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NHT tweeters

A question for all . . . . I've got a 5.1 system consisting of older NHT gear, all with the soft dome tweeters. I'm moving to 7.1, and I'd like to get side speakers with a decent lower end to them, but that are still wall mountable. It looks like one of the SB models would be perfect - but they all have the newer metal tweeter. I'm wondering if there's enough difference in the sonic signatures of the tweeters to be an issue . . . .?

Thanks!

Pat
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bignerd100
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Not enough dif. for surround sound.
The SB models would work fine.
A better side speaker may actually be the Von Schweikert TS-150 though. IT uses a soft dome tweeter with a polymer coating. It also has a dipole/monopole button on the side.

Good luck!
bignerd100
515 posts
 
I think that he would do fine with the SB1's or SB2's.
The 1's dont respond low anyway and the 2's would be crossed over around 70 or 80Hz anyway in a surround setup.
Not that what you say doesn't have merrit; it does.
But in a mid-fi surround setup I don't know that it would really matter.

On another note; why not keep your Super Zeros? They are on par with the SB1's and I dont know that the SB2's would be any improvement in this situation. If you wanted to really improve this small aspect of your surround setup why not take Flrnlamb's advice and get a sub just to reinforce your side speakers? Get something like Martin Logan Dynamo and send it everything below 60Hz while sending the high-pass out at 70Hz to the amplifier driving the Zero's.

2cents.
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