Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement

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Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement

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07-26-2008, 08:17 PM

Dave Slusarczyk Wrote:Evening guys,

Thanks for teh explanation of the "whizzer"--interesting.

I will experiment and keep you all posted.

Dave

Just a note,

The whizzer could be made of something else than paper.

Using soft plastics like yogurt (polyethylene?) containers will boost high frequencies by an order of magnitude compared to paper.

Syl

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Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Dave Slusarczyk - 07-25-2008, 09:33 AM

Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Syl - 07-25-2008, 11:16 AM

Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Dave Slusarczyk - 07-25-2008, 08:48 PM

Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Syl - 07-25-2008, 09:19 PM

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