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Companies that produce midrange ribbon drivers?
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carbidetooth
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Maybe Radian?
radianaudio.com
Planar Ribbon
Radian Audio New-Generation Planar Ribbon Drivers: The Direct Drive Towards Speaker Excellence! Audio experts and enthusiasts know that speakers based on ribbon or planar-magnetic drivers with thin film diaphragm deliver exceptional sound quality in the mid and high frequency range. Over the...
AlfaNovember
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Stage Accompany 8535 - Out of production, and above your given $ range, but I do own a pair, and they're lovely.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details...-8535-horn-loaded-planar-ribbon-tweeter-pair/ (not my listing, no relation)
10 pounds of neodymium per driver, so keep 'em securely fastened down, and all screwdrivers at least 1 foot away, lest they jump.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details...-8535-horn-loaded-planar-ribbon-tweeter-pair/ (not my listing, no relation)
10 pounds of neodymium per driver, so keep 'em securely fastened down, and all screwdrivers at least 1 foot away, lest they jump.
Raven, or whatever they are called now had some longer units that could suffice. $$$$
The old SA stuff was really held highly by those with them.
ATC, not the studio monitor company, made some 2' long unit planars.
BG Neo8 or Neo10 or the GRS clones are options.
Finding some Monsoon units could work.
Beyma TPL150 can play fairly low.
ESS Heil are low reaching AMT tplanar.
OP, your query says 'ribbons', which can include the variety of AMT, planar, true-ribbon, leaf, etc. I will say that all of the above are within this group type using flat, or flat and folded membranes suspended between or inside a magnetic field. Have a large midrange reaching true-ribbon would be difficult and very expensive due to the onboard electrical transformer requirements. The largest true ribbon I know is the RAAL lazy ribbon, but I don't feel it dives deep enough to be called a midrange.
The old SA stuff was really held highly by those with them.
ATC, not the studio monitor company, made some 2' long unit planars.
BG Neo8 or Neo10 or the GRS clones are options.
Finding some Monsoon units could work.
Beyma TPL150 can play fairly low.
ESS Heil are low reaching AMT tplanar.
OP, your query says 'ribbons', which can include the variety of AMT, planar, true-ribbon, leaf, etc. I will say that all of the above are within this group type using flat, or flat and folded membranes suspended between or inside a magnetic field. Have a large midrange reaching true-ribbon would be difficult and very expensive due to the onboard electrical transformer requirements. The largest true ribbon I know is the RAAL lazy ribbon, but I don't feel it dives deep enough to be called a midrange.
I have a pair of BG Neo8 if you're interested
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R45 Ribbon Driver
New technology Ribbon audiophile loudspeakers for high end audio, stereo hifi and home theater systems. Front speakers, center channel speakers and surround loudspeakers. Sound reinforcement for high intelligibility in small to medium public forums. Loudspeaker kits for DIY audio systems.
There was the Raven R3.0 (and its later siblings R3.1, etc.), a large ribbon mid-tweeter which could extend down into mid-triple digit frequencies, while also exhibiting high sensivity. Raven ribbon drivers used to be made by Orca Design & Manufacturing, and were sold by Andre Perrault (now deceased) at his e-Speakers website (now defunct). Those might be worth consideration if you can find some for sale.
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