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List of Drivers Tested

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Here is a simplified list of my favorite drivers in order of preference from best to worst: Tweeters Outstanding: -Beyma CP755ND Al -BMS 4552  -Faital HF108 Excellent: -TAD TD4001 -Great Plains Audio 288C -Beyma CP22MF -Beyma TPL200  Good: -18Sound 1480A -Beyma CP385ND -Visaton TL16H  -Beyma CP750TI Poor: -BMS 4591 -B&C DCM414 -Beyma CD11ND -Beyma CD10ND -Beyma CP380M -Beyma CD1ND -B&C DE980TN -B&C DE500 -Faital HF206 -Faital HF1440 -JBL 2453H Midwoofers Outstanding: -Visaton B100 -Mark Audio CHP70 -Fostex FE166NV2  Excellent: -Faital 5PR160 -Fostex FE126NV2 -Mark Audio Alpair 7MS -Mark Audio CHP90 -Visaton TI100 -Seas CA12RCY -Monacor SPH-102KEP -Seas FA22RCZ -Satori MR13P-4 -B&C 4NDS34-8 -Visaton B80 -B&C DCM50 -Purifi 6.5" PTT6.5M08 -Celestion CN0617M  -Atlas PD5VH -Fostex FF165WK -Visaton B200 -Mark Audio MAOP11 -Mark Audio CHN110 -Beyma 12XA30ND Coax -Zenith 49CZ852 -Dayton Exciters -Supravox 285-2000 MK2 -Celestion G12H Heritage -Celestion AXI2050 -Faital
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Speaker Project One

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I am obsessed with music. And thus I am also obsessed with instruments, music making equipment, and audio reproduction equipment. I am drawn to and fascinated by the beauty present in the science, design and function of these and similar things -- a Nagra field recorder, a Buchla 200 Series modular synthesizer, a stereo pair of Quad 57 speakers, or a Larrivée acoustic guitar. In this post I will share my experience designing a three way stereo loudspeaker system, one which I am perpetually exploring, though I am nearing the completion of what I consider to be phase one of this project. I have assembled speakers from kits in the past, primarily using Fostex full range drivers. Prior to that my only hands on experience with building audio gear was extensively modifying a pair of servo amplifiers designed to drive Acoustat X electrostatic panels. For the sake of simplicity, I will refer to these speakers as Project One. A caveat, I am bad at math. In addition, I do not own any high end te
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