Wayne Parham Messages: 18852 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Yes, you're right that the OEMs need money to produce a prototype, but some are more willing than others. I think you might approach Eminence with this, as they might be willing to do something with it at low cost. I seem to recall Tom Danley saying that they made the baskets and cones for the prototype of his Contrabass device. All Danley really needed was the diaphragm and suspension hung on a basket, since he used a belt to drive the cone. So maybe they could provide something like that for you. A modified basket could be fabricated pretty easily in the machine shop and a couple of cones could be attached using existing suspension parts. Seems like it would be easy to make 'em with 6", 8" and 10" primaries, and 12", 15" and 18" secondaries. Just a thought.