Tangband discussion thread

[mordensiur]

Could you post HD graphs, if it is not a problem?

[Jed]

Jed have you tested those W4 1757SB ??

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[JonMarsh]

The W4 1757SB has an issue which made about 2-3% HD2 at 2k. The rest was really on par with the W4 1337. I decided the W4 1337 was better.

I see there are 2 versions of surrounds on the W4 1757 and maybe the pair I got wasn't the better of the 2 versions. Honestly TB has been a bit annoying lately because every batch is a little different in appearance. Different connectors, different baskets, different surrounds, etc. Luckily the W4 1337's parameters haven't changed much.

I saw that in the W6 drivers I was testing- different terminal strips and arrangements, other quirks, in the same shipment.

[Dennis H]

I wonder how much titanium there is in the 1337? TB has been outed for only having a tiny percentage of beryllium in their 'beryllium' domes. Not that it really matters, the performance is what counts. I'm just curious is all.

[Jed]

I wonder how much titanium there is in the 1337? TB has been outed for only having a tiny percentage of beryllium in their 'beryllium' domes. Not that it really matters, the performance is what counts. I'm just curious is all.

Maybe it's titanium paint? :B

[fjhuerta]

the W3-1335sb's dust cone is like 3/4 of the overall cone area... and I bet that's plastic. The rest is "titanium".

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't. But damn, they sound good.

[Bear]

I wonder how much titanium there is in the 1337? TB has been outed for only having a tiny percentage of beryllium in their 'beryllium' domes. Not that it really matters, the performance is what counts. I'm just curious is all.

If the performance is there, and the aesthetics are pleasing, does it really matter?

Also, it was Usher, not TB, that was "outed" recently, unless those two have a relationship of which I'm not aware. I don't think TB even makes a Be driver yet, at least under their own brand.

[Jed]

If the performance is there, and the aesthetics are pleasing, does it really matter?

Also, it was Usher, not TB, that was "outed" recently, unless those two have a relationship of which I'm not aware. I don't think TB even makes a Be driver yet, at least under their own brand.

It was TB too with their Be tweeter. It's mostly copper IIRC.

[Bear]

It was TB too with their Be tweeter. It's mostly copper IIRC.

I didn't even know they had one in the catalog. My bad!

Personally, I'm waiting for the manufacturers to starting working even further down the periodic table. A hydrogen tweeter would be pretty awesome. Of course, you could only use it on the surface of Jupiter where you had cold enough temperatures and high enough pressures for it to become a solid...

[Hdale85]

I want to build a plasma tweeter my self

[Jed]

I want to build a plasma tweeter my self

At least that is a bit more realistic.

[Hdale85]

Actually very realistic Lots have done it....I'm just not so sure about the distortion figures on them...wondering how good they really are although lots of people that have built them praise their sound...but I question what they compare to.

[Face]

I hear the ozone they give off is great for you.

[ch83575]

I hear the ozone they give off is great for you.

Didn't N. Pass loose his eyebrows in a plasma tweeter experiment. Sounds like fun to me!!

-Chad

[Face]

He also said he wasn't able to stand near a copy machine for a number of years afterwards.

[mordensiur]

Thanks Jed. Had you made off-axis measurements? I red somewhere that they behave in this way like 1' dome. Different than other fullrange.

[Jed]

Thanks Jed. Had you made off-axis measurements? I red somewhere that they behave in this way like 1' dome. Different than other fullrange.

After seeing the giant spike in 2nd order HD, I had a hard time wanting to use it at all.

[NyxOne]

Huummm... what do you think of this guys ?

DM-75TB

Is monacor making this one for TB or TB making it for Monacor ?

BTW, anyone know where Monacor's products can be bought ?

Chuck

[Hugo]

that midrange dome!

Yes, I would love to get some opinions on that 75-1558SE midrange dome. Has anyone used one and been able to make any comparisons to the Morel and Dayton domes? Zaph's tests show very good results....

[SpeakerGuy]

Been anxiously awaiting for a few years now... had a chance to listen to the w6-1721 project yet?

Is the Duelund crossover a fad of the past now? Seemed to be stirring up a bit of excitement back when this thread was new.