Section 8 - Recommended wide/full-range drivers
Wednesday, 09-Jul-2008, 11:08:45 GMT
Last modified: 25-Mar-2007, 19:49:54 GMT

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Introduction
Glossary

Drivers under 8" in diameter
Drivers 8" in diameter or larger


Recommended wide/full-range drivers summary:

The following tables summarize the significant specifications of all recommended wide-range and full-range drivers.

Notes:

  1. Most frequency range data is supplied by the vendors, often without any tolerance specified. Where backup data (e.g. curves or independent tests) are available, the manufacturers' specs may be modified to more closely match the measured data.

  2. To conserve columnar space, "RLA" means RL Acoustique.


Glossary

Glossary - driver types:

Abbreviation Description
BWT Bending wave transducer.
Coax Coaxial 2-way.
Coinc Coincident 2-way.
Conv Conventional driver.
Dual Dual cone.
DualP Dual cone with phase plug.
Triax Triaxial 3-way.

Glossary - cone materials:

Material Description
Metal Metal, usually aluminum.
Paper Coated, impregnated, laminated or reinforced paper.
Poly Unspecified polymer.
PP Polypropylene.
MSW Manger's proprietary bending wave plastic diaphragm.
S/M JBL's proprietary sandwich paper w/ coincident metal dome.
XP Seas' proprietary clear TPX/PP alloy.

Glossary - Crossover legend:

Abbreviation Description
Extl External electrical.
Intl Internal electrical.
Mech Internal physical.
None No crossover required.

Driver voltage sensitivity legend:

Sensitivity in dB/2.83V/m Background color
< 87
87 - 89
90 - 92
> 92


Recommended full/wide range drivers under 8" (sorted by diameter and price):

Vendor Model Size
(Inches)		 Type Material Price
($ USD)		 Range
Hz		 Znom
(Ohms)		 dB/
2.83V/
m		 Power
(Watts)		 Crossover
Bandor 50ASW/4 2" Conv Metal 75 100-22k 4 87 75 None
Bandor 50AFSW/8 2" Conv Metal 75 100-16k 8 84 75 None
Bandor 50ADW/16 2" Conv Metal 75 100-22k 16 81 75 None
Jordan JX53 2" Conv Metal 87 200-22k 5 86 100 None
Audax HP080M0 3" Conv Paper 17 150-18k 6 85 25 None
Audax AP080M4 2 3" Conv Paper 19 150-18k 6 83 25 None
Aura NS3-193-8-S43 2 3" Conv Aluminum 25 80-15k 8 81 15 None
Fostex FE108EΣ 4" Conv Paper 85 80-20k 8 90 24 None
Jordan JX92 5" Conv Metal 109 80-15k 6 86 50 None
Seas H487 5.5" Coinc PP 74 150-22k * 1 89 110 Extl
Fostex FE167E 2 6" Dual Paper 95 55-15k 8 94 65 None
Morel Integra-6 6" Coax Paper 138 55-20k 4 91 125 Intl
Seas H489 6.5" Coinc PP 76 40-22k * 1 89 100 Extl
Seas H723 6.5" Coinc XP 83 40-22k * 1 87 80 Extl
Seas H653 2 6.5" Coinc PP 85 40-22k * 1 89 100 Extl
Seas H825 2 6.5" Coinc XP 90 40-22k * 1 87 90 Extl
Seas H1144 2 6.5" Coinc XP 111 40-25k * 1 87 80 Extl
PHL 1240TWX 6.5" Coinc Paper 149 50-20k * 3 90 100 Extl
ATD 17LB 6.5" Conv Paper 169 65-9k 8 92 100 None
Supravox 165LB 6.5" Conv Paper 210 60-19k 4 95 35 None
Lowther DX45 6.5" DualP Paper 600 80-20k 8 93 100 None
Lowther DX55 6.5" DualP Paper 725 80-22k 8 94 100 None
Triangle C55T17FLV608 7" Conv Paper 225 60-15k 12 92 40 None

Notes:

  1. The Seas units have 8 Ω mid/bass drivers and 6 Ω tweeters.
  2. Shielded driver.
  3. The PHL 1240TWX has a 16 Ω mid/bass and a 6 Ω tweeter


Recommended full/wide range drivers 8" or larger (sorted by diameter and price):

Vendor Model Size
(Inches)		 Type Material Price
($ USD)		 Range
Hz		 Znom
(Ohms)		 dB/
2.83V/
m		 Power
(Watts)		 Crossover
Pioneer B20FU20-51W 8" Dual Paper 20 36-17k 8 94 120 None
Fostex FE206E 8" Dual Paper 84 40-20k 8 96 90 None
Morel Integra-8 8" Coax Paper 148 45-20k 4 91 150 Intl
Fostex FE208EΣ 8" Dual Paper 175 42-14k 8 97 40 None
B&C 8CX21 8" Coax Paper 245 70-20k 8 94 400 Extl
Fertin FLB20D40S 8" Dual Paper 250 35-23k 8 96 50 None
PHY-HP H21LB15 8" Conv Paper 483 45-10k 15 98 50 None
Fertin FLB20D40EX 1 8" Dual Paper 650 35-21k 8 96 50 None
Manger W050/1,2.2 8" BWT MSW 595 180-33k 4/8 91 400 None
Supravox 215RTF 8" Conv Paper 210 50-10k 8 98 35 None
Supravox 215-2000 8" Conv Paper 1240 50-20k 4 100 30 None
Supravox 215-2000EXC 2 8" Conv Paper 1240 50-20k 4 98-100 3 30 None
Lowther PM6A 9" DualP Paper 740 30-20k 8/15 96 100 None
Lowther DX3 9" DualP Paper 900 30-22k 8/15 97 100 None
Lowther EX3 9" DualP Paper 900 30-22k 8/15 97 100 None
Lowther PM2A 9" DualP Paper 1220 30-20k 8/15 97 100 None
Lowther PM5A 9" DualP Paper 1550 30-20k 8/15 98 100 None
Lowther DX4 9" DualP Paper 1650 30-22k 8/15 97 100 None
Lowther EX4 9" DualP Paper 1760 30-22k 8/15 97 100 None
Lowther PM4A 9" DualP Paper 2000 30-20k 8/15 98 100 None
AER MK-1 9" DuapP Paper 2000 20-21k 16 102 55 None
RLA REPS R-1 9" DuapP Paper 4500 40-20k 8 100 55 None
Adire HE10.1 10" Coinc Paper 150 4 50-20k 8 95 250 Extl
Adire HE12.1 12" Coinc Paper 185 4 40-20k 8 96 250 Extl
PHY-HP H30LB15 12" Conv Paper 765 36-8k 16 97 90 None
PHY-HP KM30 12" Coinc Paper 900 36-20k 16 97 90 Extl
German-Physiks DDD N.A. BWT Metal 1950 150-19k 4 91 120 None

Notes:

  1. This Fertin unit uses an electromagnet field coil requiring 12 Volts at 2 Amps.
  2. The Supravox EXC units use electromagnet field coils requiring 8-12 Volts at 2 Amps.
  3. The sensitivity of the Supravox EXC units varies with field coil voltage.
  4. Adire coincident drivers are sold in pairs with all crosover components.




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