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<blockquote data-quote="MiniVanMan" data-source="post: 2782790" data-attributes="member: 573252">Thanks!&nbsp; Nothing else to do but hang out on the computer, and watch TV.Anyway, I don&#039;t know why the AC130, or any of the Aurum Cantus stuff isn&#039;t more widely used.&nbsp; The ribbons are popular with the crowd that&#039;s willing to do the extra work ribbons require.It&#039;s hard once you find some tried and true stuff.&nbsp; Seas, Peerless, and Vifa make such good speakers for good prices that it&#039;s hard to branch out from them.Now to be fair, there isn&#039;t much call for 5 1/4&quot; drivers as midbasses.&nbsp; Most commercial component sets use such high crossover points that you really sacrifice midbass by having to have a speaker that generates strong midrange up into the 3.5-5k range.&nbsp; Also, when putting two speakers onto a wall and judging which sounds better, (i.e. your typical car audio store), the one with the stronger highs, and midranges will be the one typically considered to sound better by the lay ear.&nbsp; Two good examples would be the Vifa MG14, and the Seas CA15.&nbsp; If you put both on a baffle and played them the MG would sound much clearer and brighter, but that&#039;s because it&#039;s designed more as a midrange than midbass.&nbsp; It&#039;s no surprise why the MG is a platform for a lot of different speakers.&nbsp;&nbsp; The CA15 will have much better midbass, but that won&#039;t be apparent just haphazardly mounted to a wall in a sound room.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MiniVanMan, post: 2782790, member: 573252"] Thanks! Nothing else to do but hang out on the computer, and watch TV. Anyway, I don't know why the AC130, or any of the Aurum Cantus stuff isn't more widely used. The ribbons are popular with the crowd that's willing to do the extra work ribbons require. It's hard once you find some tried and true stuff. Seas, Peerless, and Vifa make such good speakers for good prices that it's hard to branch out from them. Now to be fair, there isn't much call for 5 1/4" drivers as midbasses. Most commercial component sets use such high crossover points that you really sacrifice midbass by having to have a speaker that generates strong midrange up into the 3.5-5k range. Also, when putting two speakers onto a wall and judging which sounds better, (i.e. your typical car audio store), the one with the stronger highs, and midranges will be the one typically considered to sound better by the lay ear. Two good examples would be the Vifa MG14, and the Seas CA15. If you put both on a baffle and played them the MG would sound much clearer and brighter, but that's because it's designed more as a midrange than midbass. It's no surprise why the MG is a platform for a lot of different speakers. The CA15 will have much better midbass, but that won't be apparent just haphazardly mounted to a wall in a sound room. [/QUOTE]

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