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Opinions: Best Tweeters

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InfinityDrew

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I am a classic Infinity fan so I have to go with the EMIT K, I also like the EMIT-R, it disperses a little wider than the K but can't touch the detailed magic of the Emit K.

I am also a big fan of the Boston Acoustic Lynnfield tweeter..

So, what's your favorite tweeter of all time?
 
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Not saying the best as I can't really hear the best anymore but I replaced my very directional planer tweeters with these polks. Why did I choose these? well they sound good and I have never read anyone complain about them.

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EMIT K's for me. R's are not far behind.
Just wired some 1970's ESS Heil's into some Klipsch KG2's and it's light years ahead of the Klipsch "dome-horn" tweeter.
The Heil's have a sound very similar to infinity Emit's but reach a little lower in the spectrum
 
Unless you listen exclusively to high frequencies, a tweeter is only a part of the whole. It has to be properly integrated with other drivers, through a crossover, in an enclosure...
 
[lQUOTE="CraigVMN, post: 13951063, member: 294734"]Unless you listen exclusively to high frequencies, a tweeter is only a part of the whole. It has to be properly integrated with other drivers, through a crossover, in an enclosure...[/QUOTE]

Party pooper. :)
 
Thread title says "Best" your initial post says "Favorite" which are 2 different things.

Which one are you actually looking for opinions on?
 
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Focal's tweeters sound excellent to my ears and measure so flat that it's ridiculous. Of course, they aren't available to buy.
 
The ribbons in the Magneplaner MGIIIs I used to own were the best I've ever heard, but they're also the only line source ribbon I've ever heard. EMITs are a close second.
 
Heard a lot I like - the JBL 066 metalized phenolic domes in my L212s are very nice, subtle. Mostly unavailable
the JBL 2405 Slot tweeters are pretty fine in the right systems - a bit of high sizzle. Kinda high priced these days.
Lately I swapped a pair of ESS Great Heil drivers into my customized Heath/Altec Valencias and like them a whole lot! and affordable.
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For me, it's Infinity's EMIT tweeter, including the ones built by Genesis Advanced Technologies.
 
Yodathedog said:
[lQUOTE="CraigVMN, post: 13951063, member: 294734"]Unless you listen exclusively to high frequencies, a tweeter is only a part of the whole. It has to be properly integrated with other drivers, through a crossover, in an enclosure...
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Party pooper. :)[/QUOTE]

OK fine then - I've heard and owned a good number of speakers in my time. As for tweeters, I've had titanium, aluminum, horn loaded, paper cone, planar, ribbon, "folded motion"...and yet my favorite has always been a good soft dome. The best I've heard reside in my Dali Zensor 1 & 3 speakers. The right blend of detail, air, delicacy...my litmus test is cymbals. A tweeter that can get cymbals right is aces in my book, and with the right front end (tubes) driving them, these tweeters get cymbals right.
 
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