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From: bill@vrdxhq.verdix.com (William Spencer)
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Subject: Re: re: Ribbon Tweeters.
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Date: 2 Jul 90 14:41:07 GMT
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Reading vol8 #17  Lesley Schneider asks about sources of ribbon tweeters.

1. If you're thinking of ribbon "tweeters" I wouldn't recommend what's
typically availiable. Phillips and Pioneer units are availiable from Zalytron,
Madisound, Parts Express and Radio Shack. The main problem
is bad vertical dispersion and
bad sensitivity to vertical movement at the crossover frequency because the
crossover's so high and the wavelength is so short. This is both my experience
and other's. I tried the Shack(Pioneer) version, it's detailed but sort of
weird.

2. Sound Accompany has two leaf ("ribbon") drivers that are to be crossed over
to at 1 kHz. The larger version is intended for possible sound reinforcement
use: high sensitivity and 60 watt power handling. Transducer Technology 
markets them.

3. Report what you try!

bill S.