Compression driver design

 · The intervening plus years have seen compression drivers split into two major design categories. The first are the dome-based drivers that so clearly share DNA with Thuras’ work. The second group are similar, but instead use ring-shaped diaphragms. Both types have phase plugs tasked with bringing sound to the horn throat. This high performance, neodymium magnet, compression driver is a compact, ” voice coil device designed to deliver an impressive W continuous power handling (50Wrms AES . Radian Audio’s compression drivers sound better because of our amazing diaphragm design. Our compression driver diaphragms are made of proprietary annealed aluminum with Mylar TM surrounds and in numerous independent lab tests have less measurable distortion than the competition. The result?

One is that cone driven horns are usually designed starting with the Thiel / Small parameters of the driver while the T/S parameters are usually not available for a high frequency compression driver. The second is that the directivity characteristics usually play a much larger role in determining the on-axis frequency response for a high frequency horn than they do for a low frequency one. Compression drivers Compression Drivers with horns can be approx 20% efficient. The drivers are made in 2 basic sizes. 2in ( - 8K Hz) 80 - Watts 1in (1K - 10K Hz) 30 - 50 Watts 2in Driver has a 2in throat 1in Driver has a 1in throat. A phase plug in a compression driver is designed so that the distance from each slit to the drivers throat is equal. A driver with a 4" diaphragm such as the cutaway of the you show will only work really well up to about 12Khz if memory serves me correctly since it is impossible to get them exactly the same distance.

The TD is of the rear compression design, which eliminates the This 1" Throat driver is also based upon the very successful Model TD A compression driver (A) in a horn loudspeaker consists of a metal diaphragm (blue) vibrated by the audio signal current in a coil of wire (red) between the. We are working hard to fix this. Please bear with us. Loudspeaker compression-driver phase-plug design.