Tannoy add on super tweeter ST50

mightyjimbo · 5th March 2004, 12:29 AM

Anyone have any expereince with these? They sit on top of your speaker, on a stand and you can adjust sensitivity and crossover. It has a high 18khz crossover point witch for my kef reference 4's that sound a bit dry up top, would be a good fit. Only thing they are very expensive. Anybody have any Ideas how to make somthing like this for cheap? 18k on up to say, low 20's range with a simple crossover that can take some decent power? Kef an tannoy's new high end stuff all incorperate this kind of design. Jimbo

5th element · 5th March 2004, 08:44 AM

Well if all your after is up to mid twenties why not just hook up a pair of vifa XT25's or their smaller siblings, which I cant seem to find on DST, but these will give you some extra extension and cost much less then tannoy supers.

sreten · 5th March 2004, 09:25 AM

I'm surprised so far we haven't seen a raft of supertweeters
coming from the far East, but its only a matter of time, I'd wait.

sreten.

Gregm · 5th March 2004, 12:05 PM

Plenty of tweets reaching up to 30k & then some:

Fostex 17H (50kHz),
BEyma cp22 (~30kHz),
etc -- numerous others... up to 28-30kHz

The Tannoys are VERY expensive (nice looking, though). Why not build s/thing nice (i.e. a small box/cylinder) around more reasonably priced units.

Cheers

5th element · 5th March 2004, 04:03 PM

Well as we have not seen a "raft" of supers coming from D-S-T or Seas I think we can assume they dont think the extra range up is actually worth it. Otherwise I would have imagined they would have hopped on the band wagon and produced supers that go from say 15-50 or something like that. I suppose vifa and scan have their RR tweets but I wouldnt call them super tweets.

cporada · 18th March 2005, 06:02 PM

The Vifa XT25 claims a response up to 40kHz and decent sensitivity, so it looks pretty good as a super tweeter. Does anyone have any suggestion how to build a simple crossover (maybe with level adjustment would be good to try to match the output to that of my main speakers) to make a super tweeter out of one of these units if my main speakers have an upper f3 of 18kHz and a sensitivity of around 93db?
Thanks for any help
Chris

5th March 2004, 12:29 AM	#1
mightyjimbo diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rhode Island	Tannoy add on super tweeter ST50 Anyone have any expereince with these? They sit on top of your speaker, on a stand and you can adjust sensitivity and crossover. It has a high 18khz crossover point witch for my kef reference 4's that sound a bit dry up top, would be a good fit. Only thing they are very expensive. Anybody have any Ideas how to make somthing like this for cheap? 18k on up to say, low 20's range with a simple crossover that can take some decent power? Kef an tannoy's new high end stuff all incorperate this kind of design. Jimbo

5th March 2004, 08:44 AM	#2
5th element diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England	Well if all your after is up to mid twenties why not just hook up a pair of vifa XT25's or their smaller siblings, which I cant seem to find on DST, but these will give you some extra extension and cost much less then tannoy supers. __________________ What the hell are you screamin' for? Every five minutes there's a bomb or somethin'! I'm leavin! bzzzz! Droggon Attack!

5th March 2004, 04:03 PM	#5
5th element diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England	Well as we have not seen a "raft" of supers coming from D-S-T or Seas I think we can assume they dont think the extra range up is actually worth it. Otherwise I would have imagined they would have hopped on the band wagon and produced supers that go from say 15-50 or something like that. I suppose vifa and scan have their RR tweets but I wouldnt call them super tweets. __________________ What the hell are you screamin' for? Every five minutes there's a bomb or somethin'! I'm leavin! bzzzz! Droggon Attack!

18th March 2005, 06:02 PM	#6
cporada diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: far west	add on super tweeter The Vifa XT25 claims a response up to 40kHz and decent sensitivity, so it looks pretty good as a super tweeter. Does anyone have any suggestion how to build a simple crossover (maybe with level adjustment would be good to try to match the output to that of my main speakers) to make a super tweeter out of one of these units if my main speakers have an upper f3 of 18kHz and a sensitivity of around 93db? Thanks for any help Chris

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5th March 2004, 09:25 AM	#3
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	I'm surprised so far we haven't seen a raft of supertweeters coming from the far East, but its only a matter of time, I'd wait. sreten.

5th March 2004, 12:05 PM	#4
Gregm diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wherever I leave my hat	Plenty of tweets reaching up to 30k & then some: Fostex 17H (50kHz), BEyma cp22 (~30kHz), etc -- numerous others... up to 28-30kHz The Tannoys are VERY expensive (nice looking, though). Why not build s/thing nice (i.e. a small box/cylinder) around more reasonably priced units. Cheers

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