1) What are the advantages of a coaxial speaker design?
2) Is it just that a coaxial takes up less space and the sound output is on the same axis?
3) Or can they sound warmer, rounder, more present and smoother in the near field than a horn loaded speaker?
4) Are coaxial designs as capable of handling greater power and higher volumes as horn loaded speakers?
coaxial cone driver:
2) Is it just that a coaxial takes up less space and the sound output is on the same axis?
3) Or can they sound warmer, rounder, more present and smoother in the near field than a horn loaded speaker?
4) Are coaxial designs as capable of handling greater power and higher volumes as horn loaded speakers?
coaxial cone driver:
Simply put consistency of off axis response and none of
the things that you mention. Used to its best advantage
with large bass drivers and a tweeter, where co-incident
mounting does have major advantages.
🙂 sreten.
the things that you mention. Used to its best advantage
with large bass drivers and a tweeter, where co-incident
mounting does have major advantages.
🙂 sreten.
My sole experience with coaxial speakers were the Tannoy Super Red Monitors. They were great with everything except one that I did not like was: in order to have good bass from them you'd have to set the volumn high, but by then the treble became too high of a volumn for my liking. May be there is a way to pad down the treble I do not know.
Just my 2 cents
Chris
Just my 2 cents
Chris
Hi,
The advantage is a consistent dispersion pattern that helps in perfecting stereo imaging. I own a pair of Tannoy 8” Saturns but my Von Schweikert VR1’s sound way better IMHO despite they are no concentrics. Here is a tech paper from Tannoy:
http://www.cortex.westhost.com/tannoy/files/dualconc.pdf
Cheers 😉
The advantage is a consistent dispersion pattern that helps in perfecting stereo imaging. I own a pair of Tannoy 8” Saturns but my Von Schweikert VR1’s sound way better IMHO despite they are no concentrics. Here is a tech paper from Tannoy:
http://www.cortex.westhost.com/tannoy/files/dualconc.pdf
Cheers 😉
Coaxes are point sources, all the sound comes from the same center. This is a good thing along with the voice coils are usually in the same plane.
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