I need some good Tweeters?

[Rocket Man]

Which ones are the best ones to buy?

[malibujeff]

How about these?

http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com...5db-d20n-6-31/

[perceptionchanges]

SURPLUS ITEMS - Blemished speakers, demo speakers, ScanSpeak drivers, surplus electronics and used audio equipment.

Some of the Oval 30 listed on this page?

[chrisb]

more really a question for the Multi-way forum, but the question should be asked - for use with which other drivers & at what approx XO?

[AstroSonic]

Originally Posted by chrisb

more really a question for the Multi-way forum, but the question should be asked - for use with which other drivers & at what approx XO?

+1

No sense in our recommending $1000/pair alnico horn tweeters for a pair of $150/pair full range drivers. Good is a relative term. Until we know which drivers they will be used with (and at what Xover freq), we will not know how 'good' they must be.

So, give us a little more information. We are always glad to help spend somebody elses money.

:-)

Regards,

Bob

[rob g]

What do you define as good?

Good VFM? Subjective great sound? Low measured distortion?, broad and even dispersion? carefully controlled dispersion? low crossover frequency capability? great power handling? good looking cosmetically? controlled breakup? extended frequency response (which is great on paper)?

To go in a passive design to marry with an existing drive unit. If so which one?

Choosing a typical tweeter for an average Hi-Fi speaker build:
Zaph|Audio

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by rob g

What do you define as good?

Good VFM? Subjective great sound? Low measured distortion?, broad and even dispersion? carefully controlled dispersion? low crossover frequency capability? great power handling? good looking cosmetically? controlled breakup? extended frequency response (which is great on paper)?

To go in a passive design to marry with an existing drive unit. If so which one?

Choosing a typical tweeter for an average Hi-Fi speaker build:
Zaph|Audio

I started to buy some tweeters on ebay but I was told those are worthless junk. So now I don't know what to do. I was also told tweeters do not have an ohms rating and they hook up different than speakers. If I can buy 2 or 4 or 8 full range speaker that add up to 4 ohms when connected that is all I need. My amp is 80 watts per channel over kill for what I need. It is also rated 160 watts for a subwoofer. The amp has, base, treble, volume for the music/voice and just volume for the subwoofer. This is my amp eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices I am going to connect it to the TV for watching movies. I have a set of 200 watt subwoofers all they do is add boom, boom, boom to the music/voice I am not to interested in this volume on this will be low or off.

[perceptionchanges]

I think you should find a pair of Realistic Minimus 7's, full speakers, for under $50, and then hook them up. A tweeter on it's own will sound terrible.
Or am I missing something.

[mdocod]

Hello Rocket Man,

Tweeters come in many forms. The type you have described as "not having an ohms rating" I believe is a misunderstanding of piezo tweeters, which don't present a very traditional load to the amplifier. For a home audio system, piezo tweeters are not normally going to be a good choice unless they are very well controlled... best to pass on those unless you have specific reason to believe they are going to be beneficial for the application. Most (all?) other tweeter types have more traditional impedance characteristics and IMO, are better choices all around.

I'm confused now you say you want a full range speaker, up to 8 of them? Doesn't really make sense to me. You have a 2 channel amp, the only "rational" configuration [IMO] utilizing full range speakers here would be a single driver per channel.

General rule of thumb is that if you primarily listen at near field and on-axis, you can get away with a single full range driver per channel. If you listen off-axis, at greater distances, or have many possible listeners at a time, a multi-way system with wide dispersion would be the more appropriate approach. [though there are those who may argue otherwise]

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by mdocod

Hello Rocket Man,

Tweeters come in many forms. The type you have described as "not having an ohms rating" I believe is a misunderstanding of piezo tweeters, which don't present a very traditional load to the amplifier. For a home audio system, piezo tweeters are not normally going to be a good choice unless they are very well controlled... best to pass on those unless you have specific reason to believe they are going to be beneficial for the application. Most (all?) other tweeter types have more traditional impedance characteristics and IMO, are better choices all around.

I'm confused now you say you want a full range speaker, up to 8 of them? Doesn't really make sense to me. You have a 2 channel amp, the only "rational" configuration [IMO] utilizing full range speakers here would be a single driver per channel.

General rule of thumb is that if you primarily listen at near field and on-axis, you can get away with a single full range driver per channel. If you listen off-axis, at greater distances, or have many possible listeners at a time, a multi-way system with wide dispersion would be the more appropriate approach. [though there are those who may argue otherwise]

The amp is 4 ohm. If I buy 4 ohm speakers then I need only 1 speaker per channel. If I buy 8 ohms I need 2 speakers per channel 8/2=4 ohms.

I have a high frequency hearing loss I can hear things with ear phones I have not heard in 30 years. As the sound travels across the room from the TV speaker to me all the high frequency sounds are lost, all the following high frequency sounds are completely missing, S, F, Th, Ph, T, sh, ch, ete. The word school sounds like hool to me. Police sounds like Pol. And so on. Some TV programs are worse than others it must have something to do with the movie studio sound editor. I have a very hard time watching Master Piece Theater bits and pieces are missing from every word. Sometimes I can turn the TV sound completely off and get more out of the program because I don't have to try and figure out what people are saying. I recently visited an old college roommate he had a home built home movie theater system that he built from speakers he picked up a yard sales and an amp too. It was so amazing I could hear every sound and the volume was not loud. I want that same thing on my TV.