As a self proclaimed and verified Old School MB Quart fanboy I have been running their QM 218.61 comps with the titanium dome tweeter for the better part of a decade. I have listened to other tweeters, both the soft and hard dome variety, yet none have had the same impact, sparkle, and life as my beloved Pte-25 titanium tweeters. Yes, they can be overly bright without proper tuning, but that is a very minor obstacle I overcame within 2 weeks of owning this set.
Today, for the first time since I have owned my Quart comps I will be switching to a soft dome tweeter. I am saddened, and slightly disappointed in myself, for I must hang up my fanboy shirt for the last time.
I had the opportunity to grab a set of lightly used Hertz Mille Legend comps without crossovers last week for a damn good price, and today I installed the passenger mid and both tweeters(florida rain stopped the drivers mid install). I left the MB quart crossovers in place and simply swapped drivers without changing a damn thing. the expectation of being disappointed and switching back was scratching at the back of my head waiting to pop out and yell "I told you so!!" . Boy was I (and the little ***** in my head) ******* wrong.
I fully beleive that if you are listening to music, and you want the live experience, your tweeter should be bright. In a live performance cymbals are harsh, snare drums have a sharp snap, and guitars scream. Until I got my QM comps I always felt my setup was lacking that live sparkle and the detail you get from a live performance. Today, I witnessed firsthand that it doesn't matter what the actual **** your tweeters are made of. The 280.3 tweeters from Hertz are soft dome, and boy do they sound amazing. They have every bit of the same level of detail and snap as the Quart tweeters, but now there is a new layer of something. I don't know what it is, couldn't even begin to explain it, there is just something extra. I tried my hardest to find a song that sounded worse with them, Hotel California had more sizzle and shake from the maracas, the pan drums had more pop to them. The guitar from Cemetery Gates assaults you like dimebag is shredding with his nutsack in your face. Hell, even the electronic noises in the opening to Play (K391 is the artist for anyone interested) sounded and felt better. 30 minutes of frantic song-hopping and I was left defeated.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running a set of soft dome tweeters and I ******* love them. I did the install completely in secret today. My wife had no clue I switched speakers. I picked her up from a friend's house after dark and played some random songs. My ******* wife asked me if I did some tuning on the stereo! Guess it's time to build a set of bookshelf speakers with the Quarts. I don't think anyone would offer what I want for them, and it's time for a proper home theater setup in my bedroom.
Matt
Today, for the first time since I have owned my Quart comps I will be switching to a soft dome tweeter. I am saddened, and slightly disappointed in myself, for I must hang up my fanboy shirt for the last time.
I had the opportunity to grab a set of lightly used Hertz Mille Legend comps without crossovers last week for a damn good price, and today I installed the passenger mid and both tweeters(florida rain stopped the drivers mid install). I left the MB quart crossovers in place and simply swapped drivers without changing a damn thing. the expectation of being disappointed and switching back was scratching at the back of my head waiting to pop out and yell "I told you so!!" . Boy was I (and the little ***** in my head) ******* wrong.
I fully beleive that if you are listening to music, and you want the live experience, your tweeter should be bright. In a live performance cymbals are harsh, snare drums have a sharp snap, and guitars scream. Until I got my QM comps I always felt my setup was lacking that live sparkle and the detail you get from a live performance. Today, I witnessed firsthand that it doesn't matter what the actual **** your tweeters are made of. The 280.3 tweeters from Hertz are soft dome, and boy do they sound amazing. They have every bit of the same level of detail and snap as the Quart tweeters, but now there is a new layer of something. I don't know what it is, couldn't even begin to explain it, there is just something extra. I tried my hardest to find a song that sounded worse with them, Hotel California had more sizzle and shake from the maracas, the pan drums had more pop to them. The guitar from Cemetery Gates assaults you like dimebag is shredding with his nutsack in your face. Hell, even the electronic noises in the opening to Play (K391 is the artist for anyone interested) sounded and felt better. 30 minutes of frantic song-hopping and I was left defeated.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running a set of soft dome tweeters and I ******* love them. I did the install completely in secret today. My wife had no clue I switched speakers. I picked her up from a friend's house after dark and played some random songs. My ******* wife asked me if I did some tuning on the stereo! Guess it's time to build a set of bookshelf speakers with the Quarts. I don't think anyone would offer what I want for them, and it's time for a proper home theater setup in my bedroom.
Matt
