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Thanks For The Idea [message #48765 is a reply to message #48731]

Tue, 31 January 2006 15:39

FredT
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Thanks for the idea. I tried it with two tweeters I had on the shelf, a cheap dome and a better quality ribbon. The cheap dome is a $14, 96dB, MCM #53-325 titanium dome. That's the one used in the Bottlehead Straight 8. It has a nasty peak at 3khz, but for this purpose I crossed it over above 10khz, 2nd order, using a 1uF cap with a 0.15mH shunt inductor. Not bad - it adds back just a touch of sizzle I'm accustomed to hearing with domes that aren't horn loaded, but not enough to cause excess siblance or to make the sound too tizzy. The ribbon is the $88, 95dB, Fountek 3.0. This one is really nice. It provides the sparkle I like to hear without a hint of tizz. A good test disk is Patricia Barber's Modern Cool. Early in track 8 there's a brush on a ride cymbal, first in the right channel then in the left - the supertweeter brings this out nicely without any apparent changes below about 10khz.

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		Super-tweeter, super-image, super-sound By: Bill Epstein on Sat, 28 January 2006 18:52
		Re: Super-tweeter, super-image, super-sound By: Shane on Sat, 28 January 2006 21:18
		Re: Super-tweeter, super-image, super-sound By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 28 January 2006 21:53
		Re: Super-tweeter, super-image, super-sound By: Bill Epstein on Sun, 29 January 2006 04:48
		Re: Super-tweeter, super-image, super-sound By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 29 January 2006 14:32
		Re: Full Vifa line-up at Madisound By: Bill Epstein on Sun, 29 January 2006 18:45
		Re: Full Vifa line-up at Madisound By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 30 January 2006 09:11
		Thanks For The Idea By: FredT on Tue, 31 January 2006 15:39
		Supertweeter Picture By: FredT on Fri, 03 February 2006 11:43
		Theater three π By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 03 February 2006 12:35
		Re: Theater three π By: FredT on Fri, 03 February 2006 14:11
		Re: Theater three π By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 03 February 2006 14:43
		Re: Supertweeter Picture By: j.luis cruz . on Fri, 03 February 2006 13:59
		Eminence ASD 1001 By: FredT on Fri, 03 February 2006 14:22
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		Re: Supertweeter Picture By: FredT on Fri, 03 February 2006 14:28
		Final Picture By: FredT on Mon, 06 February 2006 11:48
		Re: Final Picture By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 06 February 2006 15:09
		Re: Final Picture By: Bill Epstein on Tue, 14 February 2006 05:19

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