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Old 08-23-10 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Spasticteapot
Up until fairly recently, most "carbon fiber" sports cars were, for the most part, structurally dependent on an aluminum sub frame. All of Ferrari's current lineup - the 458, 599, etc. - have metal frames, as does the Bugatti Veyron, the Lamborghini Murcielago and Gallardo, and so forth.

The McLaren F1 is, on the other hand, a fully carbon fiber vehicle, and several others - the Zonda, Enzo, and Koenigsegg in particular - come quite close. However, there are some important differences between bicycles and cars. Unlike the average featherweight road bicycle, these cars aren't structurally dependent upon the outer millimeter or two of carbon - attacking one with a boxcutter, for example, isn't likely to cause any serious damage. Furthermore, unlike a bicycle, these vehicles are mostly kept under a dust sheet in a garage - many McLarens have less miles on the odometer than some Cervelos.

That said, even these paragons of automotive engineering are vulnerable to the pitfalls of carbon fiber. An Enzo was recently totalled over damage that on a Civic or Taurus could be repaired by any body shop, and resurrecting the car required a complete replacement of the body.

There's also the issue long-term damage. The best examples of these are the featherweight Lotuses and TVRs, which are a far better analog to the construction techniques used in composite bikes. After thirty years, many of these cars are simply coming apart at the seams.



Nuances? This is a speaker with horrendous harmonic distortion at all frequencies, comb filtering galore, and severe roll-off at both high and low frequencies. It doesn't matter how you measure it - as an accurate transducer of electricity to sound, it's rubbish.

(Yeah, I roll my own. )
Your absolutely correct. All carbon fibre vehicles will turn into dust........right.
Even $700 000 supercars.....
A carbon F1 is utterly dependent on its carbon monocoque constuction but comparing a car to a bicycle is not the point. The point being that the carbon lay-up will survive longer than you will be around. You need to think to scale. Its like comparing my steel Maronini to a Twisted Customs chromo buggy.

As far as the 901's go, what series have you owned and what are you powering them with? The bigger question is what kind of room are they in? The later 901's are not as clean as the first two series.
I prefer them for jazz over any of my JBL's or even my Walsh 4.
I would guess to say you've never owned a pair of series II with cloth surrounds.

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