SCAN SPEAK D2905/9300 TWEETER PAIR /NEW IN BOX | eBay
Saw these at eBay, i have no involvement with selling party...just looked like a great deal for someone who needs a pair...buy it now price of $125
I would buy them if I didn't already have a pair of 9000 and 9500's on the shelf.
Hope this helps someone...
Saw these at eBay, i have no involvement with selling party...just looked like a great deal for someone who needs a pair...buy it now price of $125
I would buy them if I didn't already have a pair of 9000 and 9500's on the shelf.
Hope this helps someone...
Do you have direct experience comparing 9500 vs 9700/9900?
I ask becuase I have a pair of Living Voice Avatars using 9500 and I'm quite taken how well those speakers perform in small room. An expensive speaker using quite mundane parts (vifa stamped basket 6.5 " doped paper cone drivers and SS 9500 with air core inductors and hovland caps in crossovers) which actually perform up to it's price point with lovely tonality and musicality. I know their upper models employ upgraded 9700/9900 tweeters and wonder if upgrade would make any sense via cost involved
I ask becuase I have a pair of Living Voice Avatars using 9500 and I'm quite taken how well those speakers perform in small room. An expensive speaker using quite mundane parts (vifa stamped basket 6.5 " doped paper cone drivers and SS 9500 with air core inductors and hovland caps in crossovers) which actually perform up to it's price point with lovely tonality and musicality. I know their upper models employ upgraded 9700/9900 tweeters and wonder if upgrade would make any sense via cost involved
I have compared the 9500's to the 9700's. The 9700's are in a pair of custom designed MTMs with the 8545K's and the 9500's in some two ways with the venerable Vifa p17. They sound quite different in the systems but I thinkit is more of a resultof the system and not the tweeter. I did some swapping of the tweeters between the two systems without any XO modifications just for kicks and surprisingly there was not a tremendous amount of difference...i would say the 9700's are a little darker and more laid back than the 9500's but take that in the context of what I did...swapped tweeters without changing the XO...no measurements were taken.
Although the MTMs have tons more bass I tend to prefer the Vifa/9500 combo more, in a way the bass seems almost too much at times and the MTMs are more laid back.
My all time favorite speaker, beleive it or not, is a two way with the Vifa p17 and Morel MDT33...but thats another story altogether....
Although the MTMs have tons more bass I tend to prefer the Vifa/9500 combo more, in a way the bass seems almost too much at times and the MTMs are more laid back.
My all time favorite speaker, beleive it or not, is a two way with the Vifa p17 and Morel MDT33...but thats another story altogether....
Ed,
That would make sense as to why the 9700's sound a bit more laid back and dark to me...i have high frequency hearing loss from indiscriminate gun shooting without ear protection most of my life...the 9500 has more of a response in my better hearing area than the 9700. I was aware the two were not directly interchangable but who could resist trying a swap when the drivers easily fit each cabinet....
Just curious if anyone has tried the Goldwood 3" paper cone tweeter sold at madisound for around $5....i have a friend who swears this cheap paper cone tweeter will out perform anything SS makes! I find it difficult but not impossible to believe...thinking of buying a pair just to test his claim out.
I believe it is Goldwood that makes it...i will have to double check....
That would make sense as to why the 9700's sound a bit more laid back and dark to me...i have high frequency hearing loss from indiscriminate gun shooting without ear protection most of my life...the 9500 has more of a response in my better hearing area than the 9700. I was aware the two were not directly interchangable but who could resist trying a swap when the drivers easily fit each cabinet....
Just curious if anyone has tried the Goldwood 3" paper cone tweeter sold at madisound for around $5....i have a friend who swears this cheap paper cone tweeter will out perform anything SS makes! I find it difficult but not impossible to believe...thinking of buying a pair just to test his claim out.
I believe it is Goldwood that makes it...i will have to double check....
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