home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!rtech!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!utcsri!relay.cs.toronto.edu!neat.cs.toronto.edu!cs.toronto.edu!tgk
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- From: tgk@cs.toronto.edu (Todd Kelley)
- Subject: Cone vs Electrostatic: Merits? Liabilities?
- Message-ID: <93Jan27.233530est.47660@neat.cs.toronto.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:35:48 GMT
- Lines: 33
-
- I'm sure this has been asked before, so if someone can direct
- me to the answer rather than provide it, I'd be just as grateful.
-
- Are there any obvious (or even subtle) technical liabilities
- or merits of the cone versus electrostatic versus
- cone/electrostatic hybrid loudspeaker designs?
-
- I plan to replace my 901s (we all know THEIR technical liabilities)
- and I've listened briefly to
-
- Magneplanars 3.3
- Thiel CS3.5
- Martin Logans (model forgotten)
- Apogee (Centaur Minors, I think)
-
- I liked the Magneplanars, whereas my brother hated them. He liked
- the Thiels. I also liked the Apogees.
-
- I guess my question is this: Is there any particular thing that
- tends to make people hate/love a design, and what are the
- (possible?) technical explanations for it? Leave the 901s out,
- since they've been much covered elsewhere.
-
- I plan to do some more serious listening, and I think that
- at least a surface understanding of the technical aspects
- might help.
-
- Please post or send email. I'll post a summary of email
- responses if interests seems to warrant it.
- --
- Todd Kelley tgk@cs.toronto.edu
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Toronto
-