The most robust dome tweeter available?

No, because I like to play it safe.
Also not that silly to burn drivers to prove a point. That's what data sheets and physics are for.
I noticed you still did not answer my question.

If you are into physics, look at Yevgeniy's measurements. Measurable proof.

You are trolling so why would i answer any of your questions ? I don't have to do anything you say 🙂
 
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1k crossover is gonna be 1" 1/8 at minumum.
and maybe a few seas drivers that can tolerate that.
almost creeping into to dome mids.

even if resonant frequency is low, yep distortion kicks in early
mainly with surround and classic 3 k squawk

only way to dump power in them is to be over or at 3k
on 3rd or 4th order to get past surround distortion.
to get high SPL.
 
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What is the rationale again for a 1k crossover? I am not clear on why you need such a low crossover, could you explain it again?
Horizontal center channel that’s all that’s available due to design constraints by the client.….a total of 6 supporting 4” midwoofers to support, 3 on either side.….the innermost two will be standard Xo and the outer 4 as .1 low frequency support. Crossing any higher is gonna have poor off axis response to anyone seated more than 20 degrees off axis.

I wouldn’t bother you folks if I had 6.5” of baffle height to work with.

Forget about any small full ranger as a mid tweet….off axis response will never satisfy and power compression will eat it for breakfast.
 
Not one of these will reach 1kHz without going up in smoke, with or without 24 dB XO, no matter how expensive they are.
Yes, I forgot ScanSpeak full rangers (the 10F family), excellent choice.
I run a bliesma 34b down to 1k she's still going strong even did some measuring at 105db at 1khz I do use a 200 dB xo. She was rocking a total of 3%thd and it was too damn loud to ever do again. Another thing to note she's in a waveguide so she gets nothing at 1k but by 2k that she gets 7 dB or so extra then she rolls off so I'm thinking she's only alive bc of that waveguide and having limiters in place at 102db
 
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Morel CAT378 or Seas DXT? Alternatively, get a neo dome with small or nonexistent (Dayton anyone) faceplate and put it next to the tweeter. Morel also has the TM 4055-8. Look that one up and decide whether you would cut off a piece of the faceplate…
 
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Too bad you could not fit the Morel TM4055. It would seem perfect for this application, but it is 143 mm diameter ( 5.6"). The mid you could cross as low as 700 Hz, then cross to the small tweeter at about 4k...

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My pick is the Bliesma T34B. Its a beast of a dome and won't show strain at all if crossed at a reasonable point. Almost any other decent dome will be able ro play blisteringly loud if crossed high and steep enough ie. 3k+ 3rd order.

I've had great luck with the T35-C002 Seas dome. It will play very loud, well over 104 dB continuous.
 
I doubt anybody listened at that level continuously (I hope not for their sake) but since the complete speakers were more than capable of it, and most weren't shy about cranking them in large spaces, shows & the like -yes, although as noted I wouldn't hammer any dome at those sort of levels on a constant basis, since if that's what you need, you really need pro-audio compression units or similar.

Nope.
I would use a CD if I had the sufficient height for the horn….but at 4.5” I‘d be pinching vertical directivity down to 30 degrees or so….too narrow for this space. And to get sufficient loading to 1khz, the horn would have to be pretty wide…..I’d be back to the same lobing with midwoofers spread that far apart vertically. I ‘could’ come up with a Synergy horn I suppose. But the vertical problem still remains………

I think I’m gonna give the SBAcoustics SB29 a try. With an FS of 600hz it just might do the job. Xmax isn’t great at .5 PtP so I suspect a bit of nonlinearity at higher volumes. If I can mechanically boost the lower end response and then cross at say 1.4, that might do the trick……not much space to work a waveguide in and if I recall correctly, most ring radiators don’t like to be horn loaded

There‘s some Scanspeaks that have an even lower Fs, but at 45 degrees off axis, they’re down 6-10db at 10khz…..not sure how that will translate to dialogue….probably not much but for immersive audio it will be a problem
 
On the contrary, ring radiators love waveguides! Regarding off axis response from a dome tweeter they will become quite directive at high frequencies, also the (cabinet edge) diffraction will make the FR much worse. It seems you are looking for something like an omni speaker almost where constant directivity would be good enough. A tweeter like the Seas DXT one with crossover frequency selected to match the directivity of the mid.
 
I think I’m gonna give the SBAcoustics SB29 a try. With an FS of 600hz it just might do the job. Xmax isn’t great at .5 PtP so I suspect a bit of nonlinearity at higher volumes.
IIRC Zaph described the neo model as a tank. These things are relative, but it was being crossed at 1.1KHz, so assuming you're not expecting 'flat out' all the time, there are certainly worse options. Highish HD2 of course, but as tradeoffs go, it's probably not a bad one.
 
Well if we're talking about the TOTL dome tweeters then the upcoming Purifi 34mm dome will probably play lower (or lower distortion) and louder than any other 1-1.5" dome tweeter with it's over-achieving x-max.

No doubt it will come with a standard 104mm faceplate for legacy reasons.
The prototype Purifi tweeter looks way bigger than that, probably around 150mm.