What are your favorite drivers ?

[fatmarley]

SEAS CA18RLY
SEAS 22TFF
both sound excellent and are easy to work with

Doubt you'd do much better for the price. Should make some excellent little speakers.

 

[larryldspkr]

SB Acoustics drivers, very good not over priced!

Larry

 

[adason]

Most favorite tweeter...hivi planar, because its clean
Even lower hivi planars are good

I use ribbon tweeters too, but they needs more attention in crossover, steeper.

Little dayton 3/4" domes are great.
For upper mids, i used 2" dayton domes, very natural.

For reference mid, i use dayton aluminium reference series mids, 4", great sound.

Woofers...many...

 

[andy2]

Seas Excel T29D001 Diamond Dome Tweeters. The only problem is I can't afford them but other than that, perfect and perfectly symmetric.

 

[ErnieM]

BMS, B&C, 18Sound, etc.

Can't beat well engineered prosound components for good dynamic tracking with clarity.

Don't like horns? Try a compression driver without one and implement accordingly. Will get you dome like sound with much more output potential.

 

[Bill poster]

lm.

Seas Excel T29D001 Diamond Dome Tweeters. The only problem is I can't afford them but other than that, perfect and perfectly symmetric.

BMS, B&C, 18Sound, etc.

Can't beat well engineered prosound components for good dynamic tracking with clarity.

Don't like horns? Try a compression driver without one and implement accordingly. Will get you dome like sound with much more output potential.

Hello,


1- TAD TD-4001
2- Maggie long tweeter (from the 20.7)
3- Aryton Senna, but that's different hobby


After this is more a mix of many things : filter, enclosure, amp, sources made huge difference : many speakers are good, most sources are not ! Listening room is a complex thing too.


Just my thoughts and experience, YMMV.

 

[Charles Darwin]

Generally speaking for cones BMS, Faital and Volt.

Tweeter-wise it is hard to better the XT25BG and the Scanspeak D2608/913000 (Peerless 810921) for any money.
That said a few Vifa/Peerless D26NC are still available here:
Peerless D26NC-56-06 Tweeter

 

[andy2]

lm.

Loud.

 

[nigelwright7557]

My favourite speaker is a W bin with a 1980's Fane 12-50WRMS driver.

In 1980 I used four of them in 2off 2 by 12inch cabinets for a mobile disco.
Great sound and very loud.
I have tried other drivers since but never been impressed with them.

 

[Sjef]

PhyHp H21lb15 with ESS air motion transformers because I have been listening to them for the last 14 years without any listening fatigue and always came back at them after experimenting with other drivers.

Second, Decca London Ribbons. Yes these do have horn colouration, after all they are old fashioned exponential horns but they are sooooo lush and detailed you simply can't stop listening to them.

 

[Flaxxer]

I can't add much, with my limited experience in DIY speakers. But to echo Sjef, directly above, I have been owning/listening to high end speakers for 30+ years, and after owing monopole Heil AMTs, I would struggle to go back to anything else for the highs. Cymbals and voices sound more lifelike than anything else I have heard. With more attack, and perceived speed.

 

[hazard500]

Bohlend Graebener BG75. I use them with 1st order XO 500Hz all the way up. And hey can still handle 200W. Try doing that with your Vifa tweeter.

 

[dtaylo3]

I think the ScanSpeak 5" Revelators are very tough to beat. I also think the SEAS Nextel cone speakers are fantastic. SB Acoustics are the best bang for the buck, pretty much across the board. Super high quality and sound at much more affordable prices than some others.