Allen Bowering Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) I have been thinking about building a pair of supertweeters with enclosures matched to my current floorstanders that I am currently refurbishing, however I am having trouble finding tweeters that extend much beyond 20,000hz So far the most suitable I have found has been a set of beston RT002A ribbons that claim to extend into the 40,000hz range http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=277-112 Can anyone recommend anything else? surely there must be a better variety than this. Edited May 13, 2013 by DryftKult
ThirdDrawerDown Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 These were mentioned on SNA as a Very Good Thing about a year and a half back: http://www.soundlabsgroup.com.au/p/V-24520-TL16H/TL+16+H+-+8+Ohm
3G_ Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) RAAL ribbons are stunning. The small 70/10 give a beautiful high end respond beyond what a young ear can handle. Several members are running the Townsend super tweeter also. Edited May 13, 2013 by 3G_ 1
Allen Bowering Posted May 13, 2013 Author Posted May 13, 2013 100khz, now THAT'S more like it, true supertweeter territory
andyr Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 I have been thinking about building a pair of supertweeters with enclosures matched to my current floorstanders that I am currently refurbishing, however I am having trouble finding tweeters that extend much beyond 20,000hz So far the most suitable I have found has been a set of beston RT002A ribbons that claim to extend into the 40,000hz range http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=277-112 Can anyone recommend anything else? surely there must be a better variety than this. A "supertweeter" that only goes to 20KHz cannot be called, IMO, a "supertweeter" ... it's just a tweeter. I would also not class tweeters that go up to 40KHz as "supertweeters" ... as my Maggie ribbons are specced to 40KHz and some people put supertweeters on top of them! :eek: So, IMO a "supertweeter" goes to well beyond 40KHz. I wouldn't have thought you should need to do this but, as I said, some Maggie owners do ... so the benefit must be hearable. Regards, Andy
Addicted to music Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 A "supertweeter" that only goes to 20KHz cannot be called, IMO, a "supertweeter" ... it's just a tweeter. I would also not class tweeters that go up to 40KHz as "supertweeters" ... as my Maggie ribbons are specced to 40KHz and some people put supertweeters on top of them! :eek: So, IMO a "supertweeter" goes to well beyond 40KHz. I wouldn't have thought you should need to do this but, as I said, some Maggie owners do ... so the benefit must be hearable. Regards, Andy I have these: http://www.raalribbon.com/products.htm In my sight, I'm seriously thinking of getting a set!
Allen Bowering Posted May 13, 2013 Author Posted May 13, 2013 A "supertweeter" that only goes to 20KHz cannot be called, IMO, a "supertweeter" ... it's just a tweeter. I would also not class tweeters that go up to 40KHz as "supertweeters" ... as my Maggie ribbons are specced to 40KHz and some people put supertweeters on top of them! :eek: So, IMO a "supertweeter" goes to well beyond 40KHz. I wouldn't have thought you should need to do this but, as I said, some Maggie owners do ... so the benefit must be hearable. Regards, Andy That's exactly why I have asked here lol, in my searches the best I could find was 40,000hz and I knew that wasn't enough.
3G_ Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 I have these: http://www.raalribbon.com/products.htm In my sight, I'm seriously thinking of getting a set! If you are interested in the 70/10 let me know. I have a pair with less than an hour on. They are stunning and only looking to sell as I may get some GOTO tweeters
djb Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) The goto are stunning I have the Tannoy ST50 which go to 54K Edited May 13, 2013 by djb
fwt1712 Posted May 15, 2013 Posted May 15, 2013 Have a look at the Aurum Cantus G2si - I've bought several pairs from Final Link (who can supply them cheaper than the big US discount suppliers) and they work very well. I'm using one pair rolled in at 12k on top of Spendor SP1s and my mate is using a stacked pair with his BG RD75 ribbon/Genesis active bass system (with Meitner DAC & transport/Conrad Johnson Premier 8s) and they have made substantial improvements to both systems for a relatively low cost. regards, Nigel.
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