Info on Aperion Audio Planar-Ribbon Super Tweeter

[goodolpg]

It may be just fine for your needs. Buy them, I hope you like them. They look nice.

I asked if they are TRULY a planar ribbon.
Or if there even is such a thing.
AK is a font of knowledge about almost all things audio.
I strive for accuracy in my posts. When I'm wrong I admit it or change what I posted to be accurate.
What I'm questioning is the item description.
I hold manufacturers to a higher standard than some picker trying to flip a "ribbon" or planar ribbon" when the item is a planar.

 

[SB12345]

It may be just fine for your needs. Buy them, I hope you like them. They look nice.

I asked if they are TRULY a planar ribbon.
Or if there even is such a thing.
AK is a font of knowledge about almost all things audio.
I strive for accuracy in my posts. When I'm wrong I admit it or change what I posted to be accurate.
What I'm questioning is the item description.
I hold manufacturers to a higher standard than some picker trying to flip a "ribbon" or planar ribbon" when the item is a planar.

Just go to the Aperion website and you'll find descriptions of BOTH their Planar Ribbon super tweeter and their Aluminum True Ribbon super tweeter.

No sense in hashing out the details when they're already out there on the 'net. Google can be your friend.

 

[goodolpg]

And there is the problem. On the home page they are called "planar magnetic super tweeter".
I am fine with that.
Inside the website they are called "planar magnetic flat ribbon tweeter"

I expect a manufacturer to know the product they are making and selling.
In this case I have reservations.
I object to companies that call a 3" mini speaker driver a "subwoofer" as well.

Does that make it a bad product. OF COURSE NOT.
Just a misrepresented product.
They might be a fine product. Just don't try to dress them up by naming them something they are not.
If someone can prove they really are planar magnetic ribbons I will edit my posts in this thread.
ADDED--I'm not a subscriber so I can't edit posts more than a day old.
So if I'm wrong I'll use large bold font to admit it.

 

[goodolpg]

Just go to the Aperion website and you'll find descriptions of BOTH their Planar Ribbon super tweeter and their Aluminum True Ribbon super tweeter.

No sense in hashing out the details when they're already out there on the 'net. Google can be your friend.

Can you post a link to the technical description or cut away please?
I can't find it.
Just because they SAY it's a planar ribbon doesn't make it so.

 

[JoeESP9]

It's easy to tell what's what.
If there is a sheet with magnets in front, behind or on both sides it's a planar magnetic.

All true ribbons have a metal diaphragm flanked by magnets on both sides. They are always very narrow.

If the diaphragm has pleats it's a Heil type tweeter.

 

[Tom Brennan]

I think the only term in audio as misused as ribbon tweeter is bi-amping. The bullshit is very deep.

 

[bimasta]

^ ^ There are enough abused words and stupid words to start a dictionary.

 

[Tom Brennan]

^ ^ There are enough abused words and stupid words to start a dictionary.

Then we're told the language is changing and the knowledgeable are expected to follow the lead of the ignorant.

 

[Rick Owen]

I don't mind too much when the "unwashed masses" use incorrect terminology. . Calling a 3" computer driver a "subwoofer/sub" for example.
Upsets me a bit when manufacturers do as they should know better. Audio puffery or deceptive marketing pitches? I'd like to believe a manufacturer actually knows what type of product they are making and selling.
So far I have not found a definitive answer as to whether planar magnetic ribbons is a true type and that's why I'm asking.
Maybe it's not an either/or and there truly is a hybrid type.


Hmmmm. as I just mentioned to another poster on another topic, maybe I'm over thinking this.

Old post but I ran across this when doing a little research:

Question:
what is the difference in the speaker that cost $349.00 and the one that costs $649.00
Answer:
Hey Russell, the $349 uses a Planar-Magnetic style tweeter, while the $649 uses a True Aluminum strip between heavy duty magnets and it also has an internal power transformer because the Aluminum strip is very sensitive to conductivity. Overall the $649 True Aluminum tweeter sounds a bit smoother and adds a nice shimmer to the top frequencies.

 

[Rick Owen]

I am a little curious about what driver they actually use in these two different iterations.
Looking at the back of them:

It appears they are just using this it a .5 design, simply using different caps attached to a multi-position switch.
Same can be said for attenuation, rather than an L-pad, using a switch with different values of resistance.

Easy enough to replicate using this as a cabinet, almost identical dimenisions.