Kevlar is a light, strong woven synthetic fiber impregnated with a stiffening resin that cures during the cone forming process. The cone is then further treated with a polymer coat, which seals the fibers and adds damping.
Kevlar utilized:
The midrange is where the real musical action is invariably found, and a smooth midband is an invaluable loudspeaker quality. Enter Kevlar. It’s been B&W’s cone material of choice since 1974, and with good reason. The use of Kevlar results is a semi-flexible cone, which exhibits a peculiar style of break-up behavior, not found in more conventional materials, that maintains a more constant dispersion pattern at all frequencies in its range and transmits far fewer delayed, time-smearing sounds to the listener. Not only does it deliver a cleaner sound, it can do so to a wider group of listeners. You will find Kevlar drivers in:
800 Series models 800D, 801D,802D, 803D, 803S, 804S, 805S, HTM1D, HTM2D, HTM3S, HTM4S, DS8S, SCMS.
CM Series models CM1,CM5,CM7,CM9,CMC & CMC2
XT Series models XT2,XT8 & XTC
600 Series models 683,684,685,686 HTM61,HTM62 & DS3
FPM Series models FPM2,FPM4,FPM5 & FPM6
The complete CT Series
In-Wall models CWM500,CWM650,CWM800,CWM-Cinema,CWM-LCR7, CWM-LCR8,
CDS3, SIGNATURE 7 NT, SIGNATURE 8 NT & CWM-DS8
In-Ceiling models CCM50,CCM65,CCM80,CCM746s,CCM816,CCM817 & CCM818
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