Lavoce Italiana has announced three new HF compression driver models following significant investment in the understanding of compression driver design and production efficiency optimisation. The Lavoce Research team has developed advanced ‘nonlinear’ modelling techniques allowing its R&D to predict the real-world frequency response and harmonic distortion of any design before building physical prototypes. This leads to significantly reduced development time and the continuous addition of versatile HF devices with low distortion and linear frequency responses to their range.
The DF10.103M model employs optimised annular diaphragm technology with a polyester diaphragm housed in a ferrite motor structure with a 1-inch exit and 1-inch edge-wound copper-clad aluminium voice coil. Due to the benefits of its annular diaphragm design DF10.103M offers a high 50W programme power rating and 109dB sensitivity together with a low 1,800Hz recommended crossover point and very low distortion for its size.
DN10.20 is a compact and high power 1-inch exit neodymium compression driver with a 2-inch edge-wound copper-clad aluminium voice coil and a 140W programme power rating. A high temperature polymer dome material is used in an optimized diaphragm assembly and phase plug design, which delivers 108dB sensitivity and a low recommended crossover point of 1200Hz. Weighing 1.15kg and with a diameter of 92mm, DN10.20 exceeds all performance expectations for its form factor.
DF14.250T adds another flavour of 1.4-inch exit compression driver to the company’s range of large format devices and uses a ferrite motor structure featuring a 2.5-inch edge-wound copper-clad voice coil and titanium diaphragm and surround. It offers a 160W programme power rating, 108dB sensitivity and a 1200Hz recommended crossover point. And as with all large format devices from Lavoce it also employs their patented Integral Input Surface (IIS) phase plug topology, featuring a smooth input surface phase plug part that helps enhance consistency in production and in the field.
‘Our Italian R&D team continue to research compression driver optimisation and have added a wide range of impressive models over the past few years,’ says International Sales Director, Kevin Shove. ‘This has helped grow our market share in this category as more and more customers realise the premium performance and value proposition we offer and exemplified in these three new drivers.’
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