Elbert,
Unfortunately I’ve so far only found one of two little tweeters. 🙁 I'll find the other one too but it may take some time.
Well, okay, one is enough for some measurements. Latest on Sunday I'll put up some graphs here.
Unfortunately I’ve so far only found one of two little tweeters. 🙁 I'll find the other one too but it may take some time.
Well, okay, one is enough for some measurements. Latest on Sunday I'll put up some graphs here.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Yes Anders, perhaps you are sitting on a couple of golden nuggets there, hehe! 🙂
From what reading around I've done lately, it seems that these tweeters are sough after as replacements by owners of Carlson speakers as well.
So perhaps you are better off auctioning them off at a premium rather than selling them to me?😉
Thank you for your try at recollecting auditive impressions from 10 years back Jerome! Limited dispersion was perhaps as expected, but I see that limited top-end extension could be a source of dissapointment here.. ?
Seems to be quite a few peerless look-alike tweeters out there obviously, but most of them seem to be of rather obscure origin with sparse data and measurements available.. 🙁
Obviously, the Peerless 62 CT has its roots in an old design, but the available data and measurements, not to mention a lot of favourable opinions suggest to me that this one is a true Hi-fi component. Add to that what seems to be a "modern" PP-cone and scandinavian Perless-quality.. well, despite its humble appearance this could perhaps be a very interesting tweeter?
From what reading around I've done lately, it seems that these tweeters are sough after as replacements by owners of Carlson speakers as well.
So perhaps you are better off auctioning them off at a premium rather than selling them to me?😉
Thank you for your try at recollecting auditive impressions from 10 years back Jerome! Limited dispersion was perhaps as expected, but I see that limited top-end extension could be a source of dissapointment here.. ?
Seems to be quite a few peerless look-alike tweeters out there obviously, but most of them seem to be of rather obscure origin with sparse data and measurements available.. 🙁
Obviously, the Peerless 62 CT has its roots in an old design, but the available data and measurements, not to mention a lot of favourable opinions suggest to me that this one is a true Hi-fi component. Add to that what seems to be a "modern" PP-cone and scandinavian Perless-quality.. well, despite its humble appearance this could perhaps be a very interesting tweeter?
One out of two, halfway there Anders! 🙂
It sure looks nice in a way, yet the stamped steel basket makes it look a bit cheapo.. but who knows, perhaps some measurements will put that to shame? 🙂
Do you have your very own measurement equipment??
It sure looks nice in a way, yet the stamped steel basket makes it look a bit cheapo.. but who knows, perhaps some measurements will put that to shame? 🙂
Do you have your very own measurement equipment??
Elbert said:
Indeed, i have a pair with alnico motors, sadly lacking the aluminum dustcap that gives them topend extension
dave
Thanks for the link Jerome, I enjoy reading what Troels does, he seems to have an interesting mix between sound technical approach and a fascination for the more obscure and "subjective".
I can relate to that, part of what makes this hobby fun!
Not too much on the CT 62's, but stil an interesting reference.
And.. hey.. those two first paper cone tweeters.. I used to have some of those ages ago, wonder if they are still in some box in my parents attic? If I remember right they even had the dustcaps removed just like one on the picture.. perhaps a candidate for adding a phase plug? (whatever the effect of that might be..)
I can relate to that, part of what makes this hobby fun!
Not too much on the CT 62's, but stil an interesting reference.
And.. hey.. those two first paper cone tweeters.. I used to have some of those ages ago, wonder if they are still in some box in my parents attic? If I remember right they even had the dustcaps removed just like one on the picture.. perhaps a candidate for adding a phase plug? (whatever the effect of that might be..)
Elbert,
I have a (prehistoric) Clio 4.5 system, still running like a charm on an old W98 PC now after more than 10 years. 🙂
If you are into cone tweeters and haven't yet auditioned old JBL cone tweeters, do it, they have certain qualities that must be experienced.
Anders, That looks like a super-cool piece of kit!
Never mind the age, if it works it works.
I Used a 15 year ol IBM think-pad running Windows 95 for tuning the home-made fuel injection system in my car! 😀
Hmm.. makes me wonder if it is possible to get a clio-system like yours second hand for a reasonable price..
I guess those JBL tweeters are pretty exotic and hard to come by, not to mention costly?
But one never knows what one stumbles upon!
How do they excell or differ over other tweeters? You seem to be well pleased with them.
Never mind the age, if it works it works.
I Used a 15 year ol IBM think-pad running Windows 95 for tuning the home-made fuel injection system in my car! 😀
Hmm.. makes me wonder if it is possible to get a clio-system like yours second hand for a reasonable price..
I guess those JBL tweeters are pretty exotic and hard to come by, not to mention costly?
But one never knows what one stumbles upon!
How do they excell or differ over other tweeters? You seem to be well pleased with them.
Elbert, I think Troels explains it better, see tweeter comments under "that JBL sound"
You are a petrol head as well, salute to you!
You are a petrol head as well, salute to you!
Picked up some homemade speakers from the thrift store today. Price was right and I mainly wanted to try the Audiopipe ATX-3230 that whoever made them used. I dunno if whoever made this speakers knew what they were doing though I don't see any crossover of any kind in these boxes.
http://www.carreview.com/cat/car-audio/speakers/audio-pipe/PRD_347657_1805crx.aspx
I'm just a sucker for drivers with phase plugs I think.
http://www.carreview.com/cat/car-audio/speakers/audio-pipe/PRD_347657_1805crx.aspx
I'm just a sucker for drivers with phase plugs I think.
just sorta looks like one.
I think any small full range driver with low inductance, can be converted to tweeter. just seal back of the basket, remove dust cap glue some foam on pole piece, then glue cap back on.
those are usually cheapest kind of drivers that are used in desktop computer speakers.
I am going to make such tweeters for car stereo, they will have directional high frequencies and play down to 1khz.
those are usually cheapest kind of drivers that are used in desktop computer speakers.
I am going to make such tweeters for car stereo, they will have directional high frequencies and play down to 1khz.
Well Anders,
Just saw somebody wanting to buy a set of CT 62's for his Sonab's..
Perhaps you should contact him?
After all, I'm merely curious about these tweeters, but that guy might actually need them.
Seems davis has a new cone-tweeter out..
Couldn't find it on the Davis Web-page, just stumbled across it here:
http://www.lamaisonduhautparleur.com/HpDavis.php
The cone looks similar to their other units.. but the price ..200 EUR
Besides, the magnet is to big toi fit in to the enclosures I'm building at the moment..
Just saw somebody wanting to buy a set of CT 62's for his Sonab's..
Perhaps you should contact him?
After all, I'm merely curious about these tweeters, but that guy might actually need them.
Seems davis has a new cone-tweeter out..
Couldn't find it on the Davis Web-page, just stumbled across it here:
http://www.lamaisonduhautparleur.com/HpDavis.php
The cone looks similar to their other units.. but the price ..200 EUR
Besides, the magnet is to big toi fit in to the enclosures I'm building at the moment..
don't forget about full-rangers!
Namely I'm thinking the Alpair5
http://markaudio.com/alpair/5/grey
The 5 can easily be seen as simple a cone tweeter that also happens to play down to 125hz.
I have a couple of these and are currently working on some WTW boxes for a home-theater setup. Initial test in open air sound really great, and crossover design doesn't get any easier when your "tweeter" can do bass frequencies!
Only problem might be that the sensitivity in the "normal speaker" range, below about 8k, anyway.
My goal is to use them as mid-tweets, so that I don't have to worry about midrange performance in woofers, which I think will reduce overall cost significantly. I'm pairing it with DA175s, which (according to stats and reports) play lower and cleaner than most anything until you get to at least double the cost, if not quadruple. They have some issues in the midrange, but I can conveniently ignore that by crossing over at about 500hz
Namely I'm thinking the Alpair5
http://markaudio.com/alpair/5/grey
The 5 can easily be seen as simple a cone tweeter that also happens to play down to 125hz.
I have a couple of these and are currently working on some WTW boxes for a home-theater setup. Initial test in open air sound really great, and crossover design doesn't get any easier when your "tweeter" can do bass frequencies!
Only problem might be that the sensitivity in the "normal speaker" range, below about 8k, anyway.
My goal is to use them as mid-tweets, so that I don't have to worry about midrange performance in woofers, which I think will reduce overall cost significantly. I'm pairing it with DA175s, which (according to stats and reports) play lower and cleaner than most anything until you get to at least double the cost, if not quadruple. They have some issues in the midrange, but I can conveniently ignore that by crossing over at about 500hz
tresch said:
The one issue with using a FR is that they are trading efficiency to get bass, and often won't keep up with the midbass when used as just a tweeter. But if they can some are a good option.
dave
Yes, the efficiency issue is my main concern here.. A shame though, that Alpair looks like a handsome little driver..
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