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pros and cons: beryllium vs ribbon tweeters in sound and emotions terms

After a lot of searching and reading on web, there are some forums and documents where you can learn and understand the differences between this two, and basically you can conclude the ribbon are better; but in terms of sound or musicality (basically nothing on web), how they differ? which one is more involving, natural, emotional if you can say? so you can spend hours of listening AND having a realistic 3D sound experience at the same time without adding any character?
Would appreciate comments from people that have actually heard both and some brands/ models recommendations from each type.
Thanks for the comments
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mapman
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I've never heard any of those old full range ribbon Apogees that owners (with proper amplification) tend to cherish and never give up.   Would like to.   I feel the same way about Walsh drivers.  Once you've been there and like it nothing else is quite the same.
paul79
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You really have to listen to them to determine what is for you. They can all work well with system matching.

My favorite and best all around to my ears is the Seas Excel. Every time I hear a speaker with these tweeters, I like them!!

Involving, natural, emotional..... These descriptors relate to taste, so it will depend on what gets YOUR juices flowing....

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alfau7 OP
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Hi bi_limo, how would you describe the diferences between the paradigm sig vs audio monitor gold? Maybe like stablishing wich one was colder, Warner, natural, realistic.
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alfau7 OP
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Lets put it easier(hope), if all of you would have to decide between:

paradigm sig 2 v3
focal electra 1008
salk songtower with raal 70 20
Scansonic mb1
evolution acoustics micro one
vapor Stiff breeze or cirrus Black

Your vote would go to? Why?
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asvjerry
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Folded ribbons (AMT's) are smoother and seem to be 'effortless' in their response to my tin ears.  They're also high in SAF, as it's been noted that the f/m of our species seem to respond better to them.
In my experience, you can listen longer and louder to them.  The planar ribbons tend towards a 'crisper' quality, reminding moi' of the metallic dome tweets. I can hear a dome a mile away; I'm not a fan...
MHO, it's bound up with the choice of the radiating material.  Paper, plastics, metals, all have different 'voices' in their harmonics, given that there seems to be only slight differences in construction of late. (OK...void your warranty, open up that pretty enclosure, and tell me what you see lurking in there.  It's like detergent...there's only a few ways to make it Economically.  All else becomes 'solvents'...)
..and I'll vote with Mapman (Hi, guy! *G*) on Walsh's.  'Course, I'm horribly biased on this, since I'm DIY'ing them for my own bemusement.  I've toyed with the idea of mating a pair of small AMT's rotated 90 degrees to each other atop a Walsh just for grins to maintain the 'omni factor'...
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