Pioneer HPM-100 Super Tweeters

[jozeppy26]

So I purchased a mint pair of HPM-100 after receiving valuable advice from fellow members on AudioKarma. I love them and am currently rocking them with my Pioneer SX-3900. I have a question regarding the famous super tweeter. It seems these almost never break and people are just unable to hear the output because the frequencies produced are too high. I tried listening to a test tone and could hear up to 19 kHz but nothing past that. My question is, are the regular cone tweeters producing sound at 19 kHz or was that all super tweeter? What's the crossover?

 

[NAD80]

Hello joezeppy26. Welcome to AK. Found the Service Manual at HiFiEngine.com. Just register and download. https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/pioneer/hpm-100.shtml . Has the parts list, schematic of the crossover. The crossover allows the correct frequencies to go to each driver, and blocks the wrong frequencies reaching each one.

 

[tubed]

I believe the super tweet is crossed at 12khz.
BTW, good ears

 

[Ghonk]

Looks great,and saved you a TON of work compared to the other ones,i think you made the right choice.

 

[jozeppy26]

Looks great,and saved you a TON of work compared to the other ones,i think you made the right choice.

Plus I still get to recap them so I'm not completely out of a project.

 

[jozeppy26]

Hello joezeppy26. Welcome to AK. Found the Service Manual at HiFiEngine.com. Just register and download. https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/pioneer/hpm-100.shtml . Has the parts list, schematic of the crossover. The crossover allows the correct frequencies to go to each driver, and blocks the wrong frequencies reaching each one.

This is fabulous! I'm guessing the crossover is roughly the same for my 200 watt set as well?

 

[Ghonk]

This is fabulous! I'm guessing the crossover is roughly the same for my 200 watt set as well?

It looks like the 200 watt version has a different crossover from the 100 watt.
From a little research online,(A) crossover for the 100 watt,(B or C) crossover for the 200 watt.

No doubt someone here with be able to tell you if this is correct.

http://www.thefullwiki.org/Pioneer_HPM-100

 

[jozeppy26]

It looks like the 200 watt version has a different crossover from the 100 watt.
From a little research online,(A) crossover for the 100 watt,(B or C) crossover for the 200 watt.

No doubt someone here with be able to tell you if this is correct.

http://www.thefullwiki.org/Pioneer_HPM-100

omg this now makes me want to pair them with an SX-1980 instead of my current SX-3900