high eff’ drivers- favourites?

D.A.S. drivers : they seem nigh on impossible to get in the uk, but what do users think of them??

the 12bn is an amazing looking driver for midrange (with enough power) when simmed against the p-audio sn12b but nearly 3x the price.

*what i really want to know though is if the cone material is strong enough for a compression ratio of 5.1= was thinking 7.1 but worried about weird modal behaviuor and off axis resp with such restricted throat.

and this leads on to:

i have been asked to look into designing an "eco" sound system to run off wind, solar and pedal power, with a budget to match! so i want to find the most efficiant drivers ideally lowish rms rating and power compression loss but with high no's and ebp's for horn loading!! should be fun

*any suggestions for drivers, to look at from 1" through 6" to 18"(<probly give them a miss this time) even if relatively expensive??

thanks al

switch mode amps etc also

ps. seen the alpha 8mr / beyma 122nd / paudio e10-200a / paudio wn-d72 / 18sound 10nd610 / 18sound 6nd410 / and stupid price bms co-ax / selenium d330000ti etc not thinking lowthers here.. should i?

Edited by minaximal - 14 February 2006 at 8:42pm

nice rising response, could be usefull for hornloading but the smalls dont show it'd like being horn loaded..

Prosoundman wrote:   Das drivers are brilliant. I have been using and selling them in the UK for the past 7yrs. I have been to the factory and they are hand made. If you need any help.....no prob

are the coils hand-wound?

Edited by mykey - 22 February 2006 at 12:38am

loophole wrote:  haha, typical stokey behaviour eh al?

yer stokey's where its at, its brilliant; wanky restuarants and stabbings everywhere, but this project is more from an ilford connection. i thought youd b doing the same in bristol anyhows, isnt that just a big stokey!?