Tweeters
What speaker has the best high frequencies?
I have a Spatial Audio X5 with a wide band horn loaded AMT (Air Motion Transformer) which handles high frequencies (1k and up?). It is big, about 6” x 1”. I feel it is much better than the 1” tweeter found in most speakers. I honestly don’t know how this AMT is different from, say, ribbon tweeter. This leads me to think, who or what speaker has the best high frequencies? I heard good things about the B&W diamond tweeter, but it is still a 1” tweeter. What else is out there? I think size makes a difference. In this case, is it a larger ribbing tweeter better than most 1” tweeters?
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An AMT tweeter is like a bellows it’s surface area is 3-4 x it total dispersion area that is why it too has a wave guide .The Spatial use a huge AMT to cover midrange on up ,where others use a specific driver just for midrange which ion a $$ speaker is more costly like a Accuton driver, which also use a diamond particle tweeter which is $$ but very accurate. The spatial is very good upgrading or requesting a Xover upgrade will bring Huge results most everyone skimps In capacitors resistors , Path audio best made period but $30 each , vs $3 ,and many upgrade capacitors available. Inductors like a Jantzen great quality,value not too costly but many use cheap bobbin type or called sledge hammer coil of wire around a magnet 🧲 you see this often in many under $10 k just to save under $100. Just for the record when ordering ask to have Xover upgrade options humble homemade Hifi capacitor test gives a very good comparison for modt caps. Spatial uses a Beyma AMT made in Spain which is very good other companies use a smaller AMT just for upper frequencies like Monitor audio for example Their pl500 can go up to 100 k which is class leading ,even their studio can go to 60 kHz which is like a super tweeter. |
X3-06 EXOTIC T35
But I have heard them also with a solid copper modified baffle. SEASExotic-T35Tweeters(CopperFaceplate) The brass terminals were replaced with copper tubes, and the leads crimped and soldered. 1500-25KHz |
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