shouty and screechy 'fullrange' drivers are, unfortunately, more the rule...

Posted by mhardy6647 (A) on February 1, 2020 at 11:53:44

In Reply to: Shouting posted by Bill the K on January 31, 2020 at 08:13:54:

than the exception.

IMO/IME it is a not uncommon fault of 'full range' (i.e., extended range) drivers with whizzer cones, although not all whizzer'd drivers do it, and not all shouty/tizzy drivers have whizzers.
Some of the Fostex drivers are distressingly harsh or shouty, at least to me (the FE166, e.g.) some are much less so (e.g., the FE207E). Neither of those is a current model.
The venerable Fostex FE-103 (erstwhile Radio Shack 40-1197) is another famously tizzy (my term for it) driver; it can be tamed (e.g., by judiciously coating with Dammar varnish) but 'as is' they can be a bit much.
Lowthers are notorious shouters. The famous "98 cent Lowther tweak" (an elongated piece of cotton or foam gently stuffed behind the whizzer; i.e., between the main cone & the whizzer) can help Lowthers and other similarly aggressive drivers (which also have whizzers, that is).

I doubt it's the enclosure (alignment) you've chosen -- although some alignments act as "tone controls" and can help improve the context (shall we say) of the brightness/harshness/tizziness/shoutiness of a given driver.

You do know that if you don't ID the driver, we can't help you, right? :)

That said, of course you can google your driver (and/or cabinet) and see what tricks folks have used to calm 'em down.

all the best,
mrh

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Topic - Shouting - Bill the K 08:13:54 01/31/20 (23)

RE: Shouting - Stuben 06:26:49 02/14/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - morricab 07:53:22 02/13/20 (1)

"Full-Range" - Inmate51 09:32:30 02/13/20 (0)

shouty and screechy 'fullrange' drivers are, unfortunately, more the rule... - mhardy6647 02/1/2011:53:44 02/1/20 (2)

RE: Whizzer cones - b.l.zeebub 14:23:17 02/1/20 (1)

:) ... and, re: Coral - mhardy6647 14:55:24 02/1/20 (0)

You are hearing cone breakup. - MikeCh 11:46:11 02/1/20 (1)

Try turning the volume way down. - richardl 11:57:07 02/1/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - KanedaK 01:46:28 02/1/20 (2)

RE: Shouting - Bill the K 06:53:05 02/1/20 (1)

Cut your losses - airtime 07:23:14 02/1/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - B. Scarpia 16:03:14 01/31/20 (2)

RE: Shouting - Coner 16:58:37 01/31/20 (1)

RE: Sub on the right was a 12" Titanic that had a measured F3 of 20 Hz. - B. Scarpia 17:51:14 01/31/20 (0)

Lack of baffle step compensation? - Brian H P 12:12:01 01/31/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - PAR 12:06:22 01/31/20 (0)

One area where this is common is poor throat design. - Ralph 11:30:37 01/31/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - fredtr 11:20:52 01/31/20 (0)

RE: Shouting - DaveV 09:04:55 01/31/20 (0)

The manufacture pretty much lied - airtime 08:32:44 01/31/20 (3)

RE: The manufacture pretty much lied - Bill the K 16:40:00 01/31/20 (2)

One of the few speakers I actually threw out - airtime 18:43:25 01/31/20 (1)

RE: Funny thing about those 6" to 8" Fostex - B. Scarpia 03:50:27 02/1/20 (0)

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shouty and screechy 'fullrange' drivers are, unfortunately, more the rule... - mhardy6647 02/1/2011:53:44 02/1/20 (2)

RE: Whizzer cones - b.l.zeebub 14:23:17 02/1/20 (1)

:) ... and, re: Coral - mhardy6647 14:55:24 02/1/20 (0)

shouty and screechy 'fullrange' drivers are, unfortunately, more the rule...

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