mononoaware
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Recently bought a pair of Fostex FE103NV drivers which are now made in china.
When opening the boxes and inspecting them I noticed 2 small defects on the inverted surround (both had 2 defects each in random spots).
Like if you gently pushed from underneath with the tip of your finger, except they are deformed like that permanently.
They are very minor and can only be seen under the right light, but still they are defects.
I have seen many photos of previous generation FE103 series drivers and I have never seen this defect.
I am an easy going person so I just screwed them into the enclosures and they work so that's fine, I will purchase replacements when the speakers blow.
The FE103NV is able to extend to 20khz (starts rolling off about 16khz but still plays up there as its a full-range driver).
I wonder if these kinds of defects or damage to the speaker surround can cause issues when playing extremely high frequencies of 15-20khz since they require more precise fast movement of the cone compared to a bass note.
Thanks.
When opening the boxes and inspecting them I noticed 2 small defects on the inverted surround (both had 2 defects each in random spots).
Like if you gently pushed from underneath with the tip of your finger, except they are deformed like that permanently.
They are very minor and can only be seen under the right light, but still they are defects.
I have seen many photos of previous generation FE103 series drivers and I have never seen this defect.
I am an easy going person so I just screwed them into the enclosures and they work so that's fine, I will purchase replacements when the speakers blow.
The FE103NV is able to extend to 20khz (starts rolling off about 16khz but still plays up there as its a full-range driver).
I wonder if these kinds of defects or damage to the speaker surround can cause issues when playing extremely high frequencies of 15-20khz since they require more precise fast movement of the cone compared to a bass note.
Thanks.