Ribbon Tweeters???

The Lawrence Audio Violins look amazing.

The Mandolin uses a HiVi RT2EA. This driver has a 6db peak between 5k to 10k, goes out to the heavens on the top end on axis after that. 30% off axis, it is very flat to 10K,but rolls @ 18db per octave after 10k. . This speaker will most likely need some distance between them with a 10 to 20 degree tow to sound their best Or with a properly designed notch filter, on axis would be prefered. I've not used this part, but I've used HiVi drivers, overall nice goods. Like any part how it is crossed and compensated is everything. Great Potential.

I had a Coincident model with a ribbon tweeter. Really liked it and in some ways miss the airy 3d sound they put forth. They appeared to me to cover a larger frequency range them a dome tweeter IMO

Regards,

Normally speaking, most ribbons are no different from traditional drivers in that the larger the driver the lower the resonance and Larger ribbons can be crossed lower. Many still need to be crossed higher than their dome counterparts. They are very different on how they read on impedance sweeps (ribbons are more linear)and most ribbons have peaks to deal with. When done right, Good ribbons are fast and very smooth without losing detail. You can argue from model to model, but many still have the beamy syndrome, but this has improved and continues to improve with different models every year. Also understand, every thing stated above is in general, there are exceptions.

Timlub,Can you explain what you mean by "beamy"syndrome?Thanks to all for your replies.