ribbon tweeter's

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

the baddest planar speaker company is

http://www.wisdomaudio.com/products_infinite.html

one of if not the best hybrid company is

http://www.vonschweikert.com/vr9se.html

http://www.vonschweikert.com/vr11_speaker.html

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I have heard both of those, thought they were decent but was never a huge fan, one reason the price. Plus, a lot of "special" high end speakers sound too fake too thin or over done to me. I can't tell you what it is exactly, but my dad (who has almost 40 years in the audio industry, and learned from my grandpa who has nearly 70 experience) and I agree on this.

 

[Hebrew Hammer 10+ year member]

I have heard both of those, thought they were decent but was never a huge fan, one reason the price. Plus, a lot of "special" high end speakers sound too fake too thin or over done to me. I can't tell you what it is exactly, but my dad (who has almost 40 years in the audio industry, and learned from my grandpa who has nearly 70 experience) and I agree on this.

you're crazy dude....I have had some serious seat time with the Von VR9se's on a set of tenor monoblocks...and have blown away just about anything I've heard...and I listened to the wisdoms at CES 2 years ago and "thin" is something they are not..more like insanely dynamic would be the right words

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I just don't like the sound of electrostatics and ribbon tweeters.... They just don't sound natural to my ears for some reason. I agree they are awesome, but put up against a piston system of equal price, I think the piston system would do them in.....

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Electro-stats sounded awesome to me. I also like the Heil AMT's but they be $$$$.

 

[X Ray 10+ year member]

Ribbons sound awesome. I had a pair of cheap ($220) Infinity (forgot the name of the actual company that was manufacturing them) ribbons when I was in high school. They sounded MUCH better than my Quart tweets, but the ribbons got stolen.

I'm still using some old school Quarts, but my dick is hard for some new ribbons.

I have some JBL ring radiator horns (pro audio), and I like the character of those as well.

Bottom line: I'll be ditching the quart domes for some ribbons or some rings.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Holy old thread...