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Ribbon tweeters...out of favor these days?

Hi,

Just a quick question about ribbon tweeters on tower speakers. Has the technology with metal dome and fabric dome tweeters produced results that obviate the need for or advantage of ribbon tweeters. I know that some manufactures such as VMPS and Legacy still seem to favor ribbons, at least as a super tweeter.

But I have been researching speakers, and it seems most of the mid to upper line brands such as B&W, Thiel, Vandersteen, Eggleston, and others employ some type of dome tweeter.

What are the relative advantages/disavantages of each type for a 50/50 mix of music and home theater?
mtrot

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c1ferrari
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Mtrot,

Dali implements an "...array of planar dipole ribbon tweeters..." that extend approximately 91" in their flagship loudspeaker, MegaLine III. Actually, it may integrate with a plasma monitor for a home theatre installation...just don't know if I want to run all the tubes for video. Nah, probably not...

I don't think ribbon tweeters are out of favor, just yet :-)
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