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by GlassWolf » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:31 pm

yeah I mean they fire equal amounts of sound from front and rear, using the rear firing as a relfection, much the way you'd get 360 degree sound from a live performance.. or at least that's the idea.
with a lot of painful repositioning and trial and error, it works very, very well for Martin Logan with ESL panels.. but that's in a big room, with walls behind the speakers, which have to be painstakingly placed for ideal imaging.

by Ryan from Ohio » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:44 am

solacedagony wrote:The BG Neo3s have optional back cups, I guess for car use. They sounded neat, that's for sure. Extremely "airy", I guess because of that wide horizontal dispersion.
When you say bipolar, you mean they fire from the front and back, right?
Im looking at a set of these tweets right now with the swivel backs for $55/shipped.

Just need $55 now...lol

by subster87 » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:37 am

yeah you cant complain with that haha. I did like the looks of there old stuff anyway. No way i could ever afford any of it. and the new stuff is probably the same way. O well nice to dream lol.

by snoogins » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:25 pm

subster87 wrote:O i know when i read it i was thinkin hmm.. ive heard some pretty nice dome tweeters lol. O well so does anyone know why tc has this new company???
The almighty dollar.

by subster87 » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:42 pm

O i know when i read it i was thinkin hmm.. ive heard some pretty nice dome tweeters lol. O well so does anyone know why tc has this new company???

by joeyc » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:22 pm

subster87 wrote:they make it sound like dome tweeters are possibly the worst invention in the world. which makes their product sound better.
retarded :p Morel says otherwise ;)

by solacedagony » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:17 pm

GlassWolf wrote:biggest issue with planar tweeters is that they function a lot like electrostatics.
they are bipolar, and use 2nd order reflection from the rear for imaging, so in a car they aren't really ideal.
make good computer speakers though
The BG Neo3s have optional back cups, I guess for car use. They sounded neat, that's for sure. Extremely "airy", I guess because of that wide horizontal dispersion.

When you say bipolar, you mean they fire from the front and back, right?

by subster87 » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:23 pm

i kinda figured it wasnt a good idea, i like how tc sounds always talks up there product by bashing the ideas of other companies. in the description of the planar, they make it sound like dome tweeters are possibly the worst invention in the world. which makes their product sound better.

by GlassWolf » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:55 pm

biggest issue with planar tweeters is that they function a lot like electrostatics.
they are bipolar, and use 2nd order reflection from the rear for imaging, so in a car they aren't really ideal.

make good computer speakers though

by solacedagony » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:43 am

I have a set of BG Neo3 planars. I like the sound, although they won't cross low and won't take much power. The Neo8s look to be a bit better, but they're also much bigger. The next logical step would be ribbons which you can look up on Madisound, check out Fountek. They have some smaller ones that aren't ridiculously priced.

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