point is in fookin speed of sound in cone ;dunno why - but nature of directly emanated sound from cone , mixed with secondary part of wave traveling through cone - seems that these two - in paper cone are somewhat most natural to our ears .my ears , WTF !anyway - I can't prevent you from making cone you wish , but ...... "plastic" basket - clever ..... I have a pair of ancient Cabasse FR with red plastic basket ; I like them further - nobody can prevent you from making magnet assy bigger than basket - if you prefer mounting of driver from back side of speaker baffle