How delicate are planar transducers

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Pure ribbon tweeters are vulnerable to a strong wind or any low frequency that gets through a crossover. The aluminum ribbon has to be redone and they can even snap at times. Are planar transducer ribbons also unforgivingly fragile; for instance, the Bohlender Graebener RD series? The idea of a planar transducer without an open baffle and with ease of active crossover, perhaps only first order at 200 hz and the simplicity appeals to me. I understand they need a notch filter at 5khz which has to be passive because the enormous inductance in a notch filter before final amplification would have to be so enormous that it could only be done with the secondary of a neon sign transformer. For this reason I do not mind a passive notch filter.

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Topic - How delicate are planar transducers - Barney Vincelette 17:42:40 03/02/07 (6)

Re: How delicate are planar transducers - Dman 04:52:18 03/03/07 (0)

Re: How delicate are planar transducers - middleground 03:39:13 03/03/07 (2)

Well maybe - delaney@rea-alp.com 11:35:49 03/06/07 (0)

Re: How delicate are planar transducers - Barney Vincelette 13:33:17 03/04/07 (0)

Re: How delicate are planar transducers - Duke 19:16:32 03/02/07 (0)

Re: How delicate are planar transducers - sser2 19:10:27 03/02/07 (0)

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