Visaton midrange THD

[BranoO]

Hi everybody!
Has anyone measured the harmonic distortion of Visaton midrange drivers? Or has anyone got any THD graphs for Visaton midranges? Or are those measurements available online? I have done some search but with no success.

 

[Wolf]

Which model? Zaph did the TI100. The newer coated papercone drivers have not been 3rd party verified to my knowledge.

 

[Colonel7]

I took this about a year ago on a Visaton W130s-4. It was part of my first experiments measuring. Done in a ~11.3 liter cabinet with 20cm baffle

 

[BranoO]

Which model? Zaph did the TI100. The newer coated papercone drivers have not been 3rd party verified to my knowledge.

Which model? That is the question! But yes, TI100 definitely is on my shortlist. Thanks for the info!

 

[voodooless]

The German DIY magazines probably tested them all (K+T and HobbyHifi). Particularly good ones are Ti100, Al130M, MR130 and B80 as I seem to recall. The budget W-line isn’t bad either.

Here is some info on the AL130M:

Visaton AL 130 M - Net zo mooi als zijn vervormingscijfers? - forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl

 

[BranoO]

I took this about a year ago on a Visaton W130s-4. It was part of my first experiments measuring. Done in a ~11.3 liter cabinet with 20cm baffle
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That looks good. Thank you very much! Have you used any Visaton drivers in your designs? Or have you found anything interesting in your measurements? I made two pairs of boxes with their drivers (one pair of floorstanders and one pair of bookshelves) and now I would like to build 3-way floorstanders (GF200 / ??? / G25FFL+WG). Any suggestions on midrange?

 

[BranoO]

The German DIY magazines probably tested them all (K+T and HobbyHifi). Particularly good ones are Ti100, Al130M, MR130 and B80 as I seem to recall. The budget W-line isn’t bad either.

Here is some info on the AL130M:

Visaton AL 130 M - Net zo mooi als zijn vervormingscijfers? - forum.zelfbouwaudio.nl

Thank you! Very useful.

 

[Colonel7]

That looks good. Thank you very much! Have you used any Visaton drivers in your designs? Or have you found anything interesting in your measurements? I made two pairs of boxes with their drivers (one pair of floorstanders and one pair of bookshelves) and now I would like to build 3-way floorstanders (GF200 / ??? / G25FFL+WG). Any suggestions on midrange?

You're welcome. These are the only Visatons I've ever used so no suggestions. I'm still learning myself and am using these in a 3-way center channel (sorry, no saved measurements on it) and that I'm going to try active when I get a new measurement mic. I have another 4 W130s-4s that are going in 2 floorstanders when I finish with the center. I prefer them sealed.

 

[Wolf]

I have seen comparisons between the visaton ti100 and the Tang band w4-1337 and the difference is the Tang band was better in the upper mids and the ti100 was better in the lower mids.