corElement
Well-Known Member
So I've been doing some research and am listing down what I've understood. Looking for some insight from people who know about full range cone and electrostatic drivers to help me learn.
1. Both are without crossover (Some electrostatics have hybrid design with subs, do the subs determine the crossover? Wont the crossover on the sub defeat the purpose of having crossoverless design?
2. 1 body of sound but is the sound weaker at the edges of electrostatic designs? Or does the ENTIRE surface of an electrostatic speaker emit sound. (does it really that different from a multirange or 6" single driver based speaker?)
3. Does the tweeter/surface ever blow/get damaged on both cone and electro like multiranged boxed speakers?
4. Single cone drivers are high efficiency and risk damage from high wattage outputs?
5. SET Tube amps like lyrita say around 15w (not sure of the impedance), since they are closer to 1 pure watt and since electrostatic speakers have a steadynull speakers which if said to be 4ohms, never (supposedly never?) deviate from that wouldnt a low watt tube amp drive an electrostatic speaker like say the Magnepan MMG fairly well since getting the +3b at 15watts seems like a resonable amount or will the sensitivity of 86 and 4 ohms power bog down a 15w set amp? (My information here is sketchy but just take it as a hypothetical situation since I'm trying to understand)
More questions soon!
1. Both are without crossover (Some electrostatics have hybrid design with subs, do the subs determine the crossover? Wont the crossover on the sub defeat the purpose of having crossoverless design?
2. 1 body of sound but is the sound weaker at the edges of electrostatic designs? Or does the ENTIRE surface of an electrostatic speaker emit sound. (does it really that different from a multirange or 6" single driver based speaker?)
3. Does the tweeter/surface ever blow/get damaged on both cone and electro like multiranged boxed speakers?
4. Single cone drivers are high efficiency and risk damage from high wattage outputs?
5. SET Tube amps like lyrita say around 15w (not sure of the impedance), since they are closer to 1 pure watt and since electrostatic speakers have a steadynull speakers which if said to be 4ohms, never (supposedly never?) deviate from that wouldnt a low watt tube amp drive an electrostatic speaker like say the Magnepan MMG fairly well since getting the +3b at 15watts seems like a resonable amount or will the sensitivity of 86 and 4 ohms power bog down a 15w set amp? (My information here is sketchy but just take it as a hypothetical situation since I'm trying to understand)
More questions soon!