Tweeter temptations!

[gornir]

Hi everyone,

I thought I should give a heads-up on what’s cooking among the spring, summer and early autumn projects and designs.

Here’s a round-up of the tweeters being used together with some of the very best mid-ranges, mid-woofers and woofers from AudioTechnology and ScanSpeak.

From left to right (Picture1):

RAAL 140-15D Ribbon Tweeter
ScanSpeak Illuminator D3004/660000 1” Textile Dome Tweeter
ScanSpeak Illuminator D3004/662010 1” Small Form Factor Textile Dome Tweeter
ScanSpeak Illuminator D3004/664000 1” Beryllium Dome Tweeter


Here are some detailed measurements of the AirCirc Textile and Beryllium dome tweeters and a comparison between the two:

ScanSpeak Illuminator D3004/660000 (http://www.audioexcite.com/?page_id=1564)
ScanSpeak Illuminator D3004/664000 (http://www.audioexcite.com/?page_id=1905)
ScanSpeak Illuminator Textile dome vs Beryllium dome! (http://www.audioexcite.com/?p=1953)

Next design to be shared and published is the “Beryllium” version of the Sequence Two - Monitor (http://www.audioexcite.com/?page_id=57)

The ScanSpeak Beryllium tweeter measures like a dream and it will be a great fun to work with it. Early listening tests indicate that it’s some special hard cone dome tweeter, one of the very best. :)

Another very interesting tweeter is the RAAL ribbon, which I will use in a 3-way reference setup together with AudioTechnology drivers. The AudioTechnology drivers are currently being built at the factory and I hope to get them by the end of the week. :D

Two different ScanSpeak designs are in the pipeline too, a small sized 2-way and a small sized 3-way. Hopefully I will find some time to write about other topics too.

So much fun to do and so little time…… :)

Regards

/Göran

[r-carpenter]

http://techtalk.parts-express.com/showthread.php?t=230809
I didn't find 140-15d to be an awfully interesting driver. May be for the line array but that would send the price level from exuberantly high to simply insane.

[gornir]

http://techtalk.parts-express.com/showthread.php?t=230809
I didn't find 140-15d to be an awfully interesting driver. May be for the line array but that would send the price level from exuberantly high to simply insane.

Hi,

Thanks for the information, but I hope you are wrong ;)

If I don't like it or if it doesn't work in the design, it will be replaced by something else.

Regards

/Göran

[Stu]

Hey why dont you use the Raal 20-70XR this is the best tweeter in the world and use it with the AT 18H52, the best Mid woofer in the world at its price point. You will have a fab monitor then!

[Pete Schumacher ®]

Hey why dont you use the Raal 20-70XR this is the best tweeter in the world and use it with the AT 18H52, the best Mid woofer in the world at its price point. You will have a fab monitor then!

You mean, like this?

http://www.vaporsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dennis1.jpg (http://www.vaporsound.com/#all)

[Stu]

Hey Pete yeh, how did you guess:) man does this combination work;)

[Face]

Hi,

Thanks for the information, but I hope you are wrong ;)

If I don't like it or if it doesn't work in the design, it will be replaced by something else.

Regards

/Göran
He's not wrong and not the only one who feels that way either.


Hey why dont you use the Raal 20-70XR this is the best tweeter in the world and use it with the AT 18H52, the best Mid woofer in the world at its price point. You will have a fab monitor then!
The 20-70XR is available to OEM's only.

[gornir]

He's not wrong and not the only one who feels that way either.

I do like ribbons when they are properly implemented and matched to a capable mid and yes, I realize that the RAAL ribbon stirs up emotions. Some people are enthusiastic, others are skeptical.

That’s part of the reason why I wanted to test, measure and listen to them myself and make my own judgment.

Time will tell if it was the right choice. :)

Regards

/Göran

[Pete Schumacher ®]

That’s part of the reason why I wanted to test, measure and listen to them myself and make my own judgment.

Time will tell if it was the right choice. :)

Regards

/Göran

I've gotten to hear 4 varieties of RAAL, from the big OB down to the 70-10D. I've liked some implementations better than others, and personally have preferred the smaller tweeter systems to those that used the larger tweeters. But that probably says more about the systems than the tweeters in particular.

I have a feeling, that as meticulous as you appear from your website, you'll get those RAALs singing with your excellent compliment of mids. My guess is, that you'll want to use them again in another design, as they become your new standard of transparency and how "real" is supposed to sound.