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'Isodynamics' are closer to conventional moving coil transducers than
electrostatics. Instead of a voice coil as such, a zig-zag pattern of metal
film or wires is attached directly to a plastic sheet, so that the whole
assembly is flat, comparitively low in mass and is driven over it's entire
area, rather than at the apex of a cone or the periphery of a dome, like
conventioal mc transducers. Flat magnets are placed behind the diaphram. The
really famous user of this kind of technology is the American speaker
company, Magnepan. For full-range designs like these, the magnets are
perforated or arranged in strips to allow dipole radiation. Wharfedale, as
other 'old gits' probably recall, also used isodynamic tweeters in some of
their speakers, back in the 70s. Isodynamic was just a Wharfedale term or
trade name- 'planar magnetic' seems to be the usual generic term for this
kind of transducer.
In recent times, HiFi World magazine and some manufacturers, including
Heybrook, got rather keen on a tweeter made by Tonigen using this principle
of operation. Unfortunately Tonigen insisted on large batches being ordered
for production to continue. Such orders were not forthcoming, so they
stopped production.
The limitations of these kinds of drivers seem to revolve around low
frequency bandwidth for a given size, and the fact that they are usually
'single-ended', in the sense that they are driven from one side only. The
distortion this produces, although real enough, is arguably more benign than
cones or dome resonance. IIRC, it is feasable to put magnets on both sides
of the film diaphram, but the sound is then being heard through the holes or
slots in the magnets, and I guess cavity resonances would become an issue
too. Although not ideal sonically, Magnepan tend to put the magnets across
the front of the diaphram, to protect it.
Far more information than anyone wanted, I expect! This is all off the top
of my head, so apologies for any inaccuracies...
Ik heb ook gevonden hoe de techniek precies werkt, maar waar ik eigenlijk benieuwd naar ben is welk model dit is, van wanneer hij is en wat hij toen ongeveer kostte.
Wharfedale zelf heb ik ook al gemaild
Wharfedale zelf heb ik ook al gemaild
Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy Blighter dicky-birdied, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the bertie!
Volgens deze info: http://groups-beta.google...70624a72/d833b374adb9fbb2
Komt deze uit begin jaren '70. Ze beschrijven precies deze, wellicht is er maar 1 model van dit soort. Heeft toen dus £20,- gekost.
Komt deze uit begin jaren '70. Ze beschrijven precies deze, wellicht is er maar 1 model van dit soort. Heeft toen dus £20,- gekost.
Ah, kijk! Daar heb ik wat aan.ShittyOldMan schreef op maandag 03 januari 2005 @ 14:32:
Volgens deze info: http://groups-beta.google...70624a72/d833b374adb9fbb2
Komt deze uit begin jaren '70. Ze beschrijven precies deze, wellicht is er maar 1 model van dit soort. Heeft toen dus £20,- gekost.
Dank!
Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy Blighter dicky-birdied, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the bertie!

