Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="sundownz" data-source="post: 7775992" data-attributes="member: 549523">There are not all that many dedicated car audio drivers using shorting rings. You can find many that are more home oriented drivers that are used in car that have them (TC Sounds, Acoustic Elegance, Dayton Reference, etc) as typically these customers are a bit less price sensitive. With that being said; a large driving force for the lack of shorting rings is cost as I had mentioned earlier... for example; the SA-10/12/15 shorting rings cost about as much as the entire T-Yolk of the driver (pole / back plate).DD is using a pole cap ring with the SC option, though -- which is superior to no ring at all but not as effective as a magnet ID ring.Alpine uses them as well; the Type-R has a unique one-piece basket / magnet ID shorting ring design (magnets are split and the frame comes in to the magnet ID to create a shorting ring / heat-sink assembly). This design helps to drive down the cost per unit a bit as it&#039;s just one piece rather than inserting a separate machined piece into the motor. Very cool and I think patented design.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sundownz, post: 7775992, member: 549523"] There are not all that many dedicated car audio drivers using shorting rings. You can find many that are more home oriented drivers that are used in car that have them (TC Sounds, Acoustic Elegance, Dayton Reference, etc) as typically these customers are a bit less price sensitive. With that being said; a large driving force for the lack of shorting rings is cost as I had mentioned earlier... for example; the SA-10/12/15 shorting rings cost about as much as the entire T-Yolk of the driver (pole / back plate). DD is using a pole cap ring with the SC option, though -- which is superior to no ring at all but not as effective as a magnet ID ring. Alpine uses them as well; the Type-R has a unique one-piece basket / magnet ID shorting ring design (magnets are split and the frame comes in to the magnet ID to create a shorting ring / heat-sink assembly). This design helps to drive down the cost per unit a bit as it's just one piece rather than inserting a separate machined piece into the motor. Very cool and I think patented design. [/QUOTE]

Verification