Juha
04-08-2011, 11:13
I decided to try my luck with some Dali tweeters from China. The product arrived as registered air-mail from Peking. It only took 10 days. Tweeters were in original factory package.
These appear to be the real thing. They are featured in large Dali Ikon speakers from 2006 onwards. Tweeters are combined cloth dome and ribbon. They are available on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/pair-Famous-DAL-IKO-Ribbon-Dome-integrative-tweeter-/220809711204#vi-desc
I tested with a multimeter. All elements had uniform resistance. To test how they sound like I connected the the tweeters on old 80's Genelec passive boxes. These have decent looking crossover circuits. Original woofer Peerless 8 inch, tweeter was Audax HD 100 d25. The Audax sound is not smooth, it has too much distortion.
Well, was it any good. It was fantastic for just 50 GBP. Not as good a my Magneplanar 2.5/RT. Some Steely Dan and streaming JazzFM sounded good.
A bit too much sibilance. I found info on Dali crossover at http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Dali800.htm. I will try some resistors to bring down the level of the ribbon tweeter.
Also tried some speaker analysis software to see problems in response. These are difficult to use. Uncalibrated mike does not help (used decent AKG). Any suggestions on simple analysis software?
Will report back soon.
These appear to be the real thing. They are featured in large Dali Ikon speakers from 2006 onwards. Tweeters are combined cloth dome and ribbon. They are available on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/pair-Famous-DAL-IKO-Ribbon-Dome-integrative-tweeter-/220809711204#vi-desc
I tested with a multimeter. All elements had uniform resistance. To test how they sound like I connected the the tweeters on old 80's Genelec passive boxes. These have decent looking crossover circuits. Original woofer Peerless 8 inch, tweeter was Audax HD 100 d25. The Audax sound is not smooth, it has too much distortion.
Well, was it any good. It was fantastic for just 50 GBP. Not as good a my Magneplanar 2.5/RT. Some Steely Dan and streaming JazzFM sounded good.
A bit too much sibilance. I found info on Dali crossover at http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Dali800.htm. I will try some resistors to bring down the level of the ribbon tweeter.
Also tried some speaker analysis software to see problems in response. These are difficult to use. Uncalibrated mike does not help (used decent AKG). Any suggestions on simple analysis software?
Will report back soon.