Tweet
Looking to put together an all-american set of speakers. I'm pretty set of Silver Flute woofers (pretty sure they're American, but not certain). Any ideas regarding tweets and x-over parts? Thanks!
-
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Eclipse W6520R is US built as are a lot of Eminence drivers. Transducer labs tweeters are designed and assembled in the US as well. Meniscus inductors are wound by them in MI. Not sure about their resistors but the zisters are very nice pieces. -
Re: American manufactured drivers
If you're after truly 'American Made' drivers there are very few, if any. Even those assembled here are constructed from mainly Asian sourced components.Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Silver Flute= pure Chinese.Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
SF is Asian made. Look up www.yindi.com (I think).Originally posted by AndyL View Post
Later,
Wolf"Wolf, you shall now be known as "King of the Zip ties." -Pete00t
"Wolf and speakers equivalent to Picasso and 'Blue'" -dantheman
"He is a true ambassador for this forum and speaker DIY in general." -Ed Froste
"We're all in this together, so keep your stick on the ice!" - Red Green aka Steve Smith
*InDIYana event website*
Photobucket pages:
https://app.photobucket.com/u/wolf_teeth_speaker
My blog/writeups/thoughts here at PE:
http://techtalk.parts-express.com/blog.php?u=4102Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Acoustic Elegance but they are at least partly made out of asian parts."It is only Scrooge McDuck and others with a personality disorder who have money as their goal"Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Most parts are made overseas with very few exceptions. At least the drives I listed are BUILT here.Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Except for the new HT series, the frames are Chinese.Originally posted by jonasz View Post"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
http://www.diy-ny.com/
Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
Great Plains Audio. Are they using USA made components?
JpComment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
I think the lesson here is that national boundaries do not exist for capital or manufactured goods.Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
True, but as consumers we have choice.
JpComment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
That's mostly true of just about everything these days. All US "manufacturers" must do to legally label their products "Made in USA" is assemble a few pieces together. One example is automobile amplifiers. A US company can buy the completed boards, screws, heatsinks, bottom covers and brand labels... a few screws to hold it all together and BAM!! Their amps are all "Made in USA". Many workers can assemble one of these amp kits in about thirty seconds. Even those amps "Designed in USA"... the so-called manufacturer sends design specs such as distortion, power ratings, basic configuration, etc. and a Korean company will do all the hard work with board layout and construction. For the most part, "Designed in USA" and "Made in USA" are things long lost in the past. There are exceptions but they're few and far between.Originally posted by billfitzmaurice View Post"We are just statistics, born to consume resources."
~Horace~, 65-8 BCComment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
From the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2014 page 8 "Argument for Local Sourcing" lists Roger Sands, Orb Audio, Human Speakers, Misco, MaterionOriginally posted by AndyL View Post"Not a Speaker Designer - Not even on the Internet"
“Pride is your greatest enemy, humility is your greatest friend.”
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."Comment
-
Re: American manufactured drivers
It's a global economy. We buy from them, they buy from us. Lots of US companies and farmers can't survive without exporting their goods abroad.
Originally posted by Sootboots View PostSome people are addicted to Vicodin. I'm addicted to speaker building.
The Chorales - Usher 8945A/Vifa XT25TG Build
ESP Project 101 Lateral MOSFET Amplifier
LM4780 Parallel Chipamp
Sonata Soundbar Project
The Renditions - Active/Passive TowersComment
Comment