Fritz vs CSS vs Ryan

The Illuminator is a great fabric dome tweeter which I have had in two pair of different speakers I have owned.

It's interesting that Ryan is in this mix for consideration. They made a big splash years ago but I haven't heard much of them for the last couple of years. I also was surprised that hilde45 was having second thoughts about not having kept the Fritz speakers. That should be considered a good endorsement.

@jackd I just noticed that the Carbon used to have the ScanSpeak 1 inch Ring Radiator tweeter and now uses 1" ScanSpeak Textile Diaphragm. I wonder how the ring tweeter sounded with the Carbon? Is one better than the other?

I'm a recent owner of the Fritz Carrera BE's.   I could not be happier.  Fritz is a great guy and loves talking speakers. I'm a big fan of the beryllium tweeter.  Highly recommended. Mine took 50+ hours to break in, and I still think they're not done.  They sounded really good out of the box, but now exceptional.  

@temmple 

If you're talking about the Carbon 7 SE Mk II tweeters, from my phone conversations with Fritz he thinks the new tweeter is better than the one in the original version.  Never heard either version but I would trust his choices.  Also the Rev 7 SE gives you a similar speaker as the Carbon 7 albeit with higher line drivers and a higher corresponding price.  In the end it will come down to whether you feel comfortable trying the Be tweeter or want to take the safer route with one of the silk dome tweeter models.  While the Carrera sounds good with most any amp I found that it does love tube amps the best.  

Fritz REV 5 SE owner here and I absolutely love them.  The ScanSpeak Revelator woofer combined with the ScanSpeak Illuminator tweeter is magic.  Enjoy them more every time I listen to them.  Fritz is such a great guy with a passion for his speaker’s sound performance and not just the sale $’s. Fritz has really got it going on with his speakers. Hope you pick Fritz and don’t look back.