Posted by hurdy_gurdyman [ 4.229.162.27 ] on June 10, 2004 at 08:09:30:

In Reply to: Advantage of ls-12 posted by akhilesh on June 09, 2004 at 22:50:10:

akhilesh,
>do the LS12s have a largre magnet than the ls8s?<

You can't actually see the magnets on these, but I read somewhere that they share the same AlNiCo magnet. This probably is one of the reasons that the somewhat lower Q LS-8 a bit faster and thinner sounding. I belief I remember the magnet weight as 5.6 oz AlNiCo slug.
The biggest noticable change is in both speakers upper mid and treble, where the LS-8 just plain sounds faster. Voice articulation is better, as well as percussion. There is definately a family sound with these two drivers, just thst the LS-8 is athletic while the LS-12 has middle age spread (just like me.) ;^)

Dave

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