There are couple of audiogon ads for MaxHemps saying it is $800 upgrade for Alnico. And Omega site says ferrite driver on MaxHemp page and its says Alnico is standard in MaxHemp on the driver page.
ALN8omega Hempcone - Found in Maxhemp and optional on Superhemp and Compacthemp.
http://www.omegaloudspeakers.com/drivers.htmlFull range 8” Omega MQ8LBomega Hempcone
http://www.omegaloudspeakers.com/maxhemp.htmlFigured this was faster than emailing Omega.
Ken