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What is your favorite type of tweeter?

It seems to me that 98% of speakers under $1000/pr use dome tweeters, 95% of speakers under $5000/pr use domes, 92% of speakers under $10000/pr use domes, and 90% of speakers over $10000/pr use domes. Do those stats seem reasonable?

If a manufacturer were designing a new loudspeaker at a $5K or $10K price point, would there be a bias in favor of domes, in order to stick with a known, familiar entity, or a bias away from domes, in order to create interest and set oneself apart from the competition?

This forum does not have a "Poll" function, so I can't ask everyone to vote for their favorite type of tweeter. But I will be grateful for any comments.
javachip
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tpreaves
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Holy thread resurrection, Mapman !!!!!
tobb
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I like the Legacy ribbon tweeter.
Hope to get an opportunity to hear their new AMT folded ribbon tweeter soon.
mozartfan
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johnk1,588 posts07-05-2009 7:30amTry the SEAS exotic t35. Best yet by SEAS.

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Surprises me no one speaks of this Seas T35 Exotic, have not heard it, but can only imagine its no doubt the finest dome tweeter ever made. 
Its like a Millennium on steroids.
If the Voxativ AC1A did not exist, I'd most likely build the Seas Exotic Woofer + T35. 
In fact, I bet the Seas  Exotic Woofer/Tweeter would give one  heck of a  shootout  with  the AC1A. 
Both about $2k. well actually when you add in the Seas Mundorf caps, $2500-$3k. 
I'd rather go Vox. But then ,,,,you might get get that low end like the Seas Exotic 8, nor the highs like the T35...
But you will not get the mids as voiced in the Vox 8.
Solution,
 Add a  Magnovox 1960's tweeter horn + a  Seas W22 Graphene for bass,  along with the Vox, Now you have world class bass, mids, highs.
This most likely will be my next speaker, sometime  later this year. 
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