Newbie questions?

[warnerwh]

All else being equal do drivers with high excursion like some of the subwoofer drivers I'm seeing have the linearity of a driver that doesn't have such extreme excursion? It doesn't make sense that driving something two inches peak to peak could remain as linear.

I see some subwoofer drivers that cost 6-800 each. That seems very high although I know of tweeters costing much more. Are these high dollar drivers much if any better than drivers costing 2-300 each?

Also do driver manufacturers inflate their sensitivity ratings like commercial speaker makers often do?

Thank You

[ThomasW]

'Generally' the extremes of the excursion aren't linear for any driver whether the excursion is short or long.

I've heard the $2400 Accuton Diamond tweeters and they were pretty impressive....

[TacoD]

I have to agree with Thomas . Some of the expensive drivers do sound great, but I have to admit that you can buy 95% of the performance for less. It's that last piece of resolution/ air which will cost you a lot of money.

For example those Dayton RS180 drivers sound fantastic, but if you compare them to Seas Excel/ Accuton you hear that the Dayton misses some of the microdynamic/ resolution/ vividness of the Seas/ Accuton. Also bare in mind that you need fine electronics to hear these differences. For some it's the imperfectness of drivers which they like, so taste is also involved.