What’s wrong with metal cones? Nothing. It’s the crossover (that’s the problem). Metal cones and “soft” cones require different treatment . . . most crossovers that seem adequate with soft cones simply will not sound good with metal.

All cones break up (for a number of reasons, and in a number of ways). All cones beam (some more than others). Soft cone drivers address the issues with internal damping and “controlled” decoupling, to greater or lesser success . . . and sometimes

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orginally Posted by johnnyrichards
"Now, the fun part - correlating the squiggles with what you like to hear"

Yep . . . problem is we generally don't measure what we hear.

There are, somewhat generally speaking, three frequency response curves that matter. The forward "on axis" curve that we typically design to is just a small part of what defines how a loudspeaker sounds, although it often comes close (if one ignores diffraction)

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For the most part it really doesn’t matter. At least not in the sense that “old timers” in the music reproduction business meant it. Modern music is mostly “synthetic” in its creation (see those speakers on stage?) and where it isn’t it is processed and manipulated in “post production” (Pro Tools anyone?) in ways that make the delivered product, and the “sound” produced in the listening room, “fidelitous” to nothing but an idea in the producer’s head. People attend “performances” of such music

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