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In Reply to: RE: Super Tweeter Suggestions posted by escape2cfc on October 18, 2023 at 09:32:42
I don't know what exactly you consider a "super tweeter" (for me the definition for a super tweeter starts above 20KHz)
but if it's a TWEETER you're looking for, I really like the B&C DE10. I'm using them on their matching ME10 horns, because it works perfect with my midrange horns, but the LMAHL version probably sounds less directive.
A great tweeter, with a punchy yet natural sound (mylar diaphragm) for very little money!
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I am also using that tweeter to fill in above Lowther drivers. I high pass them at 8 khz, so it adds about an octave, which is appreciated. I use them in transylvania tubes.
This tweeter sounds way better than its price. Supposedly the RAAL tweeters are the cats meow, but I wonder how much better the RAAL would be than the DE10.
Retsel
In light of the Fact that Fundamental frequencies only exist at 4 Khz. and below, and in the face of 2-way speakers that move the sound out of a mid-wooder above 800-1.2 Khz. and call that a tweeter, I'd say anything above around 4-6 Khz Xover is a Super Tweeter, unless you like entertaining BATS!But for humans, anything above 20 Khz. borders on the ridiculous.
By the way, I had DE-10's and ME-10's aout 13 years ago, but now I use LMAHLs since I helped to develop them. DE-10 is now my second choice crossed at 6 Khz. but my First choice at 4 Khz. So it depends on crossover point.
I was given a nice gift, from my friend, Dave Ault. A pair of beautiful wood horns with a levered, weighted base of wood a stainless steel rod.
I'm looking at trying an Eminence N151M-8 ring radiator (Thank You to Tom Danley for the recommendation) on that larger Tractrix Tweeter horn at 4 Khz. UP.
Edits: 10/24/23
Claude, yes, but in common audio vocabulary, 800 to 500Hz would be considered a midrange driver, and above would be considered a tweeter, in a three way that is
In a two ways, I'd rather say "mid/high frequencies driver" rather than "tweete" especially when it is a horn.
But, in the end, it's just words.
I run my DE10 above 6Khz myself.
I agree with your comments Mr. K. The other Mr. K (Paul W. Klipsch) when being interviewed by an Arkansas TV Station for Videotaped Broadcast, he referred to an original Klipschorn crossover as "sending one to the woofer and one to the tweeter" which was 500 Hz. at the time.
The dividing line is important for the 3 driver in a 3-way and is mostly relevant to that application in a "de facto" standard way of reference. My response was to OFFSET the less relevant comment in the thread, claiming that a "Super" tweeter had to "sing" in an UHF band that only dogs and bats would care about, not humans.
So, if you look at the Klipsch Jubilee with the Celestion Axi Driver, it's crossed at 350 Hz. to the "big tweeter horn" the Klipsch/Roy Delgado K-402
...and I just realized I made a typo: of course I meant "800 to 5000Hz"
Thanks KanedaK... B&C certainly offers a huge selection of options.. Checking out their Catalog Now... Your Recommendation is appreciated. Chuck
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