Tri-Lam vs. Silk Dome - Which Do You Like?

Dr. Spec
Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
edited January 2003 in Speakers
Is the timbre close between the tri-lam tweet in the RT...i and the the silk dome tweet in the RTi..?

If I can't find an f/x500i, and I might settle for an F/Xi50.

Has anyone heard both A-B and what is your opinion on how well a F/Xi50 would timbre match (or mis-match) in my system as di-pole side surrounds?

Thanks,

Doc
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    Tri-Lam

    will the silk dome timbre match OK with the tri-lam?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2003
    Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.

    Thanks, Rooster - exactly what I needed to know - and from the horses mouth no less. F/Xi50 here I come. Thanks very much for that bit of research - I really appreciate it.

    The CS245i's are going to now be run as rear surrounds off the rear surround pre-out on my Kenwood using a Y-splitter and both channels the Harman Kardon h/k870 stereo amp. Having two back there should give a rock solid rear sound stage.

    The F/Xi50's will be mounted on the side walls and serve as side surrounds in di-pole mode.

    I'm digging this upgrade. But I've been really struggling with how to run the friggin' speaker wire for the side surrounds. Any ideas?
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2003
    You have nothing to worry about. I have the silk on my CSi40 with the 800i as mains before I upgraded and the timbre matching was excellent. The silk sounds slightly brighter but it won't mess up the soundfield.

    Maurice
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited January 2003
    Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.
    Very little diff. I know first hand.
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    Not practical at all.
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  • bigsexy1
    bigsexy1 Posts: 557
    edited January 2003
    I kind of like the sound of the newer series' tweeters from what little I've heard of them in CC "sound rooms". I think they sound a little brighter, which I seem to like better (must be from all of those years that my ears got "Klipschified").
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  • izafar
    izafar Posts: 819
    edited January 2003
    I agree on the brightness point. My front soundsatge(RTi70, CSi30) has all silks whereas the RT25i surrounds have TriLams. The silks do sound brighter than the TriLams, but I persoanllly think that having a brighter speaker on surrounds is a better idea.
    -izafar

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited January 2003
    will the silk dome timbre match OK with the tri-lam?
    I had the fx300's for surrounds matched up with my RT55's and CS400. The 300's sounded much flatter than what I now use, the RT25i's with the Tri-Lams.

    In my case, the differences were more than subtle. The Tri-Lams fq range is 26kHz where as the silks max at 22kHz. I noticed the difference and sold my 300's for that reason alone. They were not near as bright as the Tri-lams.


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