2. speakers
  3. 154593-2319

Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers?

This is nothing new, it has existed for decades.  There are several good makers of speakers that make their own drivers and those that build boxes and put ScanSpeak or some other "purchased" drivers in their boxes.  

This is not ment to be demeaning or a put down, it is more of a question.  With so many speaker "builders" using off the shelf drivers...is this simply a "high-end" version of Radio Shack or are these legit high-end products? 

 I do not know if other manufactures sell their drive units to box manufacturers....


whatjd
dill
2,432 posts
 
" Without trying it, hard to know."

It seems you haven't tried anything. All your musings are bouncing around in your head and for some reason, you seem compelled to release on us. How is is a benefit to anyone reading your scribble when you don't even know for sure if anything works the way you think it should? Theories don't count for much in audio.
Post removed 
millercarbon's avatar
millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
By the way kenjit that wasn’t some totally random detached from reality flaming wild guess. "A concrete box 100 inches thick all the way around", which is what you said, really is 151 yards of concrete and really does weigh 307 tons. Its a fact. You could look it up.

But look. 100" thick all the way around is 200" wide which is over 16 feet and that’s per speaker, meaning you need a room over 34 feet wide just to fit the speakers snugly side by side! Oh, and a 17 foot high ceiling.

A full load is 10 yds. So kenjit, you are talking about 15 truckloads of concrete PER SPEAKER!

Now don’t get me wrong. I am all for mass loading. But 307 TONS!?!?!
And your reply: " it may need to be even thicker. Without trying it, hard to know."
Hilarious. Absolutely bust a gut crack me up hilarious.
millercarbon's avatar
millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
It really helps everyone understand where you are coming from and the extent of greatness with regards to being the number one imaginary speaker designer / builder of our era!
Indeed. And now, in appreciation of audiophiles the world around, the first annual Imaginary Speaker Designer/Builder of the Year Award goes to.......
kenjit!!!!
I hereby award you the coveted Golden Unicorn

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/golden-unicorn-104407865
soix
8,683 posts
 
To me, speaker designers are like chefs.  Optimally they pick the best ingredients and know how to combine and prepare them such that the dish is appealing to the customer.  On the margin I think the chef supersedes the ingredients.  For an audio example, I’d take Joseph Audio speakers with their “off-the-shelf” Seas drivers over those of several manufacturers that use “proprietary” drivers because the way Joseph combines the ingredients sounds (tastes) better to me.  It’s really a sum of the parts thing and how a designer weaves them together — and, just as importantly, how that combination melds with one’s own unique personal tastes — that’s more important than the quality of any one ingredient IMHO. 
More to discover