Celestion MD500
Reconstruction of the compression driver dome. Goal: functional equivalence with the original, verified by measurement and by listening.
Data sheet
- Component
- Compression driver dome
- System
- Celestion MD500
- Origin
- Discontinued component, no longer available
- Status
- Prototyping and measurement
- Materials
- Light alloy, structural adhesives stable over time
- Reference
- Intact original unit surveyed in the laboratory
Equivalence criteria
Moving mass
Within tolerance of the surveyed original
Frequency response
Limited deviation across the usable band
Impedance
Curve matching the original
Distortion
No higher than the reference unit