Absolutely. Do you remember the guy on eBay who used to put car speakers in transmission line cabinets and charge loads for them?Originally Posted by bumpy
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Absolutely. Do you remember the guy on eBay who used to put car speakers in transmission line cabinets and charge loads for them?
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Car speakers may a good choice for situations that need a driver with decent self damping. I don't recall the seller though.
As far as I can see, car speakers are no better or worse than others, as long as you don't mind the usual 4 ohm impedance.
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Open ended TLs and BL horns both rely on the line length.
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I do, I think he used 4-way coaxial drivers intended for cars. Can't recall the make of them. The design was based on the Capel transmission line. You used to be able to buy the instructions to build it in those little books they would sell in electronics shops. Except Capel's design used a single driver, an EMI elliptical unit from memory.
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I thought it was this guy but he seems to use proper hifi drivers in these ones
http://www.claer.co.uk/complete/claer43peerlessfountek/
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Not the one I was thinking of. His speakers had a mahogany finish and the drivers were gold coloured. Might be the same bloke but he's moved on to different designs I suppose.
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No you may be right, this guy might have used better drivers but in very unconventional cabinets.
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Is this the thing you're thinking of, chaps?
Sorry about the stupid image size.
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Yep that’s the chap.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
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Always wondered if anyone has actually heard a pair? The adverts are weird, seeming to promise very deep bass, and then in the next paragraph saying that the vass is not too audible and needs to be boosted.
To be fair bass is not touted as the raison d'etre of the speaker.
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