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I embarked on a journey to build my very own speaker system, and after careful consideration, I settled on utilizing this specific driver. Following a well-established design that incorporated these drivers seemed like the logical choice, and I'm pleased to say that the Audiofy team played a pivotal role in making this project a reality. Their exceptional service and timely delivery of the drivers made the entire process smoother, for which I'm sincerely thankful.

Now, turning our attention to these drivers themselves, they truly stand out in every way. Their ability to reproduce sound with remarkable accuracy, maintaining the authentic timbre and tonal characteristics of audio, is nothing short of impressive. What sets them apart is their precision and speed, which makes for a listening experience that's not only enjoyable but also incredibly detailed.

One notable feature is their compatibility with sealed enclosures, which opens up a world of possibilities for speaker design and customization. The way these drivers handle male and female voices is exceptional, capturing the nuances and subtleties that bring music to life. In fact, their delivery of vocals is so flawless that it compels you to indulge in longer listening sessions, truly immersing yourself in the music.

Without reservation, I wholeheartedly recommend this driver to anyone in pursuit of a speaker system that comes remarkably close to recreating the true essence of audio.

I have used Dayton RS180 for a long time, but those drivers predate these designs by a decade, and have severe cone breakup problems acoompanied by resonance distortion amplification, which becomes audible even as low as 1.5KHz. These SB17 metal cone drivers (this one and the SB17NBAC) are outstanding next generation metal-cone drivers which have these radial ridges to reduce cone breakup. The net result is a low distortion driver with really exceptional clarity and detail in the vocal ranges, something which paper and poly cones find hard to deliver. And all this is done with a controlled cone breakup, thus making it unnecessary for me to use 6th order or Cauer-Elliptic crossover topologies.

These are on the cards for my next MTM floorstander designs, mated to an SB26CDC tweeter or an SB29RDAC.

This is a very peculiar driver. It is large enough to deliver room-filling bass, it's almost 10". It has an Fs of 24Hz, which lets it go really low in a small enclosure. It can be used in a sealed 20-litre enclosure almost without any equalisation and will still deliver bass deep enough for double-bass or rock. And it does all this together with a flat SPL curve which goes into the KHz range, with a moving mass much lighter than the SB29NRX classical high-end woofer. This one has a moving mass of 44g while that has 78g. So, this can handle higher frequencies than almost any other 10" woofer. I'm using this in a 3-way sealed box with an MR13 mid and a TW29R tweeter, for an all-Satori high-end monitor speaker. It may be larger than desktop speakers but will be average size for general monitors. I'll drive this with a Hypex FA123 with active equalisation and crossover.

This is the only 10" driver I can think of which can mate with the Satori 2" dome midrange, because the dome needs to be crossover at 1KHz or higher, 4th order.

This one is a close cousin of my earlier favourite SB29NRX75-6. This has a slightly higher impedance, which makes for a less expensive crossover if a passive crossover is being used. But a high quality woofer like this one is best used with an active line-level crossover with equalisation in a sealed enclosure.

This driver is perfect for deep bass in domestic high-end systems. It has the power to take active equalisation and deliver bass extension. It also has the T/S parameters to allow a modest sized sealed box to deliver really deep bass. The build quality is superb, like with all SB34NRX and SB29NRX drivers. The cast metal frame and wide rubber surround are great to allow high excursion without any distortion or power handling problem. I find this driver ideal for a lot of 3-way designs mated with a lot of different high quality mids. I'm using this with a Satori MR13.

This is top of the line for Satori. The performance is outstanding, it is hard to imagine how things could get any better in any respect. The flange itself is in two annular parts, to decouple the actual diaphragm somewhat from the baffle vibrations. Distortion is very low, and the sound is something unusual -- very clean and detailed but with no harshness. I am using this in two 3-way designs with Satori MR midrange drivers.

This is the ideal tweeter for a small flange design. The Fc is low enough to allow crossing over at 1.8K or perhaps even lower, fourth order, and the distortion is very low. The slightly larger cousin, the SB29RDAC, is a famous high performance tweeter, and this model has most of the same DNA. I think this is an ideal tweeter for MTM designs with larger 6.5" midbass, because of the slightly lower centre-to-centre distance one can get with this, plus the low crossover frequencies possible.

This is a superb tweeter, with a performance very similar to the SB26CDC. It can be crossed over quite low too. I have done distortion measurements, and distortion is very low in the operating range. I am using this with other aluminium cone drivers for a 3-way tower.

This is an excellent tweeter at a very affordable price point. It is a metal dome but does not have any harshness associated with metal domes. I have done swept-sine harmonic distortion measurements too, and the distortion profile is astonishingly low. It can be crossed over at 1.8K or 2K fourth order. With tweeters like this one and the related model, the SB26ADC, it is hard to justify why one needs to use anything more expensive.