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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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hi5harry
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I am using the Raal 140-15 amorphous core tweeters in my Von Schweikert VR 8's. I love that tweeter!
jtimothya
612 posts
 
Top speakers from Verity, the Lohengrin II and Sarastro II, each have aluminum foil ribbon tweeters.
slumdogmillionaire
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I also own a pair of VR-8's and I'm wanting to replace my damaged tweeters (the original Focal TC120TDXT's are no longer in production). Did you have to change/modify the crossover circuits when switching to the Raal 140-15's? Any advice in making the modification will be welcome.
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weseixas
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Most of the speakers being discussed, do not have ribbon tweeters, they have planer magnetic tweeters, very different!

regards,
rebbi
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In speaking with one speaker manufacturer who had worked with ribbon tweeters, I was told that while they may sound excellent in and of themselves, they are extremely difficult to integrate with a pistonic (cone) woofer.
That said, the LSA1 Statement monitor, which has been very well reviewed, uses a ribbon tweeter.
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