@erik_squires
Yes, I believe the coating is Aluminum Oxide, which is a ceramic material. I'm not sure how they apply it, or what the difference is with the new Revel drivers.
The benefits of paper drivers and soft dome tweeters are that their breakup nodes aren't nearly as nasty as metal drivers. The downside is that their breakup nodes occur at lower frequencies.
Still, breakup nodes are only an issue if you're running drivers into the extremes of their range or using shallow slope crossovers. If you're building a 2-way or 2.5 way speaker with a first order crossover, it's something you need to worry about. If you're building a 3-way using 4th order crossovers you'll have a lot less to worry about with regard to breakup nodes, unless you just picked the completely wrong drivers for your project.
Yes, I believe the coating is Aluminum Oxide, which is a ceramic material. I'm not sure how they apply it, or what the difference is with the new Revel drivers.
The benefits of paper drivers and soft dome tweeters are that their breakup nodes aren't nearly as nasty as metal drivers. The downside is that their breakup nodes occur at lower frequencies.
Still, breakup nodes are only an issue if you're running drivers into the extremes of their range or using shallow slope crossovers. If you're building a 2-way or 2.5 way speaker with a first order crossover, it's something you need to worry about. If you're building a 3-way using 4th order crossovers you'll have a lot less to worry about with regard to breakup nodes, unless you just picked the completely wrong drivers for your project.