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Diamond vs Aluminum tweeters for B&W 800 series

Anyone swapped their Diamond tweeter for the Aluminum?

I want to know if anyone heard both to tell us the real difference.

I have a shattered tweeter on my 803 D2 and having difficulty on buying new ones.

Diamond is rated aprox. 900usd each.  Aluminum you can find around 450usd the pair.

 

gfguimaraes
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roxy54
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If they're two different tweeters, you can't just "swap them out" without changing the crossover to account for that.

gfguimaraes OP
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ok, i agree.

although i found some that are described to be used instead of the diamond.

"These are factory fresh brand new aluminum tweeters made by Bowers & Wilkins and are an exact fit to the original tweeters."

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roxy54
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They probably are an exact fit, but the crossover won't be calibrated specifically for them 

boostedis
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My experience with speaker design has shown me that tweeter material isn’t nearly as important as the designers choice of crossover values. A bright commercial speaker isn’t bright because of the tweeter material, it’s bright because they wanted it that way for a Wow-factor! They could easily pad down the high frequency response without changing the tweeter material. BTW, @roxy54 is correct! You can’t simply swap in and out drivers without reworking the crossover. It doesn’t work like that…..

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