OK I'll take the bait from the peanut gallery...
"a fountain of mis-information" is comical... lets look at why an oval speaker cannot move in a truely linear fashion:
the voice coil on all tradional dynamic(cone) speakers is round. in a mid-range/high frequency application, the actual xmax (movement one way forward or back) is very small (high frequnecy "hZ").. so the actual time inside the magnetic gap where the electrical transfer occurs is very short & very fast. Any miss-alignment or off kilter situation will dramatically affect/effect both electrical transfer...Compared to a Subwoofer where the time in the gap is longer (lower frequency "hZ")
the oval cone & surround (so wonderfully called a "rubber ring by the experts here) cannot move in a linear fashion. the outer edges (at the pointsof the oval) will peakthe surround well befor the sides closested the center of the driver/cone which travel more closely to the round voice coil...
oh hell who cares... My Engineering degree, MECP certification, & 20+ years in the business are worthless...
Enjoy your land based Satelite radios & your 6x9's.. oh & the fart cans rock too...
Rob W
