Tweeter quest


Dear All,

I heard a really good ribbon tweeter over the weekend. Its spurred me on with an idea I have had for some time - namely replacing the vifa tweeter in my pmc mb2-xbd-a with something of the standard of the rest of the drivers. What ribbon units would people recommend as being the best around? In addition what are the pros and cons of ribbon v. electrostatic. What are the best electrostatic tweeters currently?

So far the following have been suggested:

BG NEO3-PDR PLANAR TWEETER w/BACK CUP
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=264-735

Raal 70-10
http://www.raalribbon.com/products_flatfoil_70-10.htm

Raven R3.2 MMX
http://www.orcadesign.com/products/raven/ravenr3.htm#

HI-VI RT1L ROUND PLANAR TWEETER
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...TOKEN=40236284
http://www.swanspeaker.com/product/htm/view.asp?id=226

Regards,

Nick.
brizonbiovizier

Showing 3 responses by shadorne

This is only a suggestion. If you make a non-factory mod to the baffle on your PMC's then they will be much harder to move on the resale market. Seeing you are unhappy with the PMC's why not look to sell them and trade up?
Sounds risky to me...you are messing with a very high quality and well respected speaker which may be worthless after all your modifications....

Since you are a beginner at this, my suggestion would be to get a speaker kit from someone like Wilmslow audio...I remember they used to offer ATC 100 kits...not sure if they do PMC clones...

Alternatively, try canvassing PMC to offer an upgrade path to their Vifa tweeter.
I agree with Gregm, matching the tweeter to the other drivers is very important ... I am not sure what the effect is called but "speed" is a very good word for it...in essence the match affects how instruments with some HF harmonics sound to the ear. An instrument will have a tangible sounding timbre when this is well matched...almost real. If poorly matched then the instrument feels less tangible or real....although this depends on the listeners experience with the timbre of real instruments.