Originally Posted By: fredk
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It's about the actual sound of certain higher frequency instruments that the ribbons to my ears handle better. Cymbals, percussion, etc.

I have heard others say that, but I've never listened to a speaker with ribbon tweets. My understanding is that the trade off is off-axis response.


Relatively speaking, dome tweeters have good horizontal and vertical dispersion whereas ribbon tweeters have good horizontal but poor vertical dispersion.

John
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