Interesting new speaker

[helotaxi 46]

Check this out. A true point source 3-way driver. Be interested in how they sound.

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi...16&pid=2201

[req 0]

that is just incredible.

so thats a ribbon tweeter on there? do these come in 8" sizes hahah!!

[JimJ 11]

Efficiency isn't great

[Impious 1,476]

Npdang over on DIYMA was supposed to have one for testing....but I haven't seen anything where he's posted the results of any testing.

[helotaxi 46]

They make a similar setup with just the mid and tweet without the woofer. They might just fit i my A-pillars...

[Impious 1,476]

They make a similar setup with just the mid and tweet without the woofer. They might just fit i my A-pillars...

FS of 650hz with a recommended xover point of >800hz....not terribly impressive. More like a low playing tweeter than an actual midrange, and completely defeats the purpose of a "3-way" system design by having the xover point smack in the middle of the midrange frequency range....not to mention the "dedicated midbass" would need to play pretty high...high enough that you would no longer be in the sanctity of the midbass realm where only time arrival matters and not speaker aiming.

Heck, the Dayton RS28 tweeter has a lower FS than the S1.

Theil's 2-way coincident midrange/tweeter combo on the other hand.....Genesis has a version coming out that I believe can play from 300hz on up. Although it's going to MSRP @ $799/pair

http://thielaudio.com/THIEL_Site05/Pages/T...nicoildiag.html

[Electrodynamic 2]

As squeak pointed out, the idea is neat...but putting a crossover point right in the critical area isn't such a good idea. The driver should sell though because a driver like this gives the point source guys a hard-on. Neat speaker though - kinda like an affordable Cabasse all-in-one speaker...but without the coolness of the Cabasse.

[helotaxi 46]

Theil's 2-way coincident midrange/tweeter combo on the other hand.....Genesis has a version coming out that I believe can play from 300hz on up. Although it's going to MSRP @ $799/pair

http://thielaudio.com/THIEL_Site05/Pages/T...nicoildiag.html

That driver looks remarkably similar to the CDT HD-2 and ES-02. Wouldn't be suprised if they were essentially the same. I'll let you know how the CDTs sound once I get them installed.