Folded ribbons (AMT's) are smoother and seem to be 'effortless' in their response to my tin ears. They're also high in SAF, as it's been noted that the f/m of our species seem to respond better to them.
In my experience, you can listen longer and louder to them. The planar ribbons tend towards a 'crisper' quality, reminding moi' of the metallic dome tweets. I can hear a dome a mile away; I'm not a fan...
MHO, it's bound up with the choice of the radiating material. Paper, plastics, metals, all have different 'voices' in their harmonics, given that there seems to be only slight differences in construction of late. (OK...void your warranty, open up that pretty enclosure, and tell me what you see lurking in there. It's like detergent...there's only a few ways to make it Economically. All else becomes 'solvents'...)
..and I'll vote with Mapman (Hi, guy! *G*) on Walsh's. 'Course, I'm horribly biased on this, since I'm DIY'ing them for my own bemusement. I've toyed with the idea of mating a pair of small AMT's rotated 90 degrees to each other atop a Walsh just for grins to maintain the 'omni factor'...
In my experience, you can listen longer and louder to them. The planar ribbons tend towards a 'crisper' quality, reminding moi' of the metallic dome tweets. I can hear a dome a mile away; I'm not a fan...
MHO, it's bound up with the choice of the radiating material. Paper, plastics, metals, all have different 'voices' in their harmonics, given that there seems to be only slight differences in construction of late. (OK...void your warranty, open up that pretty enclosure, and tell me what you see lurking in there. It's like detergent...there's only a few ways to make it Economically. All else becomes 'solvents'...)
..and I'll vote with Mapman (Hi, guy! *G*) on Walsh's. 'Course, I'm horribly biased on this, since I'm DIY'ing them for my own bemusement. I've toyed with the idea of mating a pair of small AMT's rotated 90 degrees to each other atop a Walsh just for grins to maintain the 'omni factor'...