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IMG woofer vs paper woofer


Hoju

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  • 5 years later...

I agree with Don. Anybody who emphatically states that IMG will outlast paper is living in a dreamworld. Let's just wait about 50 years and see if that IMG woofer cone is still pliable, or will it become more brittle over time?? I would bet the 50 year old paper cone will outperform it! Now, IMG MAY OUTLAST an OVERDRIVEN paper cone, due to its tendency to not rip like paper can...but...just as in foam surrounds as opposed to corrugated paper surrounds...time will tell!

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Tommyboy, you are corrrect in that most car speakers DON'T last very long, but that is likely due to a number of factors that MOST high quality home audio systems are NOT subjected to...such as being overdriven, temperature and humidity extremes and rapid changes to temperature and humidity, etc...

Remember when the be all and end all to canoes was the ABS plastic hulled ones?? Let them be subjected to direct sunlight, temperature and humidity extremes, etc, and they will lose their plyability over a few years, BUT a well-cared for aluminum canoe or heavy fiberglass hulled canoe will still be rocking those rapids long after an old ABS canoe has become brittle and split from stem to stern. Think about it!

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