What's good and bad about dome midrange speakers?

Thanks, Ian

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:11:28 GMT, "Ian Iveson"
wrote:

What's good and bad about dome midrange speakers?

What's good is that they generally have a wider pistonic range than
cone midranges. What's bad is that they are generally very expensive,
e.g. the classic ATC and Yamaha drivers.
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Hi,

"Ian Iveson" wrote in message
k...
What's good and bad about dome midrange speakers?

I don't know if it's as simple as a type of speaker being
either good or bad, but one of the best mid range
drivers I've heard (one of the ATC units) is very, very
good, which probably means there's nothing inherently
wrong with the approach. I'll bet there are some real
dogs out there too though!

Regards,

Glenn.

"Ian Iveson" wrote in
message k

What's good and bad about dome midrange speakers?

It's all about money. There have been cheap domes, and expensive domes, and
in-between domes. You tend to get what you pay for, but you seem to tend to
pay more for it if its implemented as a dome.

Thanks all.

They seem to be a bit of a fashion, so I guess there will be good examples and
bad. Just wanted to check that the whole notion isn't hype.

If production expense is the only problem, it may reduce in time.

cheers, Ian