Your favorite tweeters at different price points

[bill poster]

was thinking 3 rough groups

up to $40(budget), $40 to $100, and beyond $100 (high end)

Really curious to know peoples favorite tweets including ribbons/AMTs and any opinions on budget Vifas(silk and radiator), good metal domes, Audax gold, Illuminators, Accutons etc

[lorenmjones]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

I always liked this Seas for a low to midrange tweeter. There is a 3/4" version that looks interesting too

http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com...-dome-tweeter/

I haven't heard enough to speak coherently about it, but I will also say that in the high end realm I have been super pleased with my Beyma TPL150H AMT. It has clarity and detail without harshness that I just didn't get with the dome tweeters I have used. Granted I haven't used any dome tweeters that cost this much. I think that at the price of this Beyma there is also strong reason to consider RAAL (which I've heard side by side with my Beyma). I think they are more alike than different but unless you need really high sensitivity and/or really high output levels one of the various RAAL's may be preferred.

http://www.beyma.de/fileadmin/seiten...TPL-150_en.pdf

Honestly though listen to others who have experience with more devices, this is just my $.02 from the cheap seats.

[donc]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Tweeters that keep poppiing up as favorites=
There are some lower priced Vifas , don't know the numbers on them ,maybe some one else will chime in
Seas 27TDFC
Dayton RS28A
Peerless HDS
Transducer Labs N26C-A
Satori
And as mentioned the Beyma and RAAL's
,donc

[isaeagle4031]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

tb 28-537sh
Dayton nd20
Beston

Fountek
Dayton rs28

Satori
CSS LD25X
Hiq
Transducer sound labs

[johnnyrichards]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Under $40

Vifa XT25

Tang Band 28-537SH

Vifa DX25

I like all of the above better than the RS28, especially the Tang Band.

I have only used the RS28 in the above $40 classes, although the XT25 used to be in that class. I have listened to a lot of more expensive ones, though.

$40 - $100

HDS was very nice

Above $100

Have only heard a few of them, Hiq was nice, little RAAL was nice, the millenium tweeter is nice.

[craigk]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Under $40

Vifa XT25

Tang Band 28-537SH

Tang Band 25-1719S

Seas 22TAF/G

$40 - $100

BG Neo 3

Usher 9950

HDS

SEAS Prestige 27TBFC/G

$100

SS 7100, 7000, 6600, 9900, 9800

Seas T25 and29

Hiquphon

Mundorf AMT just about all of them

ESS Heil Air Motion Transformer AMT Tweeter

LCY 110

[Wolf]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Under $40:
Vifa DX25
Vifa XT25TG30
Vifa XT25SC90 (or -50)
Beston RT003C
HiVi TN25
Dayton ND28
Vifa OX20
TB 28-537
Vifa XT19
Vifa NE19VTS
Seas 22TAFC/G

$40-100:
HiVi RT1.3 (why is this on clearance?)
HiVi RT1C-A
Dayton RS28A
Usher 9950
Fountek NeoCD1.0
TB 25-1743S (some places at $109)
Wavecor TW030
Seas 27TFFC

$100+:
Hiquphon OW3
Seas Millenium
AC G2Si
Visaton MHT12
Morel MDT33 (NLA)
SS D2905/9700
AC AST2560-dipolar
SS D3004/6600
Satori
Transducer Labs N26C-A
LCY 110
Seas T25-001 (NLA)
CSS LD25X (soon to be NLA)

That I've experienced, these were in the upper areas of the price ranges, and I've not heard enough from RAAL to really be sure how I think yet about them.
Later,
Wolf

[jhollander]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

In the under $20, I'm giving the Airborne a try as an alternate to the ND20s

https://www.solen.ca/pub/index.php?catalog=description&nodiapo&id=2041&recherche=&numRows=&manufacturiers=39&niveau1=&niveau2=&niveau3=&s1=2&s2=&s3=&s4=

[bill poster]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Good reading, interesting that the 'pointy' Illuminators didn't get a mention yet

The Seas 27TDFC looks great on response, and the Transducer Labs ceramics are ridiculously smooth/flat on their graph(is it real?), better than the Accuton's, on paper

[JasonP]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Let me shout out some VIFA low at the low end:

UNDER 25 FREAKING DOLLARS:

BC25SG15-04, this one is madness. https://www.parts-express.com/pe/sho...umber=264-1026 18$ You can find what Zaph measured here from an OEM speaker using it, http://www.zaphaudio.com/blog.html Alright, it doesn't have a ruler flat response, but what it does have, works.

OX20SC00-04, its an impressive 3/4" flangeless tweeter. https://www.parts-express.com/pe/sho...umber=264-1002 19$

Neither is going to go too low, about 2.2khz for the BC25 and 2.7khz for the OX20. What can I say though, when used right they sound real nice

[Pete Schumacher]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Good reading, interesting that the 'pointy' Illuminators didn't get a mention yet

The Seas 27TDFC looks great on response, and the Transducer Labs ceramics are ridiculously smooth/flat on their graph(is it real?), better than the Accuton's, on paper

The T-labs are indeed as flat and smooth as the posted plots on their website. They are amazing little domes. I'm using the N26C/G in a waveguide and it is the most natural sounding dome tweeter I've heard. The Scan Be comes real close. Other than the ugly and HUGE rectangular faceplate, they're remarkable, and built like a tank. When the round flanges come out, along with the newer versions, I wouldn't mind seeing them mounted onto a baffle. For now, I'll keep it behind the waveguide.

Another really nice little tweeter is the SEAS 22TFF. Very smooth and flat response, and able to cross reasonably low (~2000Hz).

Others have mentioned the high $$$ favorites I think are the best on the planet.

The Aurum Cantus AST2560 is a really nice performer as well, with that sharp and clear attack that no dome can seem to match.

[Wolf]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

Good reading, interesting that the 'pointy' Illuminators didn't get a mention yet

The Seas 27TDFC looks great on response, and the Transducer Labs ceramics are ridiculously smooth/flat on their graph(is it real?), better than the Accuton's, on paper

Not many have used the Illuminator tweeters, and I've not even heard one yet.

Agreed on the TLabs. Very real.

Later,
Wolf

[Wolf]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

In the under $20, I'm giving the Airborne a try as an alternate to the ND20s

https://www.solen.ca/pub/index.php?c...=2&s2=&s3=&s4=

I wouldn't xover that one below about 3kHz, honestly. I have one that I tested, and it's Fs was bout 800, IIRC, but it didn't sound clean until above 3kHz. They are also not easy to disassemble if you were thinking about modding it.

Later,
Wolf

[jhollander]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

I wouldn't xover that one below about 3kHz,

They are also not easy to disassemble if you were thinking about modding it.

My plans exactly...

[bill poster]

Re: Your favorite tweeters at different price points

The T-labs are indeed as flat and smooth as the posted plots on their website. They are amazing little domes. I'm using the N26C/G in a waveguide and it is the most natural sounding dome tweeter I've heard.

The Aurum Cantus AST2560 is a really nice performer as well, with that sharp and clear attack that no dome can seem to match.

T- Labs..size of the magnets :eek:

had my eye on the AST2560, low x/o point and Darth Vader looks. Also the Dayton AMT 2-4 looks good on the graph and price is ok