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10-07-2011, 07:04 PM
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I know that almost everyone looks to Eminence for replacement drivers. They're great but a lil pricey, especially for neos.
What other companies make very good drivers that don't cost a small fortune? |
10-07-2011, 07:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | Eminence neos are pricey 'cos EVERYONES neos are expensive!! Do a search and you'll find out why.
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10-07-2011, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BassmanPaul  Eminence neos are pricey 'cos EVERYONES neos are expensive!! Do a search and you'll find out why. | accepted.
I'd LIKE to have neos but I'd settle for really good conventional drivers if the price/quality was right. |
10-07-2011, 07:48 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Then get Eminence. I don't think anyone has better bang for the buck ratio than Eminence.
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10-07-2011, 08:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | | Caire, B&C, Faital, 18 Sound, Celestion, Dayton, McCauley are a few. I'm sure a search could turn up a few more. If you think eminence is pricey you won't like some of these either. |
10-07-2011, 08:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: boston, ma | | US SPEAKER PARTS - Speakers, Speaker Cabinets, Guitar speakers, Bass speakers, , Woofers, HF Drivers, speaker upgrades and replacement speakers. Eminence Speaker, JBL speakers, 18 Sound, B&C, EV, Tannoy, Peavey, Celestion, RCF, Jensen, Beyma, Fane, P
they have a wide variety of options. |
10-07-2011, 09:59 PM
|  | Less Ebay, more Mel Bay | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | There are some decent bargains in the Dayton woofer lineup from PE. Not great, but OK.
What type of woofer are you looking for? Loud or low, sealed or ported, crossed over low or high or not at all, etc.
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10-07-2011, 10:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | | Hi.
EV, 18sound.
You probably won't get better bang for the buck to prformance ratio from anyone else than Eminence.
Your location plays a vital part, the drivers that are feasible options for us Europeans aren't necessarily so for the Asians for example.
Besides the driver specs, one has to always consider the replacement availability or recone-kit availability (for the pro drivers).
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10-08-2011, 12:29 AM
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Owner & speaker designer, AudioKinesis | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Preston, Idaho | | | Remember to take a look at x-max, which (along with cone area) is an indication of susceptibility to fartout from over-excursion. Cheap woofers usually have poor x-max; nor do all medium and high priced woofers necessairly have good x-max.
Let's say a $100 12" woofer has 4 mm of excursion and farts out at 200 watts (oversimplification, I know). You find a nice-looking $60 12" woofer with 2 mm of excursion, and otherwise similar specs (another oversimplification, but it makes the comparison less cumbersome). The $60 woofer will fart out at 50 watts. You'll need two of them to match the SPL of the single 4mm woofer, plus twice the cabinet volume. Assuming you need that SPL (and you have 200 watts available), now which one is cheaper? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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