Any great drivers at Partsexpress I should be looking out for?

[capslock]

Upcoming trip to the US, the first since Covid hit. I usually order some Dayton drivers and buyout stuff, since much of the PE stuff is either not availalbe or more expensive in Europe.

I'm interested in low distortion midbass, midranges, and planar, compression or AMT tweeters.

Any new and exciting stuff or great deals I should look at? I was thinking about getting a pair of the Epique 150, even if the cone edge resonance and associated distortion in Vance Dickason's test wasn't all that great.

 

[adason]

there is nice planar foster tweeter I already used three times in various builds
https://www.parts-express.com/Foster-E100T10-Ribbon-Tweeter-8-Ohm-279-468

 

[ScottG]

Not new, but the Dayton Audio PM220-8 - typically less expensive in the US.

Very little is on "sale" these days. 😢

 

[capslock]

Thanks for those ideas so far. The Foster is a monopolar magnetostat, unlike the BG drivers, isn't it?

You are right, the PM220 is about 60% of what it costs here. I eyed it before when it was on "sale" here. Since I have a pair of PS220 sitting unused, does it do anything better than the PS?

 

[ScottG]

It's very similar to the PS220 (in the lower mid.s upper bass), maybe a bit more efficient and a bit better non-linear performance in that freq. range.