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pros and cons: beryllium vs ribbon tweeters in sound and emotions terms

After a lot of searching and reading on web, there are some forums and documents where you can learn and understand the differences between this two, and basically you can conclude the ribbon are better; but in terms of sound or musicality (basically nothing on web), how they differ? which one is more involving, natural, emotional if you can say? so you can spend hours of listening AND having a realistic 3D sound experience at the same time without adding any character?
Would appreciate comments from people that have actually heard both and some brands/ models recommendations from each type.
Thanks for the comments
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I had Paradigm Sig 2's with Berrylium tweeters.  Associated equipment was a Lightspeed Attenuator, Parasound dac, Classe CA200 amp.  Sound was fantastic every which way you sliced it!

I then had Monitor Audio Gold GX50's with ribbon tweeters.  Associated equipment was Peachtree Nova Pre / 220 Amp.  This setup also sounded really, really good.

Im a fan of laid back ribbon tweeters, and beryllium seems to, for the most part, also have a laid back sound for metal tweeters, but they have great detail as well.

Both, ribbons and beryllium from my experience are very fast which helps in the detail department.
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