Ring radiator tweeters - the future?

Aren't ribbon speakers the true promised land of sound quality? Just that ribbon speaker are terribly inefficient and bulky?

I hope Ring radiator tweeters aren't the future. Since I don't use tweeters at all. LOL

Infact I never plan to use them again, unless my upper frequency hearing gets so bad to where I have no choice but to bump up the dBs in this area.

Look at where the heart of music is on this chart. I've discovered myself some tweeters add artificiality to the music in certain cases.

Musical Instrument Range Chart . If your speakers can't get this part of the frequency range right. Who cares about a tweeter?

Try the (relatively) inexpensive Polk LSi speakers with this tweeters, and put 3 times the price speakers to shame...there are a few threads on this great speaker on A'Gon, check it out....truly one of the undergroung gems in audio, exceptional for the money. Don't snob yourself out of trying it just because of the Polk name, it really is a nice integration of the Ring radiator tweeter, and it's a nice-looking speaker to boot.

With the Frieds, we were using the Ring Radiator, and have recently switched to a new variant of this (at least, in some models) - the Vifa Ring Dome. I have yet to hear it, but the word was it was a smoother, more natural presentation.

Bombaywalla, if you think the Vifa ring tweeter in the Polk Audio's sounds "tizzy" you need your ears checked bro, or perhaps the amplifier and source were not up to par. The LSi's have a very laid back presentation, its the exact opposite of "tizzy"