It's 2017! Time for a afford. tweeter roundup..

[GDO]

I've been listening to DMS30s (94mm radius so quite good for close ctc distance) for quite some time now. Did a little research while ago. It seems that DMS from Morel is Dynaudio D280 (imo, tweeters are the best that Dynaudio has to offer).

Paired with Seas midwoofer in mine take on Proac reference tablette 8, and using it for nearfield listening. It is insanelly good - not for that amount of money but in absolute terms.

I think North Korea might be their next best business partner, or best fuckin friend...

History of Dynaudio

 

[Bill poster]

Tangband ceramic dome
Wavecor 22mm dome
New small dome SB tweets(released?)

 

[Hertzschmerz]

Tangband ceramic dome

Maybe... if you have the tools to do quality control of your own.

A few years ago Monacor sold TB ceramic tweeters under their own brand. They cancelled quickly due to quality reasons.

 

[Jimmy154]

Sb26stac, sb26stcn, sb19, rs28a or f Used them all in recent builds. The 26stac is a beast, in a good way, and can take a lot of abuse. I have mine crossed 3rd order electrical, series cross, at 1.8k. Accidentally sent the system way more juice than they were intended for (Crown 2k) tweeter actually moved to xmax! Checked and they were still good

Favorite tweeter of a great value:https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.c...peerless-da25bg08-06-1-aluminum-dome-tweeter/

2nd order series cross at 2k. Beautiful! Engaging, crisp, and detailed with no perceptible fatigue after many hours of use.

Oh snaps 4
Saw that tweeter a few months ago and thought it was the greatest tweeter I've seen in awhile

Why can't every driver have a grill? At least every tweeter

Shaped "diffuser", nice, but looks like sticker

50% of building a speaker is just designing the grill

Unless you just want your speaker to be naked
But that's just dirty!

 

[Toaster]

I'm sure your speakers are excellent Zvu. I built a couple of pairs of speakers using the Morel MDT 30/32 quite a few years ago and thought the tweeters were very good. I still have a pair BNIB that I should use for a build. Might even give your design a shot!

 

[Zvu]

Feel free to use it and if you do, let me know how you like it.

Here is front baffle: http://s1.postimg.org/qfs8ykfb1/DSC_0080.jpg

Volume and tuning do as you wish. Mine are 25cm deep.

 

[revelator]

Are R4 and R5 (0.2 & 0.3 ohm) necessary or are these inductor Dcr values?

Thanks

 

[Zvu]

Those are maximum inductor Dcr values. Lower is better ofc.

If you need more treble, just lower R1 to 18ohm. Phase tracking remains the same.

 

[revelator]

Another tweet I've been eyeing for some time is the Tymphany NV25VTS --except for negative comments on the plastic protectors that seem fragile during shipping

https://www.parts-express.com/peerless-by-tymphany-ne25vts-04-1-silk-dome-tweeter--264-1034

I wonder how these would perform with the Seas CA12 in a mini monitor since morel DSM 30s are NLA and don't know if the CAT 308 would have similar phase specs

 

[eriksquires]

Revelator,

Looks pretty good on paper! Especially the low fs and tiny mounting area. Let me know.

Best,

E

 

[ernperkins]

Zaph tested it in his Blog section (Zaph|Audio). Looks like you could cross it over in the 2-3 KHz area.

 

[Tweet]

If not already mentioned the Vifa OX20SC00-04 is a tweeter worth considering, especially if one wants to use a crossover at or above 2 Kc/s. It also has very low odd order harmonic distortion.

C.M

 

[Bill poster]

Maybe... if you have the tools to do quality control of your own.

A few years ago Monacor sold TB ceramic tweeters under their own brand. They cancelled quickly due to quality reasons.

The only TB quality control issue Ive read about in all the yrs looking at these forums is with a metal dome tweet. The full range TB units I have are also avail Monacor branded in a black cone. They are well built and sound great!