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Romy the Cat
Boston, MA
Posts 10,160
Joined on 05-28-2004
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More about TAD modification.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Bluewolf, I do not have experience
with modification of TAD drivers. You did not say what you want to modify, what
you want to accomplish but this is a separate story.
Interesting that the whole
notion of TAD drivers modification is kind of point of contention for years. There
are not a lot of “expensive” compression drivers made today, TAD is still doing
them. So, naturally the companies who want to make contemporary horn-loaded loudspeaker
and why do not want to be involved into buying 60 year old junk off eBay they
choose to use TAD drivers. Now, everyone
knows how much TAD cost and everyone knows what sonic advantages/disadvantages
TADs are associated. So, if a company wants to get $1000 TAD driver, supplement
if with $200 horn, sell the loudspeaker $20K per channel and to claim that their
product has no TAD signature problem then the company claim that they use modified
TAD drivers. It is might be what they do but I have very high suspicion that it
is BS and no does anything to TADs. I spoke in past with 2 speakers makers who
very much insisted that their speaker’s TAD are altered. I asked them what they
were trying to overcome by their modification in the sound of default TAD
drivers. Both of them were not able to answer. So, I declared their modification
claim a simple marketing BS. If you sensibly modify drivers you always very eager
state what you have fixed.
"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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