2. speakers
  3. 1359513161

What are the differences in Tweeter materials?

I am curious,

Is there someone that could tell me about the differences between the various materials out there that are used to make tweeters? Both soft and metal type.

What are the materials used in each and what are the sound differences both positive and negative?

Soft Dome Tweeters:
Soft dome, Silk dome, Cloth dome, Polymer dome, Polyamide dome and Textile domes.

(I am very confused in particular between Soft, Cloth, Silk, and Textile?)

Metal Dome Tweeters:
Aluminum, Titanium, Beryllium, Diamond coated, domes and inverted.

Thanks!
mezzanine

Showing 7 responses by mezzanine

mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
@ Prdprez,

Thanks a lot! Your post was very interesting and informative. I learned much from it.
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
Zd542,

Something I said in my post that offended you? Do you really have to respond in such a rude manner to a normal question I asked?
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
Kijanki, ,

That was very interesting. Thanks for the post. I would have thought the value for titanium would have been higher than aluminum.

Do you have any info on soft domes? I am wondering what the difference in materials between soft domes and a textile dome? Or perhaps a textile is considered a soft dome as well?
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
@ Chayro,

I don't think I have come across one metal dome tweeter that I really liked, no matter how well the designer manipulated it to try and give it a smooth sound. Some companies such as Vandersteen seem to do a pretty good job of implementing them though.

@Quad-man

My father still has the original Advent Large speakers that he bought in the 1970's. They use a 3 inch paper driver. I think it sounds great. I don't think any modern day manufacture uses them anymore except Bose.
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
I keep wondering what is a Textile dome tweeter? What is it made of? How does it differ from cloth domes, poly domes, and synthetic silk domes?

My first speakers were a pair of the original Paradigm 7se's. They used a textile dome tweeter. I always thought textile domes were a little bit harder than soft domes but not metal?
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
@ zd542,

I'm sorry if I seemed offended by your post. You said, "How come you didn't include camel hair tweeters in you list of soft dome materials?"

Camel hair? I guess I never heard of tweeters being made with camel hair before.

What manufacture uses Camel Hair in their tweeters?

I will be interested to know.
mezzanine OP
129 posts
 
@Timlub,

Thanks for your post. My favorite soft domes have been from Dynaudio, Morel, and ScanSpeak. I find a lot of todays Seas soft dome tweeters to sound a bit on the bright side. I was not happy when Spendor switched from ScanSpeak to Seas for their tweeters. Especially in their Classic line. They always used ScanSpeak. I have a pair of Proacs that also uses the 3/4 inch ScanSpeak. Great tweeter. Wonder if they are still in business or did they get bought out by Peerless?
More to discover