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LOUDSPEAKER -- PLANAR & RIBBON
sa   LOUDSPEAKER -- ELECTROSTATIC
x   PLANAR LOUDSPEAKER
x   RIBBON LOUDSPEAKER
xx   LOUDSPEAKER

On angel's wings. Constructing an enclosure for the Bohlender Graebener RD75 ribbon driver. Combine the spacious sounds of ribbons with the dynamic range of conventional drivers. Part 1.
AUDIOXPRESS Jan 2001 (v.32#1) pg. 42

On angel's wings. Part 2. Speaker construction and listening trials.
AUDIOXPRESS Feb 2001 (v.32#2) pg. 62
Added Info AUDIOXPRESS Jun 2001 (v.32#6) pg. 74
Added Info AUDIOXPRESS Jul 2001 (v.32#7) pg. 82

Ribbons made easy. Construction of a ribbon speaker for use at mid/high frequencies. Design goals were high acoustical quality, ease of construction, and adjustability.
AUDIOXPRESS May 2001 (v.32#5) pg. 56
Added Info AUDIOXPRESS Sep 2001 (v.32#9) pg. 77 (Source of magnets, ribbon)

Proper baffling and a crossover circuit for use with the Strathearn SLC2 midrange/high-frequency ribbon drivers. Includes tips on building an arched "wing" on each side of the driver.
SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1984 [Jun 1984] (v.5#2) pg. 30
Correction SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1984 [Dec 1984] (v.5#4) pg. 38

Simple ribbon tweeters. Description of preliminary work to build a ribbon tweeter which uses two alnico magnets or a series/parallel arrangement of barium ferrite blocks.
SPEAKER BUILDER 3/1984 [Aug 1984] (v.5#3) pg. 7
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1986 [May 1986] (v.7#2) pg. 46
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1990 [Feb 1990] (v.11#1) pg. 64

Report on assembling the Jack Caldwell Ribbon System (JCRS) speaker kit from Audio Concepts.
SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1984 [Dec 1984] (v.5#4) pg. 30
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1985 [May 1985] (v.6#2) pg. 46
Correction SPEAKER BUILDER 3/1985 [Aug 1985] (v.6#3) pg. 45

Modifying the Strathearn SLC2 ribbon driver loudspeaker. Looks at damping materials, free air performance, enclosures, etc.
SPEAKER BUILDER 3/1985 [Aug 1985] (v.6#3) pg. 22
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1985 [Nov 1985] (v.6#4) pg. 54
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1986 [Apr 1986] (v.7#1) pg. 47
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1986 [May 1986] (v.7#2) pg. 49
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1987 [Dec 1987] (v.8#4) pg. 57

A Gold Ribbon system. Loudspeaker enclosure (6"x12"x53" tall) incorporates two 7" woofers and a ribbon driver.
SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1986 [Oct 1986] (v.7#4) pg. 14
Correction SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1987 [Jan 1987] (v.8#1) pg. 48
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1988 [Apr 1988] (v.9#2) pg. 54

La folia. A kitchen bench ribbon speaker. How to build a pleasant sounding pair of ribbon speakers. Est. cost: $150-$200.
SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1988 [Jan 1988] (v.9#1) pg. 9
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1988 [Jul 1988] (v.9#4) pg. 56, 57
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 5/1988 [Sep 1988] (v.9#5) pg. 59, 69, 73

A low-cost, two-way ribbon (midrange/tweeter) system. Built from 1/8" steel plate, Alnico magnets and ribbon material (from an old capacitor). Est. cost: $100/pair.
SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1988 [Jul 1988] (v.9#4) pg. 38
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 5/1989 [Sep 1989] (v.10#5) pg. 61

The flexible dipole woofer. A 22"x33" planar woofer is constructed by driving a stretched mylar panel with a drive assembly taken from a 10" woofer.
SPEAKER BUILDER 2/1993 [Mar 1993] (v.14#2) pg. 10

An evolving Magnepan MG-1. Upgrading a two-way low-distortion planar speaker (circa 1970) to deliver state-of-the-art performance by adding a tweeter array, subwoofer, capacitor bank, etc.
SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1994 [Jan 1994] (v.15#1) pg. 44
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 3/1994 [Apr 1994] (v.15#3) pg. 68
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1994 [May 1994] (v.15#4) pg. 49
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1995 [Jan 1995] (v.16#1) pg. 65

A large ribbon driver (planar film driver) you can build.
SPEAKER BUILDER 6/1994 [Aug 1994] (v.15#6) pg. 10

A push-pull planar speaker quest. Suggestions on how to build a high-quality do-it-yourself WPS40 (wire planar speaker 40" diaphragm), also known as a ribbon speaker. Part 1.
SPEAKER BUILDER 8/1995 [Dec 1995] (v.16#8) pg. 8
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 3/1996 [May 1996] (v.17#3) pg. 66
Added Info SPEAKER BUILDER 8/2000 [Dec 2000] (v.21#8) pg. 47

A push-pull planar speaker quest. Part 2. Performance results and simple enclosure.
SPEAKER BUILDER 4/1996 [Jul 1996] (v.17#4) pg. 38