Diamond D6 comps any good?

[pike110 10+ year member]

I am looking at getting a set of comps for my porsche boxster. I was thinking about getting the d6's with the silk tweeter. Does anybody have an opinion on these?

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[leonsv 10+ year member]

i'd try out the diamond hex series comps, they are not that much more expensive and sound very good. I have personally never heard the d6's but i like diamond audio stuff in general.

 

[Blazin Civic 10+ year member]

My experiance with diamond hexs involve a lot of blown tweeters

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Only if you search for the 3+ year old LPG/Eton hexs, otherwise Id pass.

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

My experiance with diamond hexs involve a lot of blown tweeters

wow... i didn't realize the new hex series had defective tweets....

i was under the impression that they still use LPG 25nfa/26na....

i guess not, in that case please disregard my first post

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

wow... i didn't realize the new hex series had defective tweets....i was under the impression that they still use LPG 25nfa/26na....

i guess not, in that case please disregard my first post

They stopped several years ago which started the decline of them. Ultimately ending with the sale of DA completely.

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

They stopped several years ago which started the decline of them. Ultimately ending with the sale of DA completely.

*sigh* that's really depressing, the old hex's used to be a great set...

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

They were at one point (circa '02) my best selling sets.

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

They were at one point (circa '02) my best selling sets.

hehe now it's the slc's right? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif i was going to buy a set from you but i went active //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

for the price...yes SLCs. Otherwise...meh I have a few oter things that I do quite well with. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

for the price...yes SLCs. Otherwise...meh I have a few oter things that I do quite well with. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

hehe, the morel in your avatar looks nice.... so does the setup in your sig hehe. but i've never like morel woofers that much... I feel that they don't have enough xmax for a driver with such a large voice coil... but that's just me... i like my peerless xclusives //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

but i've never like morel woofers that much... I feel that they don't have enough xmax for a driver with such a large voice coil...

Interesting..

The larger coil designs work in favor of lowering compression , increasing power handling. If the driver is linear between its intended range, what does it matter?

What does xmax have to do in relation with the VC size?Particularly in a 'midbass' driver?

How does xmax on a driver determine its SQ?

What is considered ideal xmax for a midbass or widerange driver?

Do you engineer speakers for a living?

Just curious..

http://www.zaphaudio.com/lowxmax.html

 

[leonsv 10+ year member]

Interesting..
The larger coil designs work in favor of lowering compression , increasing power handling. If the driver is linear between its intended range, what does it matter?

What does xmax have to do in relation with the VC size?Particularly in a 'midbass' driver?

How does xmax on a driver determine its SQ?

What is considered ideal xmax for a midbass or widerange driver?

Do you engineer speakers for a living?

Just curious..

http://www.zaphaudio.com/lowxmax.html

nope! i'm not an engineer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

what i said was my opinion hence the "but that's just me" comment, it wasn't based on any measurements done. I just thought that the output was limited compared with drivers such as the seas rnx series. and in terms of sq, it just wasn't anything too incredible.

also i read on zaphaudio that the reviewer did not like the lower line of the morel (Morel MW166)

"The response is smooth enough to work with, but this driver is plagued by highish tall order distortion through the midrange. It has a huge voice coil (3") but a tiny spider supporting it. I don't recommend this driver as it's non-linear distortion of all types is pretty obvious with most music"

and again it was only my opinion from personal experience so don't read too muchi into it.