audioguppy]

On-axis performance looks pretty terrible. Looks like this driver is only a good choice if you will never be listening directly in front of the speaker. It's almost as though they just plopped a tweeter in the middle of an Excel driver and expected it to work right..

DSP time alignment might fix that otherwise you could be at a crossover null. I’m very curious about these kind of drivers because of my recent listening to Genelec monitors. Would love a diy Genelec type option