[hum4god]

Hi

i am looking for a pair of RCA compression drivers :

RCA MI1428b  or
RCA MI1443

if you have a pair or know someone who knows someone who.......

let me know
malcolm

[JoshK]

Good luck.  I gave up looking for them.   Talk to Jonathan Weiss, I think he has some that he'll sell you if you buy his horn$$$.

[hum4god]

i know its a shot in the dark , but I have to at least try.
wish me luck.
there also was a thread about a rca 1428 clone from china, but no one here has listened to it as it seems.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.lmaudio.net/html/lmaudio.html

[nullspace]

Why you would think about taking a chance on some unknown driver of unverifiable quality from the Pacific Rim when there's a pair of Cogents on Audiogon is beyond me...

There have been 1428s around lately, and being in 'vintage' condition didn't lead to much of a discount from the Cogent used price.

John

[hum4god]

hi John

if i could afford the cogents that are on audiogon , or even justify spending this much money on a driver , i would.
but i can't .
so i am hoping that there might be a slim chance to pick up  the RCA drivers for a lot less then $11500.
perhaps i am mistaken about the prices the vintage RCA's are going for and then you are right, and i just have to forget about it.

malcolm

[JoshK]

The price of the cogents are about 10 times the price of the RCAs even on a'gon.

[nullspace]

I must be looking in all the wrong places, because every pair of RCA field coils I see go for upwards of $4-5k and prices have only been going up. Considering the risk involved considering the condition, I don't consider that much of a discount.

Even the permanent magnet ones are all going for almost 2k. Supposedly the sixmoons dudes got a pair for only $1000. If I could snag a pair for that, the sound of my wallet snapping open would not be unlike the sound of a gunshot...

Heck, Steve Schell listed a pair of Altec 287 for 10k on ebay recently. He got no takers, but if anyone would I would think he has a clue about what the market is.

John

[macrojack]

Malcolm,

Given the price differential, I imagine you would get much better value out of these:
http://www.bcspeakers.com/product.php?id=0000000036

I'm not certain about the cost these days but I'm pretty sure you could buy a pair for under $1000.

[hum4god]

yes macrojack , i agree , great driver, actually , that is the one i am using now with good results.

i am just curious about the next step up .

another driver that might be interesting but i can not find a lot of information about is the field coil berryllium driver from electronluv .
they sure look gorgeous:

http://www.electronluv.com/html/drivers/My%20Gallery/index.html

does anybody know more about this driver ?

[Bken13]

I have two mi1433 any one intrested

[Rare_Hifi]

Hi,

I have some RCA 1428B drivers in perfect functional condition.  I am building a 5 way Audio Note horn system and they are now surplus to requirements.

Regards

Ritchie