Best front tweeters

Teslank wrote: im searching for a tweeter that reproduces voices just like if you were in front of the singing person and being capable of accepting 100RMS per channel( i have a lightning audio storm X1.800.4(100rms X 4) i like listening at high levels but the sound of the tweeters must not seems to scream must sound smooth and accurate!.

The absolute best tweeter I know for what you're after is the DynAudio ESOTAR tweeter. I'm looking at going to a pair of these from my present Dyn 1" tweeters in my system 360 front stage as we speak. Some of the best tweeters I've ever witnessed in a car.

Yeah, the Esotars ARE a fine tweeter, I had a pair for a home set I built about 8 years ago... Bookshelf speakers, to top it off! Kicking myself for ever selling that set of speakers! BUT, if you wanna get REALLY crazy, try THIS ONE! Yep, you read that right... diamond! And yes, that's 2600 EACH!!! Easier to actually lay your hands on than the Esotars, too! I say this because the Esotars are effectively made of Unobtanium. Dynaudio no longer sells to hobbiests in the US... They are SPECIFICALLY an OEM now. Bad choice on Dynes part, AFAIAC. OR, for ONLY $1800 each, you could always use the Raven 3.2. Also easier to get your hands on, and a pure ribbon, which will blow the doors off ANY dome tweeter - even the Esotars...It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

haemphyst wrote: I say this because the Esotars are effectively made of Unobtanium.

Those and speakers made from Magiconium are tough to find. 

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I wasn't trying to be sarcastic about the Esotars.. they are terrific tweeters, but I didn't know Dyn had gone strictly OEM for them. Another option (realistically) would be to go to Madisound and order up some SEAS drivers. you could basically build your own Rainbow Reference CS630.30 actives without spending seven grand to get them. You'd also get a very smooth front stage that gets plenty loud. That's an option I'm considering for my next project in fact, depending on what car I end up playing with.. probably something smaller and better on gas than my current beast. anyway, dyn and rainbow are great for smooth fluid response.. different from focal and infinity etc which are more aggressive and harsh with their tweeters.. and while many people love that response, thinking dynaudio and rainbow sounds flat or lacking.. I prefer a transparent, natural and laid back sound like they offer. -GlassWolf

Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi