All items tagged with Vance Dickason (292)
Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver
December 18, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver

The B&C Speakers DE640-16 Compression Driver is a 1.4" exit design, which along with the recent DCM414 midrange and the DE360 models represent a line of two-point suspension ring radiator type compression diaphragms. The DE640-16 features a 65mm (2.6") Polymer diaphragm and neodymium ring magnet and is specified for a recommended crossover frequency around 1kHz, and a 140W continuous power rating. For this Test Bench, the DE640-16 was matched with the Eighteen Sound XT1464 elliptical flare horn.
Read more...
Test Bench: The M3 Carbon Midrange Car/Home Audio Transducer from Stereo Integrity
December 4, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The M3 Carbon Midrange Car/Home Audio Transducer from Stereo Integrity

This Test Bench explores an interesting transducer from Stereo Integrity, a company founded in 2001, targeting the home and automotive audio markets. The Stereo Integrity M3 is a 3.5" carbon fiber midrange driver with neodymium motor, only 52mm (2") in depth. The M3 includes a black woven carbon fiber/paper sandwich curvilinear cone and 1.1 convex dust cap, with suspension provided by a synthetic copolymer surround plus a flat 55mm diameter cloth spider.
Read more...
Test Bench: B&C Speakers 1” DH450-8 Compression Driver
November 21, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: B&C Speakers 1” DH450-8 Compression Driver

The DH450-8 ultra-compact compression driver from B&C Speakers incorporates a 1.7" high temperature Polymer diaphragm driven by a 44mm voice coil wound with aluminum wire on a high Qm Kapton former. Its most fascinating feature is the patent-pending phase plug with a deliberately twisted internal channel, which is intended to improve the overall frequency response. For this characterization, the DH450-8 1" neodymium driver is measured along with the B&C Speakers ME10v2 90x60 hyperbolic cosine flare horn, made from injection-molded ABS. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2024
Read more...
Test Bench: Scan-Speak D3004/606200 Tweeter from Its Illuminator Line
November 6, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Scan-Speak D3004/606200 Tweeter from Its Illuminator Line

The Scan-Speak D3004/606200 is a 1" compact tweeter from its Illuminator Line, and features the new generation of Metamodal TPCD diaphragms. Scan-Speak has been participating in Composite Sound's metamodal development program, and the new D3404 tweeter is the first to be released. It features a low resonance, injection-molded rear chamber, SD-2 neodymium motor, large-roll coated cloth surround, and black anodized machined aluminum faceplate. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, July 2024.
Read more...
Test Bench: Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 Classic Line 5.5" Woofer
October 23, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 Classic Line 5.5" Woofer

This Test Bench characterizes the new Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 woofer, which fills the gap in the Classic family for a compact high-performance 5.5” (15cm) midbass driver. It is based on the design principles of the popular 18W/8545 continuing the tradition with a slim frame aluminum chassis, Symmetrical Drive (SD) motor system, low loss linear rubber suspension, and updated with a brand-new cone material called Phenomax.
Read more...
Test Bench: Faital Pro's 10PR330 10" PA Woofer
October 2, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Faital Pro's 10PR330 10" PA Woofer

The 10PR330 is Faital Pro's new high-power handling 10" woofer intended for line arrays and large PA systems, or as a midbass driver in multiway systems — and apparently it has also been also used successfully in bass guitar applications. The cone assembly for the Faital Pro 10PR330 woofer consists of a curvilinear paper cone along with a very stiff coated dust cap. Compliance is supplied by a coated polycotton cloth M-roll type surround and from a cloth-type flat spider.
Read more...
Test Bench: The Faital Pro 5HX140 5" Pro Sound Coaxial Driver
September 18, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The Faital Pro 5HX140 5" Pro Sound Coaxial Driver

The 5HX140 5" coaxial driver from Faital Pro is built on a cast-aluminum frame, with a water-resistant coated paper cone and pleated M-type fabric surround, and an acoustically transparent cloth dust cap over the compression driver conical horn. The high-frequency compression driver has its own neodymium ring magnet motor system that drives the 25mm Kapton dome shaped diaphragm, with a voice coil also wound with aluminum wire on a Kapton former. This diaphragm fires into a short 90° aluminum conical-shaped horn.
Read more...
Test Bench: W4-2315 Home Audio 4.5" Coaxial Driver from TB Speaker
September 12, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: W4-2315 Home Audio 4.5" Coaxial Driver from TB Speaker

This Test Bench characterizes the highly original W4-2315 4.5" paper cone coaxial design from Tang Band (TB) Speaker. This small diameter coaxial transducer is a great new example of this genre for home audio applications, any high-performance small two-way speaker, or even a studio monitor design. The W4-2315 combines a very shallow curved profile bamboo fiber and paper cone with an aluminum inverted dome tweeter suspended by a cloth surround.
Read more...
Test Bench: The UF 295 CBS Ultra-Thin 10” Subwoofer from Neotera
July 31, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The UF 295 CBS Ultra-Thin 10” Subwoofer from Neotera

Another exciting driver from Neotera, the UF 295 CBS is a new ultra-thin 10" subwoofer primarily intended for high-quality applications in home audio or automotive systems. The UF 295 CBS impresses immediately with its single piece black anodized concave cone assembly suspended by two large rubber surrounds, one on each side, not using a spider for compliance. The cone is driven at its perimeter by a large aluminum voice coil and a unique motor structure of 72 neodymium bar magnets, covered by no less than 10 international patents. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, April 2024.
Read more...
Test Bench: The SIG180-4 6.5” Woofer from Dayton Audio’s Signature Series
July 10, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The SIG180-4 6.5” Woofer from Dayton Audio’s Signature Series

Dayton Audio’s SIG180-4 is part of a woofer series with five cost-effective, high-performance models, ranging from 4” to 10”. All drivers include single-piece concave aluminum cones, polyimide vented voice coil formers, open cast-aluminum frames, plus indexed shallow transition NBR surrounds. Rated for 80W RMS power handling capacity, the SIG180-4 woofer features a FEA-optimized ferrite motor design and a 1.25” voice coil wound with round copper wire.
Read more...