Tlab looks delicious, love to hear more thoughts (I'm finding something which are possibly overall better than top-notch AMT/ribbons, and Tlan Be caught my eyes). They also have some cheaper version, made of carbon fiber...
I don't know about better than top AMT's. and I have no ribbons to compare to. 🙂
As other designers have said, application matters. Dome's certainly radiate differently than planar tweeters.
The Mundorf AMT's are world class in terms of frequency, sensitivity, distortion, lack of energy storage and lack of compression. The more the merrier, especially if cheaper. 🙂
Best,
Erik
As other designers have said, application matters. Dome's certainly radiate differently than planar tweeters.
The Mundorf AMT's are world class in terms of frequency, sensitivity, distortion, lack of energy storage and lack of compression. The more the merrier, especially if cheaper. 🙂
Best,
Erik
I think the SB are way too expensive for a tweeter made in Asia. You guys should support your home grown products and go with T labs
I have a pair of original great heil AMT coming in...
I'll put them side by side to my Tlabs Be. once they arrive.
Not sure how better are the mundorf and the Beyma150TPL but I think that the ESS will be a good comparison to be made.
If the ESS AMT perform good, I may buy my friend Beyma 150TPL (what I heard was good but his system is so different than mine that I can't really comment, he use line array and ice power...)
Directivity will be very different on the AMT and I'm not sure that the AMT have the very high end resolution above 5Khz.
The small scanspeak may look good but the QTS is very high and 0.2mm xmax is kind of limiting...
Later
I'll put them side by side to my Tlabs Be. once they arrive.
Not sure how better are the mundorf and the Beyma150TPL but I think that the ESS will be a good comparison to be made.
If the ESS AMT perform good, I may buy my friend Beyma 150TPL (what I heard was good but his system is so different than mine that I can't really comment, he use line array and ice power...)
Directivity will be very different on the AMT and I'm not sure that the AMT have the very high end resolution above 5Khz.
The small scanspeak may look good but the QTS is very high and 0.2mm xmax is kind of limiting...
Later
To competent designers, this Qts and Xmax is of no concern
as long as total spl is high enough for a targeted value, crossed
over at the right frequency.
Some one please explain Qts for a sealed tweeter to me? Is this just a measure of how much lift at the knee and the slope below?
It seems pointless otherwise, as you aren't building an enclosure for it. 🙂
It seems pointless otherwise, as you aren't building an enclosure for it. 🙂
OT
Interesting to read about the Tlabs boss preferring the ceramic dome sound over all other materials he uses- am I right in thinking their 'ceramic' is a different type to Accuton's?
Interesting to read about the Tlabs boss preferring the ceramic dome sound over all other materials he uses- am I right in thinking their 'ceramic' is a different type to Accuton's?
Correction. No IcePower but gainclones. Beyma TPL150 is the best tweeter I ever heard. Much more dynamic than any dome or ribbon and can easily be cut at 1.5khz@12dBoct without any significant distortion. 3D resolution is amazing when used as a dipole.
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