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- karatestu
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Cheap tweeters
Is it worth having a punt on these ? I think I might.
A pair of tweeters for £11 with free postage . Neodymium magnet (midget), silk dome, 52 mm diameter.
What's not to like apart from the sound ? There's always the can of plastidip
A pair of tweeters for £11 with free postage . Neodymium magnet (midget), silk dome, 52 mm diameter.
What's not to like apart from the sound ? There's always the can of plastidip
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Re: Cheap tweeters
Buy four (pairs) for £10.11 each . That would be all the tweeters for my speakers for £40.44
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Re: Cheap tweeters
Neodymium magnets don't need to be as big for the same effect (BL). That's why they can be so small.
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Re: Cheap tweeters
I am not sure if I would like to risk them if I needed just 2 ( one per speaker) as i do not believe those will be closely matched.
But in case of your "monstrosity" that wouldn't be so important... as it will all even out
buy 2 and try ;]
But in case of your "monstrosity" that wouldn't be so important... as it will all even out
buy 2 and try ;]
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- karatestu (Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:24 am)
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Re: Cheap tweeters
You aren't going to use those Visaton tweeters, you already have?
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Re: Cheap tweeters
Good points Tomasz. You might need to buy several and try and match them.Ithilstone wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:05 pm I am not sure if I would like to risk them if I needed just 2 ( one per speaker) as i do not believe those will be closely matched.
But in case of your "monstrosity" that wouldn't be so important... as it will all even out
buy 2 and try ;]
'Monstrosity You love my speakers really
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Re: Cheap tweeters
Yes, I am still using the Visaton. But I will have speakers to build for my place of work with the isobaric 12 inchers once I have finished these for home. I will require another eight tweeters and not sure I want to fork out for the visaton's again. Thanks to zebbo for selling me his four for £10 . £40 is a lot easier to swallow than £400. But they might sound terrible.
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Re: Cheap tweeters
Speaker snobs are alive and well. Just take a look at what is posted on most of the hifi forums. It makes me laugh, you aren't taken seriously unless you have bought drivers over £100 each. Snobbery winds me through the roof and one of the reasons I liked Richard so much. He doped a cheap Chinese soft dome tweeter and strengthened the face plate. Said it was almost as good as the visaton.
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