Help identify this tweeter?
I've got a few sets of these tweeters but have no information on them. There are no logos or markings I can see on the front or rear. I believe they should be oem replacements for some production speakers maybe from late 1990's. Can anyone help with more info?
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Pics of the back? With that heatsink, it kind of reminds me of a Paradigm tweet.
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Thanks much Dave, here are a few more views.
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Possibly an early "Energy" speaker model. They usually have the defraction plate like those.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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yeah...dumb question time again. Is that really a heat sink on the back?--Gary--
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yeah...dumb question time again. Is that really a heat sink on the back?
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I'm thinking they are Boston Acoustics VR series?
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I'm going with BA as well.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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--Gary--
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are there any markings under the heat-sink?The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Told ya it was a dumb question!
Not a dumb question. I've thought the same thing in regards to computer motherboard components(non-processor) as in, how on earth could that thing get so hot? It's so small! It's the overall architecture and usage that creates the heat. I never knew it that way.
In a tweeter diaphragm, it moves so fast, so many times in a nanosecond that it generates heat. Even if it's a small amount, to a delicate structure such as a tweeter, this is an important factor. This will vary widely in construction in modern and vintage tweeters so not every design would require such a heatsink. That's what is so interesting about audio, is the overall design that these engineers figure out. Amazing.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint. -
It's the current flowing through the voicecoil that produces the heat not the movement.Anywho with some of the modern tweets utilizing smaller(but more powerful)neodymium magnets in their motor structures means there is less surface area for heat disipation vs tweets using the large ferrite magnet structures.So the addition of the heat sink helps in that regard.Here is another example,a popular budget unit from Vifa. http://www.madisound.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=8352In a tweeter diaphragm, it moves so fast, so many times in a nanosecond that it generates heat. -
That's correct as well....we're talking about the same thing essentially. If you didn't have current, you wouldn't have movement of the voice coil or structure at all. Anyways, good link and post.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
