tad speakers
Hello Stella my dear friend
Well, do not forget that you're playing on my old amps, I wonder why I sold them......
They sound awful with TAD, but OK with other stuff. I just wonder why???
TAD beryllium is super sensitive to equipment. The PHL not, since they sound like a large soft dome tweeter breaking up. I love that paper sound.....ha ha....nice warm, but I'm afraid not smooth at all....
Regarding swapping with my AE amorphous core, I say yes, if you buy me the pair of Tamura Bilirite which is on Ebay right now.....
I'll go 211 or GM70 when. Call me later. Paperconeman.
tadman
Hello Stella my dear friend
Well, do not forget that you're playing on my old amps, I wonder why I sold them......
They sound awful with TAD, but OK with other stuff. I just wonder why???
TAD beryllium is super sensitive to equipment. The PHL not, since they sound like a large soft dome tweeter breaking up. I love that paper sound.....ha ha....nice warm, but I'm afraid not smooth at all....
Regarding swapping with my AE amorphous core, I say yes, if you buy me the pair of Tamura Bilirite which is on Ebay right now.....
I'll go 211 or GM70 when. Call me later. Paperconeman.
tadman
Everything have a character of its own, the TD2001 less than almost anny other transducer I know of, but the reason I prefer the combination of the modified ESG3 and the PHL1040 from 1000Hz up, is because it betters the TAD+Fostex in several areas that I find important, like:dynamic and tonal resolution/articulation, impact in the lower range and openness of presentation. I have tryed the TAD's in manny horns including the ones I made and that the tadpoe is using now, so I have some experience behind my views.
We all construct our realities, I guess, but we owe to those who might use our advice, to be as ballanced, in our expressed opinnions as possible.
PS. The reason tadman dident like his old amps, had probably more to do, with what he had in front and after them, than the amps itselfs.
PPS. In real life, tadman and me are good friends, we just dont agree on the merits of each others hifi (taste) in all respects.
We all construct our realities, I guess, but we owe to those who might use our advice, to be as ballanced, in our expressed opinnions as possible.
PS. The reason tadman dident like his old amps, had probably more to do, with what he had in front and after them, than the amps itselfs.
PPS. In real life, tadman and me are good friends, we just dont agree on the merits of each others hifi (taste) in all respects.
Hi Stella
I am wondering that you were using the TD 2001 whith a Supertweeter? What is the reason ? Dispersion ?
Regards Bernhard
I am wondering that you were using the TD 2001 whith a Supertweeter? What is the reason ? Dispersion ?
Regards Bernhard
In case you don´t listen on axis of the TAD2001s horn, you may have the impression an additional tweeter is needed. A problem is to listen on axis and in a small listening room. My impression is, a setup like the one i build needs a room of 10 * 8 meters or more.
The dispersion strongly depends on the horn. With short "open" horns it is quite good and in this case it is not the reason to use a supertweeter.
The TD2001 is very good at the high frequencies, say 10K-20K and it is quite acceptable without a supertweeter, actually better than the tweeter in most speakers. But it can be bettered by a "specialist" like the Fostex 925, you gain, even on axsis, in resolution and realism and it is quite easy to integrate when the crossover freq. is above 10K.
Some people dont find the difference important, but it is there.
If you have access to one its worth trying, and then decide.
The TD2001 is very good at the high frequencies, say 10K-20K and it is quite acceptable without a supertweeter, actually better than the tweeter in most speakers. But it can be bettered by a "specialist" like the Fostex 925, you gain, even on axsis, in resolution and realism and it is quite easy to integrate when the crossover freq. is above 10K.
Some people dont find the difference important, but it is there.
If you have access to one its worth trying, and then decide.
tad 2001
Hello
Yes it's true that that the Traxtrix horns has very poor dispersion at least IMO.
It's also true that the TAD are depending on horns like Pass claims.
I've heard quite a few horns during time. Multicellar, CD, TAD TH4001, Fostex 325, some JBL's and some of the Brooks Sierra and many more.
I've come to the conclusion that you need proberly dispersion for optimized sound quality. The TAD TH 4001 is a very good sounding horn, but a tad expensive too.....
The Brooks Dierra horns very all bad made and sounded not that good. On measurements they were very bad too.
So what to do. I think the CD princip is the way to go in many aspects. I have a pair of EV CD radial horns and they're not bad, even that they need to be damped.
In fact, the most interesting horn I've ever heard is the small horn from the TAD TSM-300. It's not that I'm a copycat, but I actually thought about making a horns just like that before I saw it. It's a combination between a traxtrix and a cd.
Check out this speaker one day, it's cheap and sounds great.
B&C has a very interesting horn to. I think it's the Me-10. But lower freq. is not low.
Stella sold me a páir of homemade horns. These horns are great too. Thanks Stella - a real Stellasteal.....
Have fun, tadman
Hello
Yes it's true that that the Traxtrix horns has very poor dispersion at least IMO.
It's also true that the TAD are depending on horns like Pass claims.
I've heard quite a few horns during time. Multicellar, CD, TAD TH4001, Fostex 325, some JBL's and some of the Brooks Sierra and many more.
I've come to the conclusion that you need proberly dispersion for optimized sound quality. The TAD TH 4001 is a very good sounding horn, but a tad expensive too.....
The Brooks Dierra horns very all bad made and sounded not that good. On measurements they were very bad too.
So what to do. I think the CD princip is the way to go in many aspects. I have a pair of EV CD radial horns and they're not bad, even that they need to be damped.
In fact, the most interesting horn I've ever heard is the small horn from the TAD TSM-300. It's not that I'm a copycat, but I actually thought about making a horns just like that before I saw it. It's a combination between a traxtrix and a cd.
Check out this speaker one day, it's cheap and sounds great.
B&C has a very interesting horn to. I think it's the Me-10. But lower freq. is not low.
Stella sold me a páir of homemade horns. These horns are great too. Thanks Stella - a real Stellasteal.....
Have fun, tadman
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