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https://www.stereophile.com/content/farewell-paper-cone
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Reminds me of the Mark Twain quote about his death.;)
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No mention of JBL's contributions to cone technology such as aquaplas, lansaplas.
Lynn Olsen had a very comprehensive article on the pros and cons of just about every transducer type. I'll search for a URL.
Choose your favourite compromises, and enjoy the music,
I didn’t see when that was written but I think it was the 1960s; Fried has been dead for years. Was probably news back then I suppose.
Well that didn't work out! Some of my best sounding drivers use paper cones. Go figure?
Rob:)
Fried was supposed to have been a pretty good salesman; do you think the fact that he was importing IMF speakers back then that used KEF B139s had something to do with the “death” of paper cones? 😊
The published date is shown- Sep 1962. This is before "Bud" was known for his IMF and other manufacturing connections. So, in a way, he was prescient in being ahead of the rush to alternative materials coming the late 60's and well beyond. He was quite wrong in proclaiming the paper cone obsolete. A pattern we see often repeated in the home audio world, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by kmanusa
Since I am able to see the future I am happy to tell you that the paper cone will continue for many years to come.
However I am looking forward to seeing Graphene being incorporated in the paper mix .
Yep I see now the 1962 date, it was not obvious on my iPhone. Bud was an interesting character on the audio scene. I did enjoy my IMF Monitor speakers from the late 70s although I don’t believe he was affiliated with the loudspeaker brand by then. Boy could they go low, close to 20 Hz!Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidF
My Kinergetics subs use five 10 inch woofers per side, all paper cones. They can go pretty low too.
Personally I like to say Graphene almost as much is I like to say aerogel!Quote:
Originally Posted by macaroonie
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