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During the past few days I have made some important reviews of the suspension. The 204mm spider with a 3 inch coil gives a pretty hefty 56mm width of the suspension area. This is all good for the ability to move, but I am a bit worried that it might resonate, especially since it will be a very soft suspension for its size. Resonances originate from the mass and compliance relationship in the spider, so an idea that might work is to reduce the diameter a bit, and then make an adapter ring for the spider landing with an oval inner opening. That way, the width of the spider will be progressive, leading to an effective resonance distribution over a wide range of frequencies, where each resonance has extremely low Q. This approach should remove resonances and at the same time keep the Cms linear over a wide excursion range.
As I wrote before, the spider will handle the significant part of the Cms, while the surround will be far softer. There are several reasons for this.
First off all, the spider is easier to control than the surround, especially if we need some added coating on parts of the surround that has to be done manually. That means the variation between samples will be small.
It is also slightly easier to control the X-position of the coil if the spider is the dominant compliance. This might not always be true, but the selected assembly method means the coil will be fixed in the gap, and the spider will be mounted in the frame with only the coil in position. The spider will be glued to the voice coil former as it is in its resting position. Then the cone will be added in a similar way, but as the cone has its own mass, it will be a source for some error. We therefore need to support the cone mechanically during assembly to make sure we do not assemble the suspension under load. A 0,5mm error in the cone assembly will therefore translate to less than 0,15mm for the entire assembly.
As the spider is far wider than the surround (around 40mm vs around 20mm), it will keep its compliance over a broader excursion range. Since the spider is the dominant compliance, and also is the part that offers the longest excursion, we will get a more linear total suspension. This also reduces the drivers tendency to activate jumping resonances (as described in an earlier post).
The mass balance of the driver has been described before. However, the center of gravity has not been talked too much about. The center of gravity on the voice coil itself will be towards the back of the voice coil former, but not by much. It represents around 45g behind the spider. The rest of the mass will be around 60g as the spider and glue probably represents around 5g. The mass of the cone will increase towards the front. The length of the assembly behind the spider is around 110mm, while the length of the assembly in front of the spider is around 88mm. This means the balance of the mass in front of, and behind the spider, is almost perfectly in balance, leaving just a few grams resting on the surround. Having a more rugged spider makes sense as it will carry most of the drivers mass.
The oval spider ring will be mounted such that the driver is intended to have the oval standing vertically when the driver is mounted. The spiders horizontal width will be around 163mm, while its vertical width will be around 175mm. This gives a spider that is less prone to sag over time.