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Ribbon tweeters...out of favor these days?

Hi,

Just a quick question about ribbon tweeters on tower speakers. Has the technology with metal dome and fabric dome tweeters produced results that obviate the need for or advantage of ribbon tweeters. I know that some manufactures such as VMPS and Legacy still seem to favor ribbons, at least as a super tweeter.

But I have been researching speakers, and it seems most of the mid to upper line brands such as B&W, Thiel, Vandersteen, Eggleston, and others employ some type of dome tweeter.

What are the relative advantages/disavantages of each type for a 50/50 mix of music and home theater?
mtrot
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
maybe it has more to do with the dispersion and blending with the midrange rather than ultimate performance of just the tweeter itself...

just a thought

also fwiw I have heard both sound extremely good so there are other factors I imagine
glide3
402 posts
 
I am very happy with my Tonians which use a Raven 2 ribbon with a PHY driver.
jrinkerptdnet
430 posts
 
second the Raven tweeter (in my case the R1) ... fantastic in the Alon Exotica. GOOD ribbon tweeters are $$$, equal or exceeding the cost to the best dome tweeters. this is another reason you do not see them in many speakers
vladimir
346 posts
 
Just listen to any RAAL, heavenly.
mtrot OP
804 posts
 
Vlad, what is RAAL?
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