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

 

boostedis

I agree, someone is missing the point.

is it a high performance tweeter, handles say 1,500 to 20,000 essentially equally? so, the crossover will send it what? whatever the content is, everything the amp sends starting at ____? 

does it physically fit?

essentially same efficiency? Q? 

 

Pair of Randomly Chosen Morel Tweeters $899.

 

Thiele-Small Parameters

Resonant Frequency (Fs) 591Hz
DC Resistance (Re) 4.19Ω
Voice Coil Inductance (Le) 0.047mH
Mechanical Q (Qms) 2.44
Electromagnetic Q (Qes) 0.55
Total Q (Qts)

0.44

 

 

 

It ain’t rocket science, those Morels might sound better to many fed from the existing crossover.

Somebody must have found successful substitutes for those expensive tweeters, and you do not HAVE to alter the crossover. 

It could be argued it’s a good time to restore the crossovers in any case, so that makes it even easier to try a substitute.

I forgot the tweeters were the ugly tapered bullets.

tweeter replacement video, he forgets to explain you should do it barefoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M05uQtj6g0w

perfect.
the diamond tweeters are zz14388

the best part of the video is: received the tweeter with zero cost.

 

@elliottbnewcombjr 

It would be interesting to see how your proposed Morels measure with the stock B&W crossovers. My guess is that it won’t be flat. Whether you prefer the experimental outcome or not is purely subjective….