Tidal Speakers owners

Linkster,
Oh man, damaged!?! Glad you had insurance on those babies. So you originally had the white drivers and the black drivers are newer/better? Do you know the difference between the two drivers? Thanks for the info, glad your speakers are being repaired/upgraded.

The black drivers are close enough in performance to the white ones such that they can be swapped in without any crossover changes. It is my understanding that there is a small performance gain. The Sunray has always used the black drivers so it it not a question if they are newer, Tidal simply decided to employ them in the rest of their designs.

Jorn implies, if I am not mistaken, that black drivers are a tad better. I dont know how much though and under what optimum circumstances this is noticable. Owners of speakears with white drivers can upgrade at a cost around 2000$.

Geopolitis, you seem very enthusiastic about Sovereign amplifiers. Can you kindly tell me more about them? Sorry to digress from this thread.

I believe that they are excellent value for money amplifiers (even though they are still expensive) and definitely a worthy match with Tidal speakers. It is an fine alternative for the people that cannot afford Tidal electronics.For example I have not read any reviews about the Sovereign preamplifier but it is one of the very few preamplifiers I would consider as an alternative to a Tidal Preos... Of course Preos is a better preamp if your priotity is the absolute neutrality.... But that comes with a higher cost....