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The midrange is the most important driver.

OK, I don't need you to believe the topic name. Just wanted to start a friendly discussion.

Among full-range, multi-way speakers there are usually at least 3 drivers:

  • Tweeter
  • Mid-range
  • Woofer
The most exorbitant prices are usually in the tweeter, followed by the woofer, then the mid. More or less. When I read discussions that are about tech-brands, it's almost always about the tweeter. Off the shelf prices in high-end speakers can vary from $40/ea. to $500/ea. with top of the line Be and AMT. Hard diamond tweeters are even more expensive. And yeah, I've paid a lot for tweets in my mains. Still, I think maybe all of us have been convinced that the tweeter is where we should spend our largest dollars.

Maybe it is the quality of the mid that determines everything else. It is where the vocals are, and how well it integrates and extends up and down the range determines everything else. From what tweeters you may use, to the dynamic range.

What do you think?

Best,


E
erik_squires

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shadorne
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Totally agree.

For high fidelity the order for greatest importance in a speaker

1) Mid range (300 to 3KHz)
2) Bass (40 to 400)
3) Tweeter (2KHz to 20KHz)

For BS hype Speaker marketing it is ALWAYS the tweeter that is emphasized most. This is entirely because a tweeter is the simplest and cheapest part in a speaker and easily upgraded or replaced. So spending huge extra amounts on a tweeter costs the maunfacturer the least $ for the maximum in marketing hype!

Sadly customers fall for this marketing trick all the time.

Worse than sad. Many of the fanciest Berylium unobtainium diamond tweeters contain cheap ferrofluid so that it is really CHEAP to make the tweeter, as the tooling and engineering precision can be really sloppy because the cheap ferrofluid just band aids everything!!! So within as little as two years this fluid has dried out and your super duper tweeter sounds dull and it is time to upgrade again!
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