Hales T5's Vifa's $ ohm or 6 ohm?

Having also seen the graphs from Madisound, Sean and I are in agreement once again.

Despite Mitch's initial trepidation and warnings from some here on Audiogon, this was a classic no brainer. In fact, I feel so STRONGLY about this, I would have dropped the tweeter in before doing the crossover mods.

What a lot of people do not realize is that one of the BIGGEST things that separates the good speakers from the great speakers is taking care of the treble. Outside of the cabinet and crossovers, I feel the next thing that a budget chops from a speaker is a reference level tweeter. A $10 tweeter will give you detail, which can initially impress. A $100 tweeter will give you that detail combined with a relaxed sound that puts into the audiophile's mind that they are listening to a very polished product. The effects on listenability that removing a harsh treble does cannot be understimated, the speaker itself becomes so much more relaxed that one often underestimates it.

Mitchb - This sounds encouraging, indeed.

So to recap... you've upgraded the XO and replaced the Vifa tweeter with a Seas Millenium. Did Magisound do the work for you or did you do it yourself? Ball park what are we looking at in terms of cost.

What would you say is the most notable characteristic of the Seas tweeter in comparison to the Vifa? I run my Hales with a Mirage 15" 400 watt sub and I think it sounds pretty sweet. I think the Hales could be a little more transparent and halographic, but I'm 100% sure this is due to the fact the Hales require significant juice to maximize their potential and I'm currently under powering them by at least 100 SS watts.

Dawgbyte, The Vifa tended toards a little harsh or brilliant sounding and the Seas is more mellow and airy without loss of detail.It's quite obvious the Millenium are far superior. My speakers are more sophisticated sounding.I'm happy and excited. the tweeters were $155 each and the crossover mods were $800 but you could do nice things with your crossovers for alot less money.

You guys paul hales is an electrical engineer.just dropping in some tweeters is crazy i own these speakers and dont have any of the problems you are talking about.i know some things about that tweet that i cant tell you since my boss and paul desighned them and they are one of the advanced desighns still today. there is way to much involved in exchanging drivers.now i can understand replacing crossover parts which i did on my t-8s i changed out the electrolitic caps in the bass section with some of the new cardas caps and that made a wonderful difference.i dont think it is the speakers there is something else going on here

I think Hales made a wonderful product as it was stock. The only thing I don't like about the Hales is that they are no longer made. As far as my modifications I was experimenting as we all do in this hobby and I've heard of success with the Millenium tweeters on the Hales so I tried it. My speakers were nice stock. They are still nice but different. Hales made a wonderful speaker and it's a shame they are no longer being made. I will hold on to mine.
Wasda150, Is there any chance at all that Hales the Componany will resubmerge?