The first loudspeaker drivers announced by Lavoce Italiana in the forthcoming CAF Series of common HF/LF magnet coaxials are tha CAF123.00T, CAF153.00T, CAF123.00TH and CAF153.00TH models.
CAF Series models use aluminium baskets and ferrite common HF/LF magnet motor structures and complement the Italian company’s existing CAN Series (Aluminium basket/Neo) and CSF Series (Steel basket/Ferrite) models using the same advanced design approach. Each model adopts component parts from Lavove’s range of compression drivers and feature a single magnet low distortion ‘dual gap’ motor and are designed by their Italian R&D team using proprietary advanced linear modelling techniques.
CAF123.00T and CAF153.00T are premium performance 12-inch and 15-inch ferrite common HF/LF magnet coaxials using their cone as the horn with 80° nominal coverage. Both units feature LF woofers with 700W and 800W programme power handling respectively on a 3-inch copper voice coil and the HF with 160W programme power handling on a 3-inch edge-wound copper-clad voice coil. The HF assembly uses a titanium diaphragm with a polyimide surround, which offers stability at low HF frequency to aid the design of passive crossovers and a resultant frequency range of 45-20kHz. The addition of an aluminium demodulating ring ensures a low distortion characteristic and makes these ideal premium full range point source solutions.
CAF123.00TH has the same 12-inch specification, with the addition of a proprietary ABS horn designed to deliver a linear bandwidth dispersion with real 60°x40° directivity for more directivity specific point source system designs. The 15-inch version, CAF153.00TH, will be added to the range later in 2025.
‘Our Italian R&D team have excelled in optimising the design and manufacturing complexities of all our common HF/LF magnet coaxials,’ says Pro Audio Division Manager, Pierpaolo De Minicis. ‘These new CAF coaxials offer the high technology and value proposition that our OEM partners and sound system designer customers have increasingly come to expect from Lavoce products, and we are pleased to announce that there will be more sizes available soon to inspire their creativity.’
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