CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

[critofur]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I think you are mistaken. TB uses copper-plated, but Seas are solid copper.

Later,
Wolf

Sorry I wasn't quite clear - I wouldn't say the Seas drivers look "cheap", when I look at them I think "quality". Copper colored anodized aluminum, on the other hand.... Bleh.

[rogoll]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

And since I just said that I really liked the look of the copper phase plug in the CSS125FR, I'll have to vote brass over AL.

Yeah, I love the looks of the Dayton and Tang Band FR drivers. Very sexy!:D

[dbe]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I'm sure glad Copper was not an option in the poll because copper phase plugs are SOOO ugly, and nothing short of cheap plastic could be worse than fake copper (copper colored aluminum). Fake stuff is so annoying. Like fake air vents on wanna-be supercars.

I just always assumed it was the Point Source drivers...

Dave

[Wolf]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I think you are mistaken. TB uses copper-plated, but Seas are solid copper.

Later,
Wolf

[critofur]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I'm sure glad Copper was not an option in the poll because copper phase plugs are SOOO ugly, and nothing short of cheap plastic could be worse than fake copper (copper colored aluminum). Fake stuff is so annoying. Like fake air vents on wanna-be supercars.

[johnnail]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

So......what ever became of this? It looks as though brass won out, but did anyone ever hear about the driver that was being "spec'd out"....did they make it? Who, what, where, when? Is there a cone material chosen yet? What happened?

John

[jamikkim]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I was just about to suggest that (plating with Cu) :D

Tang Band have done it: (8'' Full-range)

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=264-894&ctab=2#Tabs

[BasTek]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I had to choose Brassnium to go with the screws. I had a choice of a Goldium tweeter but it was $25 more.

[spasticteapot]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I might suggest aluminum plated with copper? It's a relatively inexpensive and simple procedure that would give an attractive look without the nasty expense of solid copper.

[jimustanguitar]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

What hifi manufacturer (correct me if I'm remembering this wrong) used to make a speaker component out of a material that they did not want to disclose so they called it unobtainium ?

I forget, maybe it was one of the first beryllium tweeters or something like that.

Since then, I've developed ideas for several inventions that require unobtainium to work right. I gotta get some of that stuff. And soon!

[6thplanet]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

If I had my choice it'd be copper, since I don't....brass it is. Yeah aluminum does go with any color, but if it was brass it might make you think a bit about what woods/finishes might accent that brass/black combo. The removable idea is a really cool deal, then you could machine a phase plug out of anything imaginable.

[gvimhoof]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

I would vote for aluminum.

[jimustanguitar]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

In that case... Go with aluminum for sure. Silver will match anything, and it looks clean. Brass looks gaudy unless it is anodized another color.

[williamrschneider]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

Engineering and marketing are two separate things. This poll is all about marketing.

[PunkSweeper]

Re: CAST YOUR VOTE: Phase plugs AL or Brass

Maybe they're going to be made of aluminum no matter what, ad this poll is about color? If you were engineering a woofer, would you leave anything outside things that don't affect performance to a forum poll?