bored...planar tweeters?
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Le Mans Master
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bored...planar tweeters?
has anyone heard a planar tweeter in a car environment? i've been frequenting diymobileaudio.com and have seen these pop up from time to time and i was just curious.
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St Jude Donor '13
Originally Posted by scott_fx
has anyone heard a planar tweeter in a car environment? i've been frequenting diymobileaudio.com and have seen these pop up from time to time and i was just curious.
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Originally Posted by J-boi
Sony has new components for cars that have ribbon tweeters, and they sound amazing.
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St Jude Donor '13
Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
Links?
Dug this up.. doesn't give you much info
http://www.xplodsony.com/specialty/speakers/XS-HF167
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Originally Posted by bogus
I am curious, if the planar tweets are so power hungry, why hook them up to a tube amp that can't be putting out more than, say, 30 watts per channel?
oh, i'm not using planar tweeters. I was just bored and wanted to hear opinions of these tweets.
oh..by the way...i have two 2-chan tube amps for the door speakers at 150 wrms per chan.
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Butler? Those things ROCK! I had one before... regret selling it, now.
when I was referring to tube amps, I was refering to true analogue amps, not the modern hybred amps that use mosfet front ends and the tubes act as output filters.
when I was referring to tube amps, I was refering to true analogue amps, not the modern hybred amps that use mosfet front ends and the tubes act as output filters.
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From: Skippack PA
St Jude Donor '13
Originally Posted by bogus
I am curious, if the planar tweets are so power hungry, why hook them up to a tube amp that can't be putting out more than, say, 30 watts per channel?
