electrostats vs ribbon drivers

hi johnk:

i don't assume and my selection of 3000k was meant to suggest that there might be a peak in the lower treble.

as i said, i have owned magnepans, and heard them many times iin other stereo systems. i have also heard other ribbon tweeters at shows and at the homes of audio club members.

i am only guessing that that's where the elevation in the treble begins. i never said "assume" .

not having measured, its only a conjecture.

Both way cool.

I have both and I like them both since I collect different designs. I'm happy with my ess heils, magnepans, eminent tech's, ohm walsh and acoustats. So there you go a variation of different designs but I don't favor one over the other, except possibly my ess heils since I modified it to my taste.

To my ears, electrostats mylar has that tzzzz sound that colors the speaker, maybe I'm more sensitive to that sound, tried many models of ML. The Apogee Stage is what captivated me to planar.

09-23-11: Kkm
To my ears, electrostats mylar has that tzzzz sound that colors the speaker, maybe I'm more sensitive to that sound, tried many models of ML. The Apogee Stage is what captivated me to planar.

i've heard & read this a number of times - that mylar tzzzz sound. Maybe this is the difference between mylar-backed vs. kapton-backed? Maybe Jason Bloom knew this as well & got in Magneplanar's face way too much to make that point???!!!