Location: London/Durham
Posts: 7,003
I'm Lawrence.
The tweeter won't last long without one, that's for sure.
I did do a set of speakers for a bloke who was always blowing tweeters with electronic music. Used Motorola piezo-electric horn loaded jobbies. You can't blow them.
Still got a spare set lying around. People don't rate them but they were fine for the sort of music he listened to.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 7,003
I'm Lawrence.
They actually had no crossover at all. I specified an inductor (air cored job from Falcon - Sailor take note!) to roll off the bass driver but they took ages to be delivered and in the meantime he took the speakers anyway.
When they finally turned up I offered to go over there and retro-fit them but he wasn't having any of it, said he liked the sound as it was. Still got those inductors too. Never going to use them.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Moving coil tweeters tend not to have great power handling capability, even ferrofluid equipped items, so the protection a cap/filter provides is a good idea. Having a low crossover point or even not using a capacitor is potentially attractive, but usually not really workable.
There are exceptions that can allow low crossover points, like the use of BMR units and horn loaded compression drivers or even multiples of conventional tweeters in series-parallel arrangements (depending on driver resonance and lower roll-off). These options tend to be less common.
(always fancied trying a set of Manger drivers, despite the variable opinions expressed)
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 31
I'm Scott.
I bought a pair of the SS-G1’s a while ago, was quite disappointed at the build quality, really light cabinets considering the size of them. Sounded okay though.
The 10” woofer has an unusually small magnet too.
What’s everyone’s opinions on the front baffle raised black grid? Snake oil by Sony? Haven’t seen any other company implement this idea.