So I bought a couple mids...

jr@mac

https://www.swanspeakers.com/product/view?id=1174

Found them for about $210/pr shipped from AliExpress. Probably same motor as the 7500 that PE sells, which is a good thing. These should be easier to integrate due to the acoustic center being farther back on baffle. I'll see what's up, been eyeballing them for awhile.

Steve_Lee

I'd seen those a while back too, Looking forward to your findings, JR.
Hope they are a Volt killer . . .

jr@mac

I doubt they a Volt killer, but I bet they are 90% there. The 7500 has distortion in its passband that is below my noise floor, I expect similar from these.

Steve_Lee

I can't find anything under $300/pr shipped on Ali - got a link for a fellow audio-junkie/speaker tragic?

jr@mac

I just found this on AliExpress:
$193.98 | Pair of HIVI HIVIRESERCH DM7600 hiend pure midrange speaker neodynium
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPLR9ur

hifiside

Hivi make the drivers for Swan.

jr@mac

Indeed they do.

6thplanet

Nice looking dome mid.
I still need to measure the Dynaudio//Volvo 3" dome mids I have. I vaguely remember doing a quick scan back when I got them and the FR looking good, but really need to check distortion.

rjj45

Tried to buy some of those DM7600 mids, and found out that MeloDavid has blacklisted me. So maybe interesting to see how this plays out....

Steve_Lee

Maybe we should refer to them as "Vindictive-David" now, rjj?
(Doesn't seem so "Melo" to me . . .).