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Subject: Re: non-magnetic speakers
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Date: 31 Oct 90 01:27:54 GMT
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In article <9878@milton.u.washington.edu>, whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:
> 	There are piezoelectric tweeters (which have no magnet), but
> basically all woofers are magnet-based.

I think Quad electrostatic speakers cover the full range without magnets, and I
seem to recall Inophone (or something like that) producing not just tweeters.
Somebody may be able to confirm this. Anyway, there are sure to be
work-arounds, e.g. wearing headphones :-).
Mark Aitchison, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.