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Also, when a ribbon is operated at frequencies approaching the

element’s own resonant frequency (which is naturally quite low,

due to its high compliance), the ribbon element stretches and

“bows” to a point where it is no longer within the magnetic gap.

To get around either of these problems means to move the

permanent magnet structure from the edges of the element to one

entire side of the element, and/or to bond the element to a “host”

diaphragm, such as a sheet of Mylar, and to clamp that diaphragm

around its perimeter. In either case the driver is no longer a

ribbon; it is, in fact, a planar magnetic. To date, no one has

succeeded in creating a full range ribbon loudspeaker.