 | |  | |  | | Aluminum vs. Silk Dome Tweets | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ottawa Posts: 59
| What are some of the pros/cons of the two in regards to SQ and durability in both hot and cold climates?
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Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,377
| I recommend the one that makes you happy, I am not sure the other differences matter | |
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alberta, Edmonton Posts: 339
| Assuming you dont abuse them, I dont think it will matter. Stay within rated power and frequency ranges and they should be equally durable. | |
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: BC Vancouver Posts: 145
| whatever sounds best to you
but silk domes can collect dust and in the most extreme of cases this can alter the sound by lowering the fs chances of you noticing are slim tho | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: manitoba Posts: 8
| I find that aluminum or some other metallic dome tweeters somewhat on the harsh (bright maybe?) side for my ears. My last two component sets were silk dome since at that time i found the metal style not to my liking. When I recently needed new set of speakers I decided to try aluminum (Kicker KS6.2), and i find them too harsh. A better quality set would probably produce much better sound, but from what I've read (and heard), metal domes=bright, silk dome=smooth, so it really depends on what type of sound you prefer. (first post!!  ) | |
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Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rite-B-Hind-U Posts: 28
| Basically with a silk or man made textile material dome it will need to be treated with a coating to develop stiffness. The material has a high degree of internal damping.
A good example of coating is the Hiquphon. All their tweeters are pretty much the same with different coatings.
Due to the high degree of internal damping, without the proper coating, the textile dome will not produce properly. You can have issues with timbre, attack, decay and duration being absent.
A metalic dome normally has issues with resonance due to its surround.
This is why you can get a Focal TN52 and have much better performance than a TN51 when they are basically the same driver with different surrounds.
The metal dome with poor surround design will have too long of a decay and/or duration resulting in a bright sound.
So some silks you have things missing, some metalics you have too much and what you need everything in the right amount.
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Spencerville, Ontario Posts: 631
| should of made this a poll 
Silk for me, Just thinking of titanium or aluminum gives me a headache 
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brampton, ON Posts: 151
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Originally Posted by 2deep2 Basically with a silk or man made textile material dome it will need to be treated with a coating to develop stiffness. The material has a high degree of internal damping.
A good example of coating is the Hiquphon. All their tweeters are pretty much the same with different coatings.
Due to the high degree of internal damping, without the proper coating, the textile dome will not produce properly. You can have issues with timbre, attack, decay and duration being absent.
A metalic dome normally has issues with resonance due to its surround.
This is why you can get a Focal TN52 and have much better performance than a TN51 when they are basically the same driver with different surrounds.
The metal dome with poor surround design will have too long of a decay and/or duration resulting in a bright sound.
So some silks you have things missing, some metalics you have too much and what you need everything in the right amount. | +1
I prefer silks.
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| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: BC Vancouver Posts: 145
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Originally Posted by liv2ride should of made this a poll
Silk for me, Just thinking of titanium or aluminum gives me a headache | old school (10+years)cantons pullman butyll rubber surround tweeters are a great example of headache free aluminum tweeters
just really big and square mounting plate make them very prohibitive to use | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: BC Vancouver Posts: 145
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Originally Posted by 2deep2 Basically with a silk or man made textile material dome it will need to be treated with a coating to develop stiffness. The material has a high degree of internal damping.
A good example of coating is the Hiquphon. All their tweeters are pretty much the same with different coatings.
Due to the high degree of internal damping, without the proper coating, the textile dome will not produce properly. You can have issues with timbre, attack, decay and duration being absent.
A metalic dome normally has issues with resonance due to its surround.
This is why you can get a Focal TN52 and have much better performance than a TN51 when they are basically the same driver with different surrounds.
The metal dome with poor surround design will have too long of a decay and/or duration resulting in a bright sound.
So some silks you have things missing, some metalics you have too much and what you need everything in the right amount. | One of the most informative posts Ive read on this site yet | |
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