Commpression Drivers, wtf?

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

I know audiopipe is garbage, but i came across this by accident and wondered what the hell they mean by a compression driver?

Anybody know or have seen this garbage before?

http://www.audiopipe.com/galleries/New_Products/2008/2008_NewProducts-07.jpg

input appreciated.

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[Jeremy M 10+ year member]

i dunno but u see those senstivity ratings?

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_driver

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

like a horn tweeter without the horn part

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

I thought it was a tweeter, but i wonder how the hell it had a 3" voice coil

So it's a piece of shit glass breaker?

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

i've seen this style of driver in a friends old (1993?) 240sx underneath the seats and figured it was a a slim subwoofer but i guess it was one of these.....

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

so this type of "speaker" can reprodcue all the frequencys, from lows to highs? but is considered a tweeter?

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

WTF!!

Mine sounds good

109db sensitivity is nice too

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

so this type of "speaker" can reprodcue all the frequencys, from lows to highs? but is considered a tweeter?

They are mid and high frequency drivers. It says it goes down ot 35 hz, but that's BS. Not at within 3db it doesn't. More like - 50 db maybe. They're only usefull down to about 500 hz - 1 khz.

They are commonly used in proaudio cabinets for long throw mid and high frequencies.

1"-3" is a common size. Some of them can be up to 5" and 6" wide, made of neodium and/or titianium. They have extremely high sensitivities and outputs and can be made to be very directional (which is great for aiming concert systems), but at the expense of high distortion and phasing problems.

I have no idea why you would want them in car. I wouldn't.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

They are mid and high frequency drivers. It says it goes down ot 35 hz, but that's BS. Not at within 3db it doesn't. More like - 50 db maybe. They're only usefull down to about 500 hz - 1 khz.
They are commonly used in proaudio cabinets for long throw mid and high frequencies.

1"-3" is a common size. Some of them can be up to 5" and 6" wide, made of neodium and/or titianium. They have extremely high sensitivities and outputs and can be made to be very directional (which is great for aiming concert systems), but at the expense of high distortion and phasing problems.

I have no idea why you would want them in car. I wouldn't.

looked like a POS. now I know. Thanks mate