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Speaker builder: heil tweeters vs multiple ribbons

Hello,

I'm not sure if anyone here builds their own speakers, but i was wondering if anyone has heard multiple ribbon drivers in sound vs a heil tweeter. I need something that crosses down at 1khz or below to get the cross largely out of vocal range. I really need something that's easier to drive than a large ribbon, so its either heil or a multiple ribbon tweeter configuration (appx 16 per channel). multiple tweeters are excellent at detail and resolution, but i have heard that they can mess up imaging. then again, some of the most high end speakers in the world are multiple driver units. Heils are pretty hard to beat--by anything. heils would probably be better in dispersion and transient energy. if any of you have some insight on this subject, i would greatly appreciate it.
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ngjockey
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Firstly, there isn't a ribbon tweeter that I would use under 1.5 to 2 kHz. Most wouldn't be under 4k. At sixteen per side, let's assume Raal and Mundorf are financially impractical.

What makes you think 1kHz is out of the vocal range?

However, if that's what you want, consider planar magnetic instead of true ribbons and BG Neo8's ($80), perhaps with a 10 or 12K low pass and a single Neo3. Even the big Genesis', only had one tweeter of the array without the low pass. Look at GR Research's former line arrays.
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