Fritz vs CSS vs Ryan

@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.

Had the Carrera with the new BE Tweeter. Loved it. 

August 27th in Phoenix AZAVCLUB.com will hold

a 15 speaker exhibition. All standmounts under $3k.

Now what to buy for you? If your logic worked on Ryan

as a value, try GR Research XL-S Encore with upgrades.

$1,400 assembled. 

I had the Carrera’s and could not tame the beryllium tweeter. Harsh and bright in more than a few song segments.

Two different houses, three different rooms. This was with Odyssey Audio hot rodded Khartago amp and Candela pre with Amperex 7316 pq tubes. Also had Ascend Acoustics Sierra2’s with a RAAL ribbon tweeter with same gear. Sweet as could be.

I got the Salk SS6M's over the Carreras — because of the look of the wood in Salk's cabinets. Truth be told, I could never tame the tweeter — I have tube amps and even tried softer tubes in my DAC, in my Amp, in my preamp. Could have been my room.

I have nothing but good memories of the Carbon7. I wrote a review of that, too. I think the detail and sparkle of the Be  tweeter sucked me in over the Carbon7, but looking back, that was the stand mount I should have kept. 

To resolve my tweeter problem, I sold the Salks and got the Ascend Acoustics Sierra2’s with a RAAL ribbon tweeter. Now I'm happy. But the Carbon 7's would have stayed for good. Live and learn.

@jackd by chance were you able to compare the new Rev7 SE speaker with the ScanSpeak Illuminator Ring Radiator tweeter to the other Satori BE tweeter version speaker?  

While I've never tried Fritz speakers, I've followed him through @hilde45 's journey some and I've personally used some of the same Scanspeak drivers in my own speaker builds with great success. That new Rev7 SE version looks interesting.