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TangBand ribbon tweeter measuring and matching; coil measuring and pair matching; Grieve cartridge subassembly.


TangBand ribbon, motor on the left, face removed on the right showing ribbon foil. Pre Zu modified units in background. TB-1855S ribbon guts. Transformer core in yellow, potted housing, ribbon lead outs and tensioning mechanism just below and above xformer, motor in front. Pre modification units in background. Zu mods are slight: confirm/adjust tension and alignment of ribbon; hermetically seal housing.


Post inside/outside former/whizzer layup, prep for secondary cone epoxy layup. Epoxy layup of secondary cone. Visible is the inside/outside fillet bonding of the Kapton/paper former and paper whizzer. The pre-impregnated lower secondary cone (large cone) and the application of epoxy spokes to improve cone propagation velocity. Showing prepreg of secondary cone as well as the post layup epoxy spokes extending down to the former. Also shows paper/Kapton former, voice coil and spider. Post epoxy layup. Pre final finish. Sean busy with epoxy phase of secondary cone layup, production batch 1. Gerrit Koer buys with pre booth cleaning of driver assembly, completing the second phase of the Zu260FRD/G4 driver.


Phase plug prep and mounting. Adam Decaria with a custom Essence paint job.


Custom blue lacquer/black trim Essence.


Essence in Walnut skin with black trim.


Driver close-ups.


Adam Decaria and Sean Casey with burn-in rack. Various of the crew members with custom pair.