Driva   Shelf speaker as in K+T 6/2017

Technical data
  • impedance: 8 Ohm
  • sensivity (2,83V/1m): 80 dB
  • size (HxWxD): 490 x 263 x 379 mm
  • frequency range (-8dB): 30 - 40000 Hz
  • crossover frequency(s): 350, 2200 Hz
  • speaker type: closed box

Driva is a three way compact speaker.

Driva is a closed-cabinet loudspeaker with drivers of Seas and Morel.

The kit is delivered with the following drivers:
- a Seas Excel coaxial driver C18EN002/A
- a Morel UW 958 woofer

The loudspeaker has been developed by Dennis Frank and Daniel Gattig.

The crossover consists of:
- a 3rd order high-pass filter (18 dB per octave slope) for coaxial loudspeaker (tweeter).
- a band pass consisting of a 2 nd order high pass filter (12 dB per octave slope) and a 3rd order low-pass filter (18 dB per octave slope) for the woofer in the coaxial driver..
- a 2nd order low-pass filter (12 dB per octave slope) for the woofer.

The frequency response of this speaker is very linear at angles of 15 or 30 degrees.

The decay spectrum is nearly perfect.

At low volume, i.e. 85 dB at 1 m, the nonlinear distortions are below 0,5% above 250 Hz and doesn't exceed 0,8% at 95 dB at 1 m between 300 and 15000 Hz.

Our kit consists of

  • Haut-parleur coaxial Seas Excel C18EN002/A (E0060-08/06S)
  • Morel UW 958
  • 2x Damping fleece MT Bondum 800 (30 x 50 x 2 cm)
  • 0,5x PE sealing tape, 5x2 mm, 7.5 m
  • 2,5x Damping Sonofil 100 x 35 cm for 20 litres
  • Binding Post PK28 I, gold plated (one pair, red and black)
  • 3m Speaker cable 2x1.5 mm2 black/red
  • 1,5x Pan screws 4x20 black, 8 pieces
  • Plan for DIY kit

the crossover components (right),
to be mounted on a small wooden board.

  • ClarityCap PWA capacitor 47 μF / 160 Vdc
  • Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 2.7 μF / 400 Vdc
  • Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 3.3 μF / 400 Vdc
  • Audaphon MKP CAP Superior 22 μF / 400 Vdc
  • Audaphon MKT CAP 1.8 μF / 160 Vdc
  • Audaphon MKT CAP 10 μF / 160 Vdc
  • electrolytic capacitor, etched, 330 μF/63 Vdc
  • electrolytic capacitor, unetched, 68uF / 50 Vdc
  • Mundorf baked varnish air core coil BL71, 0.015 mH
  • 1.0 mm air core coil, 0.47 mH/0.32 Ohm
  • 1.0 mm air core coil, 0.82 mH/0.44 Ohm
  • 0.7 mm air core coil, 0.39 mH/0.49 Ohm
  • Mundorf bs125 core coil 8.2mH/0.41Ohm
  • Mundorf H core coil H71, 3.3 mH/0.47 0hm
  • Mundorf H core coil H71, 10 mH/0.87 0hm
  • Mundorf H core coil H71, 22 mH/1.49 0hm
  • ceramic resistor 3.9 Ohm/20 Watt
  • ceramic resistor 10 Ohm/20 Watt
  • Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 2.2 Ohm (red-red-gold)
  • Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 4.7 Ohm (yellow-violet-gold)
  • 2x Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 12 Ohm (brown-red-black)
  • 2x Metal-oxide resistor, 10W 47 Ohm (yellow-violet-black)

Kit without cabinet, price per speaker   EUR 1391,00 excl. VAT: € 1168.91 / $ 1262.42

Kit with high-end crossover

The high-end kit is delivered with baked varnish air core coils on important parts of the crossover for minimizing microphonic effects. - The current flow through the coil creates a magnetic field which sets the reel of wire in motion. This motion induces a voltage in the coil which adds itself to the signal. The stiffer the reel of wire is, the less the signal will be altered. The capacitors for the coaxial driver are of type polypropylen (MKP) Clarity-Cap PWA, SA and even CSA.

Kit with high-end-crossover without cabinet, price per speaker   EUR 1460,00 excl. VAT: € 1226.89 / $ 1325.04

Impedance correction

If you want to use a valve amplifier with this speaker an impedance correction should be employed. In this case the component quality is less important; therefore, we offer only one kit (upon request higher quality components are available).


Price per impedance correction for one speaker, to be mounted on a small wooden board.     EUR 7,60 excl. VAT: € 6.39 / $ 6.90

universal PCB

If you prefer to mount the crossover components on a universal PCB instead on wood
PCB 150x115 mm, tin plated, price per unit:   EUR 4,70 excl. VAT: € 3.95 / $ 4.27
We recommend three boards per kit (6 boards per speaker pair)


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