Neodymium Vs Ceramic Speakers

Both ceramic and neodymium magnets are considered to be permanent magnets meaning they will sustain a magnetic field for years unless damaged or otherwise broken.

Neodymium vs ceramic speakers. Excellent audio systems have been and continue to be made with both magnet types. They are made out of either powdered barium ferrite or powdered strontium ferrite. Neodymium vs ferrite for speakers there seems to have been a quite a debate in the audio industry about the usage of ferrite magnets vs neodymium magnets in audio speakers. Thread starter chris f.

Both the vintage and mod ceramic speakers tend to weigh more generally handle more power and sound better at high volumes. It would take over 3 1 2 pounds of ceramic to equal the energy of our 6 ounce of neodymium. Neodymium magnets are pure metal alloys formed of neodymium iron and boron. Ceramic magnets are sometimes termed hard ferrite magnets.

Start date saturday at 10 56 pm. If you are comparing speakers that have the same magnetic flux but generated from different magnet compositions you probably won t notice a difference in tonality. However outside of the above mentioned reported differences in how each type of magnet generates waves of force and how the shape of those differ in terms of actual. These speakers have a few advantages.

Why the manufacturers of speakers loudspeakers have not switched to production of speaker with neodymium magnets especially those for low freq. Neodymium is approximately 4 times more magnetically powerful per lb than ferrite or alnico hence speakers can be made lower in weight. They do not cost as much are more versatile and create a wide range of tones. I can t find any ewetube comparisons.

That s its only advantage lighter weight. Neodymium speakers vs alnico ceramic. With that said however neodymium is significantly stronger than its ceramic counterpart. Neodymium is the newest material being used for speaker magnets.

This powder is formed into the shape the magnet is to take by applying pressure to it and baking it. Saturday at 10 56 pm 1 so i can t find much info regarding neo speakers vs comparable alnico or ceramic speakers. Other than the obvious weight difference how do the tones compare. Alnico is commonly thought to produce the most vintage tone and has a reputation for sounding compressed.

Ceramic is the cheapest and most common material. In the past two years are producers who have won several international awards some even innovation awards with speakers that use ferrite magnets. Since neodymium magnets generate more magnetic force than ferrite at the same weight a neodymium magnet matched for this particular speaker driver s size will be smaller.