short answer - NO
long answer:
Alnico magnets belong in the same category of bullshit as Silver Cables
it’s a way for some manufacturers to justify higher price
the highest performing magnet is neodymium and even there you should only pay extra for neodymium drivers if they actually produce higher magnetic gap flux or high motor force factor - which is sometimes the case and sometimes isn’t
90% of the time neodymium is used simply to achieve a lighter weight design which can be of great value in portable or car audio applications.
so 90% of the time you shouldn’t care what magnet type is used at all, and the only time you should care is when you’re trying to save weight and then you should use neodymium.
Alnico is a retro / vintage fad for old farts who believe that everything used to be better in the good old days
if you buy a driver with Alnico magnet it is very likely that you are either old or stupid or both
and if you sell them you’re the type of person who pretends they are able to perceive things nobody else can - like hear the difference in cables or talk to dead people.
sadly a lot of folks fall for obvious scams like this.
i was just looking at some Fostex supertweeters and they basically charge the price for their supertweeters by the weigh of the ALNICO magnet …
like it is some magical kryptonite rock with healing powers or something …
then again, this is a device where you pay for reproducing frequencies above 20 khz which even teenagers can’t hear and the actual old farts who buy these vintage type products can’t hear past 10 khz …
so if you’re going to pay for reproducing sounds that are neither present in the recording nor are audible then you may as well pay for magic ALNICO magnet while you’re at it as well …
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
Fostex is Japanese of course and that’s the problem with Japan is that it’s a meme country - it is not real.
they make shit like this Fostex bullshit but aren’t competitive in almost any real industry anymore.
They are losing in cars and electronics to Korea.
They have lost in computers to Silicon Valley.
They can’t innovate because the average age in Japan is like 180 years old.
So while they wait for their demise they pass the time by making these bullshit Alnico drivers “like in the good ole days”
it isn’t only Fostex that makes Alnico drivers but it is pretty much only Japanese that do.
because Japan is a joke that lives only by memory of its former glory.
most of the innovation in Audio is coming from Italy right now, with America in 2nd place and Germany in 3rd.
Japan is finished.