Madisound has the Accuron c168-6-890 midbass for $599, down from $925, and while not exactly cheap, I have a pair of Bohzen ribbons that might make a good pairing. Could also make a badass 3 way crossed low to a sub in a shared box. What do you guy's think? I really, really don't need another project, but I just happened to see these.
So proud of myself for NOT ordering a bunch of these today for a line array project. I don't need another "cheap" driver project. I have two pre-projects cooking with the higher end drivers I already have on my shelf.
I miss the good old days of Focal, Audax Max Fidelity, Bravo, Atlantic Tech, Peerless and Peerless of India buyouts, etc... those were great times to learn a lot for a little $.
Yeah - remember when the monthly flier had 6 pages of hifi drivers with a few really great deals? Now it's down to 2 pages and most are Dayton drivers.
Yes! And when they do actually put something decent on sale, it's around 10% off, when it used to be 20% or even more. The last great score I recall were the 8" HDS woofers that I have yet to deploy in a design. Maybe they just aren't moving as many units these days to maintain the same overhead in the raw speaker division. It seems many of us have found quite a few drivers from other vendors to play with in the last few years.
I was wondering about that one too. I really hope it meets the expectations and they can keep the price low. Last I checked, the good old RS180-8 had gone up to over $60!
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At least there is the GF180 for $25... Cheaper than the DC160 and appears to be pretty smooth through the midrange.
I looked at those as well. At $21 each (if you buy a quad) a medium sized tower could work pretty good. Not sure I'd do an MTM with them. Maybe a WWMT with that $25 HiVi dome mid and an affordable tweeter. Could be fun.
Uhh! I hate EGR's! They're so diluting of my intake. Yeah, they may be "cooling" to my overall combustion, but dang, they just throw my ratios all out of stoichiometry!
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Madisound has the Accuron c168-6-890 midbass for $599, down from $925, and while not exactly cheap, I have a pair of Bohzen ribbons that might make a good pairing. Could also make a badass 3 way crossed low to a sub in a shared box. What do you guy's think? I really, really don't need another project, but I just happened to see these.
PE has a couple of the old Epique midrange drivers on clearance still.
Interesting https://parts-express.com/CBT36-Silver-Four-Tweeter-Module-999-278
https://www.parts-express.com/4-Treated-Paper-Cone-Woofer-16-Ohm-299-320
Under $3 for these - might make for a fun and inexpensive triple woofer mini-tower.
So proud of myself for NOT ordering a bunch of these today for a line array project. I don't need another "cheap" driver project. I have two pre-projects cooking with the higher end drivers I already have on my shelf.
This is interesting only to those who remember when the everyday price was around $35.
https://parts-express.com/Bohlender-Graebener-Neo3-PDRW-Planar-Tweeter-with-Back-Cup-264-7601
The GRS knockoff literally is $35, $40 I suppose if you want the back cup.
I haven't heard a B&G neo I didn't like, but yeah, bit pricey now. The GRS stuff seems to be pretty damn close and priced right.
Today it's actually a driver.
Dayton Audio ND105-4 4" Aluminum Cone Midbass, $22.48 each.
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-ND105-4-4-Aluminum-Cone-Midbass-Driver-4-Ohm-290-212
I just used that in a small build. Awesome little fellow.
Indeed you did. That's an overachiever tweeter as well. There you go, peeps!
https://diy.midwestaudio.club/discussion/comment/29955
Regular price on the ND105 is now $30? Didn't those start off at $13 when they first came out? I think that's what I paid.
Look, another flashlight! Weeeee
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ordered 15 flashlights so I could get free shipping.
Smooth move there Ex-lax
I miss the good old days of Focal, Audax Max Fidelity, Bravo, Atlantic Tech, Peerless and Peerless of India buyouts, etc... those were great times to learn a lot for a little $.
You mean Bravox?
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Yeah - remember when the monthly flier had 6 pages of hifi drivers with a few really great deals? Now it's down to 2 pages and most are Dayton drivers.
And at regular prices...
Ummm you obviously knew what I meant to type captain extra grace required 😱
"captain extra grace required"
I don't even know what that means...
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Yes! And when they do actually put something decent on sale, it's around 10% off, when it used to be 20% or even more. The last great score I recall were the 8" HDS woofers that I have yet to deploy in a design. Maybe they just aren't moving as many units these days to maintain the same overhead in the raw speaker division. It seems many of us have found quite a few drivers from other vendors to play with in the last few years.
At least there is the GF180 for $25... Cheaper than the DC160 and appears to be pretty smooth through the midrange.
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I was wondering about that one too. I really hope it meets the expectations and they can keep the price low. Last I checked, the good old RS180-8 had gone up to over $60!
SALE!!!!!!! On all out of stock items. Those jackasses.
https://www.jfcomponents.com/
I looked at those as well. At $21 each (if you buy a quad) a medium sized tower could work pretty good. Not sure I'd do an MTM with them. Maybe a WWMT with that $25 HiVi dome mid and an affordable tweeter. Could be fun.
If you look around the group meeting and can't figure out who the EGR person is.... it is probably you! LOL
That's not a phrase I'm familiar with either, but the internet search result knows all about it so I guess it's a real thing
We all need a little extra grace from time to time..
Uhh! I hate EGR's! They're so diluting of my intake. Yeah, they may be "cooling" to my overall combustion, but dang, they just throw my ratios all out of stoichiometry!