Whizzer cone drivers


According to my expirience as speaker designer , i am wondering why so  many companies  still making loudspeakers with wizzer cone drivers and  so many  guys fall in love with this products choosing small paper cone as a additonal tweeter prefering high quality tweeter made from top quality components.Yes, no crossover ( capacitor) , but still ?

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PS - As a DIY speaker maker, I can see how boring it may get to chase the "best" drivers all the time.  DIY is about fun and experimentation so I think some whizzers may make for a fun time building.

@bache 

As has been pointed out, implementation is the big variable. Many who’ve heard it find the Cube Audio Nenuphars to sound exceedingly good. It’s considered to be one of the best single driver full range speakers currently available.

Charles

Charney offers several choices for their full-range driver.  I've heard the Voxativ and AER driver in their Companion line of speakers.  I like the AER more than I do the Voxativ, but, both drivers are excellent in that speaker.  I find the Charney single driver full range system to be more naturally balanced and less peaky than the Cube Audio Nenuphar system, but, the Nenuphar Basis (two way system with a powered woofer) is a different beast and I really like that system--vibrant, rich, and capable of filling a very large room.  These whizzer cone systems do demand careful speaker placement and listening on the preferred axis (i.e., small listening window), but,  all speakers really do have a small ideal listening window anyway.

 

I have Moth Audio Cicadas on my TV system, I stare at those whizzer cones all day! 

My wife wanted me to buy the Cicada's way back when (her favorite color is Red).

 

DeKay