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Paper cone woofers died in 1962 .... a look back

Stereophile re-published an article from 1962 by Irving Fried predicting the death of the paper cone driver was soon upon us.


https://www.stereophile.com/content/farewell-paper-cone

Though much did not come to pass, it is an interesting read, which includes discussions of the near predecessor to Focal’s W sandwich cones.



Enjoy!

Erik
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jond
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My Audionote AN-J's have a nice paper 8" woofer and sounds great to me!
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Bozak has it was rumored beaver felt in the tapered cones
the Eagles have never sounded better than the B-305 ( half a Concert Grand ) circa 1965

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We of course being a KEF and KEF-Kits dealer had access to drivers, filters, cabinet designs, etc
i goofed around w Cantata, 104 a/b ( a B200 driving a passive 139, which I recall was ok...
the lovely and sweet T-27 or T-33
with a Decca Ribbon
ah the fun
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We also had an FFT running on a Commodore PET
you understand the Vandersteen and Thiel..... or maybe not....,

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In the late 70’s I had a prospective employer tell me that COBOL was dead.

So much for predictions. 😊
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