Supertweeters Work


So, I just got back my Aerial Acoutic 7ts from being modded by ASI Teknology, Doug Jessie.  I unboxed them, hooked them up, and thought they sounded nice and improved but something was missing.  Specifically, recordings with high end air was missing the delicacy and presence in the upper registers.  I looked on my window sill and there sat my supertweeters.  I hooked them up and viola my problem was solved.  A very convincing lesson that my Towshend super tweeters work and work impressively. 

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@noromance the supertweeter fixed the upper register, added air and extension, and made the upper end come alive.  It also seems to have positively impacted the midrange and lower as well but quantitatively more the upper frequencies.

My supertweeters were on the window sill cause, well, I put them there lol...

@antigrunge2 interesting points u make.  However, they do indeed improve the treble and upper register extension.  They also bring this area to life...

Gotta love this forum.  You make a clear honest statement about how u accidentally discovered the real positive impact of supertweeters and u get guys posting crap about age and hearing capacity.  Well I am over 40 and I will never listen to my Aerial Acoustic 7Ts without supertweeters.  The impact was dramatic to my old ears whether the resident scientists can explain it or not.

@jacobsdad2000 the funny thing is that in real life I am a physician-scientist. There are things that are real that we can’t measure. Our explanations for explaining things that are real can be really weak and offbase. In the audio world it seems that things we experience as real defy explanations and measurement. However, the level of certainty in some posts in tearing down what others hear is comical.

@perkadin u are not in the least on target.  I could hear the improvement with the mods but something was missing.  When I put the supertweeters in that I had inadvertently left out what I was missing was now present.  

Not sure why this forum attracts so many naysayers about what fellow audiophiles report that they hear.   

@antigrunge2 I know what I am hearing and know that I like it.  I know where I hear the improvement so you are not helping me with your comments.

@kennyc I picked up a pair of the Enigma Acoustic Soparino supertweeters.  I switched then in for the Townshed supertweeter.  They are both fine performers but the Soparinos won't be coming out anytime soon.  They give a bit more of everything that I like about the Townshed's.