All items tagged with compression drivers (134)
Oberton Celebrates 30 Years at Prolight+Sound 2019 and Introduces New Products
April 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Oberton Celebrates 30 Years at Prolight+Sound 2019 and Introduces New Products

Oberton Professional Loudspeakers celebrated 30 years in business at the 2019 Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt. Oberton used the opportunity to promote its latest product catalog and introduced several new models, including the 10NHCX and the 15H4CX72, new 10" and 15" members of the company's extended range of coaxial drivers; the new 18NSW700, a high-power 18" neodymium woofer with low Mms; and two new 2" and 1,5" neodymium compression drivers with 4" voice coils, the NDC72-16 and ND100-16. VC
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Test Bench: Radian Audio Engineering 475PB 1-Inch Compression Driver
April 10, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Radian Audio Engineering 475PB 1-Inch Compression Driver

In this Test Bench I characterized the 475PB, a 1" compression driver from Radian Audio Engineering. The 475PB has a similar set of features as Radian’s 745PB. This includes a 1” throat diameter, a 134 mm × 19 mm ferrite magnet motor, and the most important feature—a proprietary processed and hardened aerospace-grade aluminum alloy diaphragm over a three-slit phase plug. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, January 2019.
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New FaitalPro HF1440 Compression Driver Extends Frequency Response and Power in a Compact Format
April 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New FaitalPro HF1440 Compression Driver Extends Frequency Response and Power in a Compact Format

As previously reported, FaitalPRO attended Prolight+Sound 2019 in full force and with many new products to unveil, all with great appeal for the professional audio market. The renowned Italian manufacturer of professional loudspeakers announced several new low frequency drivers, as well as the HF1440, a new 1.4" high-power neodymium compression driver that is now a top of the range product in the brand's catalog, joining an already outstanding series of really compact high frequency drivers.
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Celestion Features Big Red Horn for Axi2050 Axiperiodic Driver at Prolight+Sound 2019
April 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Features Big Red Horn for Axi2050 Axiperiodic Driver at Prolight+Sound 2019

Visitors to the NAMM 2019 show new AAC North halls couldn’t help noticing a Celestion booth prominently featuring a big red horn. That second Celestion booth at the show, was used by the British manufacturer to specifically promote its professional audio products and services to OEM’s. That same bespoke Big Red Horn was now displayed with the cutting-edge Axi2050 wideband axiperiodic compression driver at the 2019 Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt.
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B&C Speakers Debuts DCX464 Coaxial Compression Driver
April 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

B&C Speakers Debuts DCX464 Coaxial Compression Driver

B&C Speakers' engineers have been working for the last five years on a family of next generation high frequency devices. The result is the DCX464, a new time coherent coaxial ring radiator design with a neodymium magnet assembly, which the company believes will open new horizons for the professional audio industry. The 1.4” horn throat diameter of the DCX464 delivers a complete response from 300 to 18000 Hz thanks to a patent pending design that combines both diaphragms. VC
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Test Bench: Radian Audio Engineering 745PB 1.4” Compression Driver
March 27, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Radian Audio Engineering 745PB 1.4” Compression Driver

In this Test Bench I characterized the 745PB 1.4” compression driver from Radian Audio Engineering. Based in Orange, CA, Radian is a serious player in the OEM loudspeaker component business, the sound contractor/fixed installation market, and the portable/tour sound industry. The 745PB has the expected rich feature set of other Radian compression drivers. Subjectively, this speaker is incredibly musical, detailed, and extremely easy to listen to — certainly a goal for all monitors. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2018.
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Test Bench: Celestion CDX14-2420 1.4” Compression Driver
March 20, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Celestion CDX14-2420 1.4” Compression Driver

In this Test Bench I characterized the CDX14-2420 1.4” compression driver from UK Pro Sound OEM manufacturer Celestion. Designed for use with 1.4” throat horns, the CDX14-2420 has a 35.6 mm (1.4”) throat diameter driven by a 60 mm (2.4”) diameter voice coil wound with edgewound copper-clad aluminum wire (CCAW) on a high-temperature fiberglass non-conducting former, which drives a deep-drawn titanium diaphragm and polyimide surround. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2018.
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Test Bench: Eighteen Sound ND4015BE Beryllium Compression Driver
March 13, 2019 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Eighteen Sound ND4015BE Beryllium Compression Driver

This Test Bench examines Eighteen Sound's ND4015BE beryllium compression driver, which was mated to an Eighteen Sound XR2064 60° × 40° horn. This compression driver is available in two versions, a 1.5" throat and a 2" throat. This review focuses on the 2" throat model. The ND4015BE has a 4”-diameter edge-wound aluminum voice coil on a nonconducting Nomex former, a 4" pure beryllium diaphragm with a polymer surround. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, February 2014.
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Celestion Introduces CDX14-2410 10” Ferrite Magnet Compression Driver
January 23, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Introduces CDX14-2410 10” Ferrite Magnet Compression Driver

At the 2019 NAMM Show, Celestion is showing the new CDX14-2410 1.4” exit, high frequency ferrite magnet compression driver. This is the latest in the line of “ultra-low noise” compression drivers from the brand, featuring a patented phase-plug design which, together with a unique “deep-drawn diaphragm” results in more accurate sounding HF, exhibiting much lower distortion than many comparable devices already on the market.
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Lavoce Introduces Next Generation 1” and 1.4” Exit Compression Drivers at The NAMM Show 2019
January 21, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Lavoce Introduces Next Generation 1” and 1.4” Exit Compression Drivers at The NAMM Show 2019

Lavoce Italiana announced the first model from their next generation of 1” exit compression drivers, DF10.142LK, and a new 1.4” exit design using a 4” voice coil and a composite diaphragm and surround, model DN14.40TM. The Roma-based transducer company designs and manufactures HF and LF transducers for global professional audio and MI manufacturers and distributors will be showing the new solutions at NAMM 2019 together with its latest neodymium and ferrite high-power low frequency drivers.
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