Not quite a sale, but figured related. I rarely look at craigslist, but stumbled across a posting of this for sale at a record shop in CBus I'm familiar with. Heck for one fiddy almost worth it as an art piece. Was unknown working condition but said to be working few years ago as they were missing the special 6 prong cables that powers the preamp from the power amp. But at least had one set of 'camac' to rca cables to try the amp out when got home with it. Works, sounds good so far, nice punch kind of like old vintage receivers/amps. 50wpc class AB. Crack it open later to check on the condition of things given it's from 82-89 time range. Think i'll use it to f' with some people on Reddit, like "neighbor gave me this, is it any good or worth anything"
Funny about the E160 cone is that the center is bowl shaped, but halfway up the cone it inverts and goes curvilinear. I've never seen that anywhere else.
I like the look of curvilinear without a cap or phase plug. The center is just an inverted peak. I had a bead on a pair of ATD drivers once, made my offer for 2 of 4, and then someone else made an offer for all 4 and got them because he wanted all 4.
I like the looks of woven cones or differing pulp types for good visuals, but doesn't make or break me from using others.
Inverted half roll surrounds look weird to me. Otherwise, don't know that I care too much.
In terms of operation, the Antisinusoidal Revelator movement is pretty cool to watch. However, the 5x8 SB racetrack woofer looks funny under long excursions. Both sound great!
As I understand it, there was a closeout on Accuton motors when a model or line was discontinued. PE/Dayton snapped them up and made the 6 and 8 models knowing it was a limited run.
Anybody eyeballing anything? Awaiting to see if madisound puts wishlist items out there in specials section and try to avoid impulse buys of things just because 'good deal'. Overall have plenty of toys to play with and reshuffle. Hah, should create thread for peeps to list their notable stockpile but imagine for some here that list would be long if was all inclusive, maybe more like notable pieces - or if there is existing thread to revive.
Yeah, I have some stuff in my Madisound cart waiting for Black Friday. I forgot that they don't just give an across the board discount like PE. Sale or no sale I'm getting some Markaudio CHP-90s for my 2025 InDIYana build.
@a4eaudio said:
...Sale or no sale I'm getting some Markaudio CHP-90s for my 2025 InDIYana build.
For what it's worth: I really like the Markaudio CHR-90s in my last build (just a different cone material than the CHP's you are looking at). I think broad-rangers are often overlooked for use as a midrange, as well. The Markaudio has a decent Xmax and provides great latitude in frequency range.
@traw said:
Anybody eyeballing anything? Awaiting to see if madisound puts wishlist items out there in specials section and try to avoid impulse buys of things just because 'good deal'. Overall have plenty of toys to play with and reshuffle. Hah, should create thread for peeps to list their notable stockpile but imagine for some here that list would be long if was all inclusive, maybe more like notable pieces - or if there is existing thread to revive.
The borrow or trade thread was supposed to be a place where people could see what drivers we all had... that we were willing to part with at least.
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It's good to know they come with cones installed for that price . . .
I've ordered Airborn from Solen in the past. They are a good company to deal with.
I don't see it on their website, but I saw this at my local Menards. Might be open season on the 8footers again.
GRS poly subs on sale. $14, $21, and $28 for the 8, 10, and 12 inch.
And the 8” HE version for $40
Not quite a sale, but figured related. I rarely look at craigslist, but stumbled across a posting of this for sale at a record shop in CBus I'm familiar with. Heck for one fiddy almost worth it as an art piece. Was unknown working condition but said to be working few years ago as they were missing the special 6 prong cables that powers the preamp from the power amp. But at least had one set of 'camac' to rca cables to try the amp out when got home with it. Works, sounds good so far, nice punch kind of like old vintage receivers/amps. 50wpc class AB. Crack it open later to check on the condition of things given it's from 82-89 time range. Think i'll use it to f' with some people on Reddit, like "neighbor gave me this, is it any good or worth anything"
Got 'em..
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Heavy for a Neo midbass....
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As cool as they are, still not a fan of dust cap / pole piece less cones. They just don't visually sit right with me. 🤷🏻♂️ Anyone else feel this way?
for visuals: I like the ‘pro’ surrounds (don’t know why) and for midranges imo just can’t beat the convex cones
Funny about the E160 cone is that the center is bowl shaped, but halfway up the cone it inverts and goes curvilinear. I've never seen that anywhere else.
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I like the look of curvilinear without a cap or phase plug. The center is just an inverted peak. I had a bead on a pair of ATD drivers once, made my offer for 2 of 4, and then someone else made an offer for all 4 and got them because he wanted all 4.
I like the looks of woven cones or differing pulp types for good visuals, but doesn't make or break me from using others.
Inverted half roll surrounds look weird to me. Otherwise, don't know that I care too much.
In terms of operation, the Antisinusoidal Revelator movement is pretty cool to watch. However, the 5x8 SB racetrack woofer looks funny under long excursions. Both sound great!
InDIYana Event Website
Too bad PE killed these. Nice drivers.
As I understand it, there was a closeout on Accuton motors when a model or line was discontinued. PE/Dayton snapped them up and made the 6 and 8 models knowing it was a limited run.
InDIYana Event Website
Those cones look super awsome!
New kit coming.
Thanks Craig for the help.
https://www.jfcomponents.com/product-page/the-chachos-speaker-kit-pair
https://www.jfcomponents.com/
The crossover schematic has capacitor symbols labeled in ohms.
Ron
Woops! Thanks for pointing that out. l'll edit that so Brad can publish the correct info.
Yep. All good we’ll figure it out.
https://www.jfcomponents.com/
There are a LOT of driver's on sale at pretty deep discounts right now. With another 15% off, most are the cheapest I've ever seen them by far.
Black Friday sale at CSS. Up to 40% off.
https://css-audio.com/online-store
Anybody eyeballing anything? Awaiting to see if madisound puts wishlist items out there in specials section and try to avoid impulse buys of things just because 'good deal'. Overall have plenty of toys to play with and reshuffle. Hah, should create thread for peeps to list their notable stockpile but imagine for some here that list would be long if was all inclusive, maybe more like notable pieces - or if there is existing thread to revive.
Yeah, I have some stuff in my Madisound cart waiting for Black Friday. I forgot that they don't just give an across the board discount like PE. Sale or no sale I'm getting some Markaudio CHP-90s for my 2025 InDIYana build.
How does the Madisound BF thing typically work? They send you a code that only applies to things in your wishlist or cart?
Items they offer up appear in 'specials' tab of the website. No rhyme or reason
If I remember correctly, last year they had a selection of drivers on sale for Black Friday and then added a few more for Cyber Monday.
For what it's worth: I really like the Markaudio CHR-90s in my last build (just a different cone material than the CHP's you are looking at). I think broad-rangers are often overlooked for use as a midrange, as well. The Markaudio has a decent Xmax and provides great latitude in frequency range.
The borrow or trade thread was supposed to be a place where people could see what drivers we all had... that we were willing to part with at least.
https://diy.midwestaudio.club/discussion/2371/wall-of-shame-pt-2-driver-hoards/p1
I didnt know anyone here knew how to properly use shelfing boards. LOL
I'm holding out for a sale on a pair of these: https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-6-7-woofers-sb-acoustics/sb-acoustics-sb17mfc35-4-6-poly-cone-woofer/
And a pair of these: https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/tweeters/lpg-25nfa-1-textile-dome-tweeter/
I picked up another pair of these today [15% off] because they sound so damn good: https://www.parts-express.com/HiVi-RT1.3WE-Isodynamic-Tweeter-297-421?quantity=1
Geekom is running a spectacular mini-PC sale and I got the IT13 i7 unit as it is super fast and noise free:
https://www.geekompc.com/mini-pc/