I think many of us have seen accurate speaker measurements from almost all types of driver materials (soft dome, Beryllium, Titanium, Aluminum, Magnesium), except for Diamond.
Me too! Glad I wasn't the only one... lol.
I never looked into it but I can imagine they can deposit/form synthetic diamond in a variety of ways, thinking what they can do with silicon and various metals these days....just no real interest in chasing top end B&W speakers for a listen, doubt it's worth the travel effort.
God, those are gorgeous! I swear I almost feel physical pain longing for them when I look at them.
Agreed, but would still like to hear them nonetheless, just as a point of comparison. Same with the Salon2s and other such Lux speakers.
Ascend Acoustics offers a Sierra with the SEAS Diamond Tweeter for only $7500!God, those are gorgeous! I swear I almost feel physical pain longing for them when I look at them.
Yes it is synthetic industrial diamond. It is solid diamond though and they have been known to crack with over driving. That's an expensive mistake!
I just read a post in that thread about that! $50 - $70 to replace a ribbon and $1300 for a cracked diamond tweeter!
Yeah, there's no way they're using a naturally formed diamond and only charging $6k for it. I'd imagine getting a perfectly formed natural diamond of that size (let alone 2) would be nearly impossible and ridiculously expensive!
The best sounding metal domes I've ever heard are Beryllium. RBH and Revel use them in their top models and they really do have incredibly smooth and detailed highs. Unlike most metal domes, they don't exhibit oil can resonances and their break up modes are at least a 1/2 octave above the limits of human hearing. Downside, pure Beryllium is expensive, but hey, this is high end
What is an oil can resonance?The best sounding metal domes I've ever heard are Beryllium. RBH and Revel use them in their top models and they really do have incredibly smooth and detailed highs. Unlike most metal domes, they don't exhibit oil can resonances and their break up modes are at least a 1/2 octave above the limits of human hearing. Downside, pure Beryllium is expensive, but hey, this is high end
I picked up a "used" pair of Transducer Lab Be Tweets with the Glass Bobbin. Got a friendly price as the original owner wasn't planning on using them any longer for his DIY design. Supposed to be good, and according to sources, they were intended as the Be Tweets in Salk's builds until TL suffered some setbacks.The best sounding metal domes I've ever heard are Beryllium. RBH and Revel use them in their top models and they really do have incredibly smooth and detailed highs. Unlike most metal domes, they don't exhibit oil can resonances and their break up modes are at least a 1/2 octave above the limits of human hearing. Downside, pure Beryllium is expensive, but hey, this is high end
I think there is a lot more to a tweeter than what the dome is made of.The best sounding metal domes I've ever heard are Beryllium. RBH and Revel use them in their top models and they really do have incredibly smooth and detailed highs. Unlike most metal domes, they don't exhibit oil can resonances and their break up modes are at least a 1/2 octave above the limits of human hearing. Downside, pure Beryllium is expensive, but hey, this is high end
Plus side, if it breaks, it's a radiation and health hazard for your whole house!The best sounding metal domes I've ever heard are Beryllium. RBH and Revel use them in their top models and they really do have incredibly smooth and detailed highs. Unlike most metal domes, they don't exhibit oil can resonances and their break up modes are at least a 1/2 octave above the limits of human hearing. Downside, pure Beryllium is expensive, but hey, this is high end
Definitely a health hazard, but not radioactive. (Though there are some radioactive isotopes of Be.)
Ahh, sorry, I guess I was going off my experience from work. We have beryllium windows in some of the accelerator parts and when they break they're radioactive in addition to being an inhaled toxic health hazard.
