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OK, get your flame throwers.
IMHO the Focal/Be and B&W Diamond drivers are garbage. Those micro motors can't do much but compress. Measure and sound ragged as hell.
I've heard Lansche speakers with plasma drivers at shows a couple of times. MEH! I'm sorry but whatever we think those massless drivers should do for you, they don't for me. I mean, they're fine. Certainly several cuts above the micro-motor tweets discussed above, but nothing that would make me spend extra for them. The ScanSpeak Be drivers used by Magico were a lot more interesting to listen to, had wider dispersion, and seemed less congested and more extended, but those speakers are also tuned a little brighter.
IMHO the Focal/Be and B&W Diamond drivers are garbage. Those micro motors can't do much but compress. Measure and sound ragged as hell.
I've heard Lansche speakers with plasma drivers at shows a couple of times. MEH! I'm sorry but whatever we think those massless drivers should do for you, they don't for me. I mean, they're fine. Certainly several cuts above the micro-motor tweets discussed above, but nothing that would make me spend extra for them. The ScanSpeak Be drivers used by Magico were a lot more interesting to listen to, had wider dispersion, and seemed less congested and more extended, but those speakers are also tuned a little brighter.
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Its a brand new model so best contact direct for price (mine are samples)
Dmitry is a very nice guy and doesnt mind answering questions etc.
Bill Poster,
What is your crossover point? What mid-range/mid-bass driver have you got these crossed too?
Actually B&W and Focal make the best tweeters in the world. Always have. Period.
The minimum crossover point for these is 2.5khz 2nd order. I have them crossed around 2.7 to 6.5" SB Nac drivers. The next build with these will have an accuton mid.
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Funny how things are subjective, the tweeter is actually why I would never consider owning a B&W speaker, to me they sound terrible.
Have to agree regarding B&Ws diamond tweets, to me they sounded completely overbearing.
Also had a chance to hear Focal's latest models at a Thai hifi show this year, personally thought they were very good indeed, inc the highs!
Also had a chance to hear Focal's latest models at a Thai hifi show this year, personally thought they were very good indeed, inc the highs!
Unless you live in a world where Justin Bieber is the best hockey player in the world. But then, the TC9 would be the best subwoofer in the world too. And that is sure a world i don't want to live in.
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At hifi shows I seem to have an inclination for speakers with pure ribbon tweeters, realizing that they are probably not entirely neutral and they work well with the music they play at such shows.
In terms of do it all well (range, dynamics, distortion, dispersion and neutrality) the best implementations I have listened to have been: Top of line scan speak ring radiator, dynaudio esotar, and the mundorf AMTs.
I was surprised about the ring radiator, did not expect how clean and effortless it sounded.
I have yet to listen to the scanspeak beryllium and the SB acoustic ring domes.
With that said, tweeter selection becomes easier with age 🙂
In terms of do it all well (range, dynamics, distortion, dispersion and neutrality) the best implementations I have listened to have been: Top of line scan speak ring radiator, dynaudio esotar, and the mundorf AMTs.
I was surprised about the ring radiator, did not expect how clean and effortless it sounded.
I have yet to listen to the scanspeak beryllium and the SB acoustic ring domes.
With that said, tweeter selection becomes easier with age 🙂
It is strange how that works. I can't stand to listen to any ribbon electro static tweeters for more than several seconds, including the almighty RAAL. They irk me unlike anything else. With unnatural, bleached out, grainy, SACD like sound.
The world's best tweeter to blow your face off is any sufficiently high efficiency (110db+) 2" compression driver mounted to the biggest horn you can find and crossed at 300Hz directly from a stack of scoops played in a warehouse with corrugated metal walls and ceiling. With a DJ redlining the mixer.
Have I understood this thread correctly?
Have I understood this thread correctly?
The minimum crossover point for these is 2.5khz 2nd order. I have them crossed around 2.7 to 6.5" SB Nac drivers. The next build with these will have an accuton mid.
Thanks for clarifying. Nice artsy photograph - modern drivers, vintage look. 🙂