Quote Originally Posted by cradeldorf View Post
I was laying on the couch this morning trying to fall asleep and I had a thought, It was about standing waves between the cone and the basket. The newer 16" baskets looks like they figured it out by changing the angle of the spokes. But the older baskets have the spokes almost parallel to the cone? Wouldn't this cause standing waves between the cone and the basket? Also I was thinking the ends of the horns are also kinda almost parallel to the cone too. I might just for the heck of it put some makeshift foam on all of them and see if I hear is a difference.
The basket also resonates, this can be reduced by the application of a dense damping compound. High end manufacturers smear everything that's not supposed to move with damping compound.