Details
The Legatia L3 is a 74mm (2.91-inch) diameter wide-bandwidth midrange; the cone is an untreated pressed paper with extremely low moving mass that provides for very good, extended linear response and exceptional transient response. The cone design offers a wide dispersion pattern to make for flexible installation and speaker location, with multiple options for both on- and off-axis use, and the phase linearity of the wide-bandwidth design ensures coherent imaging and staging cues in the car audiophile system. The “point source” design ensures stable stereo imaging across the fundamental frequencies which define image placement and definition. The paper cone is critical to tame unwanted cone modes, resonances, and classic "cone breakup" associated with composite and other “hard” cones, but still be rigid enough for upper midbass and lower midrange authority.
The paper cone is mated with an untreated pressed paper dust cup to ensure desired operation into the upper midrange and lower/mid treble frequencies. Rounding out the face of the driver is an inverted high-loss rubber surround that, in concert with the spider, provides the compliance needed for this small-format midrange to play upper midbass and lower midrange frequencies. You'll also know a Hybrid Audio midrange and midbass design by its inverted surround; this design feature allows for the use of a smaller height grille, and more flexibility in mounting options.