Ribbon Tweeters


I've noticed that ribbon tweeters don't have the range of dome tweeters (50 khz v. 20 khz). However, people have said that ribbon tweeters produce a cleaner and more accurate high end. Even if it can produce a cleaner high, wouldn't the lack of range limit its accuracy?
biscayne

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The reason I asked is because I'm thinking about testing the Piega's and want to know if is going to be a waste of time. The dealer representative will bring them to my house so I can hook them up to a Rowland and Meridian combo. But, I figure why bother if ribbon's are not accurate.

Rory
Gregm--

The Rowland extends from .1Hz to 160 kHz. However, I was curious about the range of the ribbon tweeters because I figured that distortion may become an issue if they have limited range.
Tweekerman, you're point about classical being in the mid bass to upper treble should mean that you want a speaker that can reach and cleanly deliver the high end. It goes back to the original question about the capacity of ribbon tweeters and whether they have the ability to accurately handle the high end. It looks like the answer is yes, but I suppose that primarily depends on the speaker. I'm probably going to ask the Piega rep bring over the speakers based on what I've read in this thread. Maybe the ribbons will sound harsh -- I'll probably find out soon.